December 2023

3 Minutes

Education and skills News

FCDO to swap East Kilbride for Glasgow to widen recruitment options

Margaret Taylor and PublicTechnology staff December 12, 2023 57 Comments

Departmental workers – including those dedicated to the operation of government’s global digital system for Secret information – are to be moved to Scotland’s largest city, reportedly to help meet […]...

3 Minutes

Defence and Security Economics and finance News

HMRC to focus tax return helpline on ‘priority calls’ with others pointed to online services

Sam Trendall December 11, 2023 10 Comments

With the deadline for self-assessment filing coming at the end of next month, the department has decided to redirect to digital services the majority of those calling the support helpline […]...

3 Minutes

News Society and welfare

Tory MP hopes to tackle misinformation with legislative amendment

Zoe Crowther December 11, 2023 5 Comments

John Penrose, MP for Weston-super-Mare and former UK Anti-Corruption Champion, is planning to table an amendment to the Media Bill over concerns that society is heading for a ‘post-truth world’ […]...

2 Minutes

Defence and Security News

UK police forces seek £1.5m software to help officers investigate the dark web

Sam Trendall December 8, 2023 117 Comments

National lead agency the City of London Police is seeking to invest in a program that enables officers to search the hidden internet with a ‘granular focus’ on key areas […]...

3 Minutes

Defence and Security News

Foreign Office minister warns of Russian ‘cyber interference’ in UK politics

Caitlin Doherty December 8, 2023 1 Comment

Specialist groups linked to Russian federal agency FSB have targeted MPs, peers, civil servants and journalists in cyber campaign, according to Leo Docherty, the FCDO minister with responsibility for Europe […]...

4 Minutes

International Relations News

‘Reducing information by a quarter’ – HMRC plans to streamline customs declarations

Sam Trendall December 7, 2023 0 Comment

After consultation reveals many traders and intermediaries find data provision ‘burdensome’, government response details plans for a simpler system where ‘technology has a wider role to play in the future’ […]...

2 Minutes

Government and politics News

Johnson pegs 5,000 missing messages on WhatsApp ‘somehow automatically erasing things’

Sam Trendall December 7, 2023 122 Comments

Former prime minister tells Covid Inquiry that lack of detail from messages sent during key early weeks of pandemic is due to program ‘going down and coming back up again’ […]...

3 Minutes

News Science, technology and research

New chair of corruption watchdog looks to focus on AI

Sam Trendall December 7, 2023 2 Comments

Former senior Army officer Doug Chalmers has been appointed to lead the Committee on Standards in Public Life and intends to continue the body’s work exploring the impact of automation […]...

PublicTechnology

December 2023

FCDO to swap East Kilbride for Glasgow to widen recruitment options

HMRC to focus tax return helpline on ‘priority calls’ with others pointed to online services

Tory MP hopes to tackle misinformation with legislative amendment

UK police forces seek £1.5m software to help officers investigate the dark web

Foreign Office minister warns of Russian ‘cyber interference’ in UK politics

‘Reducing information by a quarter’ – HMRC plans to streamline customs declarations

Johnson pegs 5,000 missing messages on WhatsApp ‘somehow automatically erasing things’

New chair of corruption watchdog looks to focus on AI

Why AI governance now looks like talent management

Government risks ‘doing the wrong thing efficiently’, civil servants warn in new research

Hitachi Solutions demonstrates secure use of Microsoft tools with AWS data in major win for government cloud interoperability

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