The Whole of Government Accounts, which last year had limited or no data from nine in ten local councils, could again be ‘disclaimed’ by the National Audit Office this year […]...
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Treasury to deploy AI as part of ‘modern, digital approach to spending review’
Ministers have revealed that ‘HMT-GPT’ technology will be used to help assess funding bids made by agencies, with the aim of enabling the finance department to better understand government spending […]...
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GDS interim boss Bellamy moved into new role as government chief product officer
As government prepares to recruit a chief digital officer, incumbent Government Digital Service head Christine Bellamy has been confirmed in a newly created leadership post focused on ‘strategic product direction’ […]...
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MPs and HMRC chief clash over customer-service criticisms
CEO refutes ‘baseless’ claims made in PAC report that tax agency ‘has been willing to let its telephone services fail in the hope this forces people to use digital services’ […]...
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AI Opportunities Action Plan: Impact on public sector tech teams
A transformative opportunity for public sector tech teams to drive the future of AI-powered governance with improved services The UK government has unveiled its ambitious AI Opportunities Action Plan to […]...
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Assessing salaries, reforming controls, and account management for departments – what’s new in ‘the new GDS’
Government’s most familiar digital transformation institution is to remain in place, with a new and greatly expanded remit, ministers revealed this week. PublicTechnology examines the detail to find out more. […]...
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Digital government minister: ‘I started off with frustration, but I now see the great examples of work that is happening’
Feryal Clark, who took on the AI and digital public services brief after the election, shares with PublicTechnology her initial thoughts on the role and how this view has evolved […]...
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Report warns on £30k gap between government and commercial salaries for top tech roles
A study put together by experts from the Rusi think tank uncovers the impact of uncompetitive pay packages in preventing Whitehall agencies from being able to recruit senior digital positions […]...
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Home Office signs £60m partner to provide digital delivery ‘resource pool’
The department has retained a consultancy for the next four years to provide expert support and mentoring for civil service delivery management professionals, to ensure the success of digital projects […]...
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Government replaces CMA chair with ex-Amazon UK boss Doug Gurr
Competition and consumer-protection regulator appoints former leader of the UK and Chinese businesses of the retail and cloud services giant, who now serves as director of the Natural History Museum […]...
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