Ministry signs three-year deal for software that will enable officials to keep track of two million mentions of its work each day – and almost 50 million going back over […]...
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Government CTO interview: ‘Technologists have a duty to explain tech – and have not always done a great job’
PublicTechnology talks to Whitehall’s recently appointed chief technology officer David Knott about tackling legacy IT, exploring generative AI, diversiyfing the cloud landscape – and his return to government after 35 […]...
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Procurement: Report calls on Cabinet Office to use data and controls to ensure competition
A new study from the National Audit Office urges department to do more to analyse information on competitive landscape and use levers to ensure agencies are complying with buying rules […]...
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‘Part of the team’ – secondment scheme to bring workers from tech giants into government
Initiative to allow commercial sector representatives to spend time on loan to departments will be complemented by apprenticeship scheme that will bring 500 new DDaT specialists into the civil service […]...
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DSIT appoints leader to oversee tech policy and programmes
Emran Mian, recruited from the levelling up department, will lead work in areas including the regulation of online safety and artificial intelligence, and will oversee the rollout of gigabit broadband […]...
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HMRC IT spend tops £1.1bn in FY23 in drive to ‘modernise infrastructure’
Tax agency’s annual accounts reveal increase in tech investment and set a target to eliminate almost a third of phone calls and items of post within the next two years […]...
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Digital departmental staff transfer system could prevent 2,000 payroll errors a year
Deployment of cross-Whitehall platform is one of a number of ways the Government People Group is using technology and data to help agencies recruit staff and make working lives easier […]...
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MPs blast Home Office as being ‘disconnected from reality’ on Emergency Services Network
The department cannot say when the multibillion pound platform will finally be ready or how much it will eventually cost – but somehow remains ‘far too optimistic’, according to PAC […]...
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‘Disparity in investment over two decades’ has created uneven digital maturity across NHS, minister says
Minister with oversight of health service data and tech says that government plan to invest £2bn in ‘frontline digitisation’ will help deliver a more consistent landscape in the years ahead […]...
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DVSA explores driving simulator for trainee examiners
Agency believes that use of technology could enable training to be offered ‘in a no risk environment’ while also expanding reach beyond current roster of 10 centres around the country […]...
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