Video meetings at parliament look set to become permanent feature of political life
A committee of inquiry has recommended that video meetings at the Scottish Parliament become a permanent feature of political life when the Covid-19 restrictions ease. Electronic voting may also be extended...
Council apologises for free school meals payment data breach
A Scottish local authority has apologised for a data breach after mistakenly sending out ‘sensitive’ information on free school meals claimants to multiple email addresses. Scottish Borders council spotted the IT blunder as it...
MSP forced to take part in parliamentary committee meeting from back of his car
A politician taking part in a remote parliamentary committee meeting was forced to move to the back of his car after branding his home broadband “unusable”. Stewart Stevenson, the MSP...
New digital standards designed ‘with’ the people who use government services
A new set of digital service standards which aim to put people at the heart of public service delivery in Scotland have been unveiled by government. The Digital Scotland Service Standard...
“Stop talking and start delivering” – stark message from MSPs on healthtech
Scotland’s health service has been urged to ‘stop talking’ about improvements to healthcare and ‘start delivering’ a 21st century system for citizens, a parliamentary inquiry has found. The public has...
Council thanks education staff, parents and pupils following survey of remote learning
A Scottish local authority which conducted a survey of learning provision using remote systems has achieved coverage rates of up to 99 per cent. Aberdeenshire Council has thanked schools, parents,...
Highland council agrees new digital learning strategy
A Scottish local authority has published a new digital learning strategy which aims to build on the lessons of delivering remote education during lockdown. Highland council’s blueprint – written in...
Digital must be ‘driver’ to close Scotland’s post-pandemic productivity gap
Increased digitalisation and a better use of technology across the economy must be one of the main ‘drivers’ to address poor productivity levels, according to Scotland’s finance secretary. Kate Forbes told...
Glasgow digital telecare pilot could help 4million vulnerable residents across UK
Glasgow is to pioneer a digital telecare solution which could be scaled up across the UK to help an estimated four million vulnerable and shielding people to live independently for...
Scottish local authorities’ use of tech praised in UK government report
Two Scottish councils have been praised in an analysis of data-driven innovation carried out by local authorities across the UK as a response to Covid-19. Glasgow City Council and Argyll...
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