With the electronic regime to be expanded soon to encompass many individuals and small firms, the department releases details of how people can be exempt on health or religious grounds […]...
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DfE deploys AI to identify important documents
Whitehall’s education department is internally creating several systems using automation to support staff and citizens, and is also exploring the deployment of generic tools created by vendors, ministers have revealed […]...
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Scottish bill proposes legal property status for cryptocurrency
Citizens using the likes of Bitcoin, Ethereum, BNB and Tether north of the border could soon be provided with far greater clarity, under proposed legislation put forward by Holyrood ministers […]...
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DSIT signs potential £2.5m deal for mass data migration following GDS move
After being expanded to include the enlarged Government Digital Service, the science and tech department has put in place an agreement to shift 20TB of data to a new home […]...
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Our transparency rules need to adapt to the rise of AI
As automated technology becomes more widely used by public bodies, and for a broader range of purposes, Louise Crow of mySociety outlines why governance rules and processes must keep pace […]...
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Dozens more councils join digital planning initiative
An initiative aimed at promoting digitisation and open data has increased its participating councils by about 100 in the past year, all of which will receive £50k of government funding […]...
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Whitehall department uses AI to draft reports
In response to a parliamentary question, minister Ian Murray tells MPs DCMS is using artificial intelligence tech to summarise documents, enhance its data science capabilities and analyse responses to consultations […]...
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Home Office agrees £50m five-year Oracle cloud licensing deal
Department reveals new tech engagement worth about £11m a year and awarded to the US software giant, covering a range of infrastructure, software, and platform technologies, delivered as a service […]...
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Warning over ‘watering down ONS independence’
Sector stakeholders and expert bodies have contacted MPs on PACAC to raise concerns about recent lines of enquiry, including a suggestion that national statistician could be directly accountable to ministers […]...
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NHS online hospital to offer millions of appointments a year in ‘significant reform to healthcare’
The health service unveils ambitions to build on discrete remote care and digital triage models offer by individual trusts with a national virtual programme, which aims to tackle waiting list […]...
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