While the global IT services player is the lead contractor, the tax agency will also become the second major Whitehall department to deploy telecoms technology from UK SME Route 101 […]...
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DCMS offers £125k for CDIO to helm Microsoft switch
Culture department is looking for a ‘forward-thinking leader who can drive innovation while ensuring robust, secure and effective digital infrastructure’ to succeed current CDIO, says chief operating officer Andrew Pattison […]...
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Whitehall jobs watchdog reviews conflict-of-interest rules
Civil Service Commission will assess governance regime concerning the jobs taken on by top officials and advisers after they leave government, which these days are often in the technology sector […]...
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DWP retains ID-verification supplier as One Login onboarding continues
Government is spending almost £350m developing its own validation tool but, as integration with State Pension service is not yet completed, department signs £500k deal with credit firm, PublicTechnology understands […]...
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Home Office acknowledges ‘risk’ posed by remote English-language tests
Minister tells MPs potential suppliers will need to demonstrate that any proposals to run online evaluations include “best in class” safeguards capable of preventing people from using technology to cheat […]...
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MoD working up enhanced ‘commercial leakage’ analytics capability, perm sec says
Jeremy Pocklington tells MPs that cloud analytics is set to be rolled out more widely as part of the Ministry of Defence’s work to clamp down on fraud and error […]...
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EXCL: DSIT mothballs AI tools and pauses digital procurement strategy in ‘strategic changes’ to delivery plans
Documents indicate that reprioritisation of plans is intended to enable focus on the key issue of legacy tech, but questions remain concerning updated timelines and other details, PublicTechnology can reveal […]...
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UK Biobank data breach dubbed ‘deeply concerning’
Research charity sets out action plan to tighten up access to files on its database after anonymised details of 500,000 volunteers were offered for sale on consumer website in China […]...
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Cyber techniques being used to ‘support the repression of British individuals on our streets’, NCSC head warns
At the annual gathering held by the specialised tech intelligence agency, chief executive Richard Horne says that methods developed for warfare are now being used more routinely by hostile states […]...
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Police body looks for £15m partner to support forces’ plans to test and deploy AI tools
Market-engagement notice flags potential £15m opportunity to assist chiefs with the creation of Police.AI, which will be tasked with translating promising technologies into ‘deployable, scalable and properly evaluated operational capability’ […]...
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