City council advertises vacant post for leader to oversee creation of strategy intended to help the authority use the likes of large language models to have a real social impact […]...
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Industrial strategy targets data-sharing and tech collaboration
A major new national strategy, which government claims is ‘unashamedly long term’, homes in on eight key sectors, with digital set to play a key role in many different contexts […]...
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Government aims to ‘quickly and securely remove Fujitsu’ across Whitehall as HMRC signs £220m contingency extension
As department retains supplier on datacentre services deal, government stresses that contract is on ‘strict terms’ and that it is keeping in mind ‘the lives ruined by the Horizon scandal’ […]...
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New GDS-led cyber ops will be ‘more interventionist’
To support ongoing delivery of a strategy covering cyber across the public sector, a new plan will be created that, ministers suggest, will help DSIT take a more hands-on approach […]...
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MHCLG seeks digital doyen to help prep for lowering voting age to 16
Making good on manifesto commitment to allow more than a million extra voters to take part in general elections would impact all of ministry’s online services, according to job advert […]...
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Labour MP: ‘Trust in AI is built through competence – not glossy PR’
Member with tech policy background has argued for the creation of rules that address specific tasks performed by artificial intelligence, rather than just the sentiment attached to such use cases […]...
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DWP seeks additional change and delivery expertise for £2.5bn shared services scheme
Leader of quartet of departments uniting operations on software infrastructure is advertising a contract worth almost £10m and covering assessment and validation of the project’s governance, planning and training measures […]...
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Government to recruit permanent chief digital officer via open competition
The senior role as government’s overall digital leader, and head of the new and expanded GDS, has been filled on an interim basis by experienced Whitehall tech executive Joanna Davinson […]...
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Scottish GPs’ tech ‘not fit for purpose’
Sector leaders tell a parliamentary committee that surgeries are reliant on hardware and software from 20 years ago, that limits the ability to gather data and take advantage of AI […]...
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HMRC AI and tech to support plan to collect extra £500m tax from most wealthy
Senior leaders have appeared before MPs to outline plans to make more and better use of tech, as well as equipping an enlarged team of expert officials with improved data […]...
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