February 2023

2 Minutes

Defence and Security News

Calls to expand biometrics watchdog to commercial entities

Ruaraidh Gilmour February 17, 2023 0 Comment

Scotland’s world-first regime needs to go further, critics have claimed Credit: Bicanski/Pixnio Critics have called for the role of the Scottish Biometrics Commissioner to be expanded to cover all organisations across the […]...

2 Minutes

Education and skills News

Department for Education ‘assessing risks’ of ChatGPT

Sam Trendall February 16, 2023 2 Comments

Ministers says new technology also provides opportunities to widen access Credit: Markus Winkler/Pixabay The government is “assessing the risks” that could be posed to the education system by the growing sophistication […]...

6 Minutes

News Public order, justice and rights

Watchdog reprimands CPS over loss of sexual assault victim data

Sam Trendall February 16, 2023 2 Comments

Crown Prosecution Service lost discs and hard-copy case files, documents published by the ICO reveal Credit: Rawpixel The Crown Prosecution Service has been reprimanded for losing CDs and files which contained […]...

5 Minutes

Business and industry News

MoJ tops debit-card spending list as critics lament patchy departmental data

Sam Trendall February 15, 2023 0 Comment

Justice ministry’s purchases included branded USB cables, while MoD’s info is ‘riddled with anomalies’, according to report Credit: PublicDomainPictures/Pixabay The Ministry of Justice spends far more than any other government via […]...

3 Minutes

Education and skills News

Public sector leading the way on hybrid working, ONS study finds

Tevye Markson February 15, 2023 3 Comments

Technology-enabled mixed patterns are more common among public bodies, according to research Credit: Pixabay Civil servants and other public sector workers are more likely to have technology-enabled hybrid working patterns than […]...

4 Minutes

Features Society and welfare

“We never use the word ‘digital’” – inside the Welsh public sector’s design doctrine

Sam Trendall February 14, 2023 0 Comment

Ahead of speaking at PublicTechnology Live, Jo Goodwin discusses how the Centre for Digital Public Services is encouraging a focus on users across the public sector Credit: Hagar Lotte Geyer/Pixabay Against the […]...

2 Minutes

News Public order, justice and rights

ICO signs £800k deal to expand use of AI for sorting emails

Sam Trendall February 14, 2023 5 Comments

Data-protection regulator awards contract to ‘conversational AI’ Credit: Gerd Altmann/Pixabay The Information Commissioner’s Office has signed an £800,000 contract to expand the use of artificial intelligence tools to sort through the […]...

5 Minutes

Defence and Security Opinion

Trust is required in data and the organisations that hold it

Sir Nigel Shadbolt February 13, 2023 0 Comment

Assuring data, and investing in the infrastructure that supports it, is crucially important, including to Sir Nigel Shadbolt of the Open Data Institute Mistrust between those who share, collect and […]...

3 Minutes

Economics and finance News

HMRC plans to offer online claims for Child Benefit by end of 2023

Sam Trendall February 13, 2023 0 Comment

Department aims to build on digitisation work enabling citizens to view details of existing claims Credit: Pixabay HM Revenue and Customs has revealed plans to launch by the end of this […]...

PublicTechnology

February 2023

Calls to expand biometrics watchdog to commercial entities

Department for Education ‘assessing risks’ of ChatGPT

Watchdog reprimands CPS over loss of sexual assault victim data

MoJ tops debit-card spending list as critics lament patchy departmental data

Public sector leading the way on hybrid working, ONS study finds

“We never use the word ‘digital’” – inside the Welsh public sector’s design doctrine

ICO signs £800k deal to expand use of AI for sorting emails

Trust is required in data and the organisations that hold it

HMRC plans to offer online claims for Child Benefit by end of 2023

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