Artificial intelligence to empower public services, says minister
Michelle Donelan highlights uses of AI in policing and healthcare along with potential to cut time spent on administration
Government seeks national technology adviser
Director general-level role requiring ‘fantastic network’ of contacts in science, technology and...
ICO to fast-track public interest Freedom of Information complaints
Regulator expects to give up to a fifth of complaints faster treatment
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National Situation Centre taps mobile network data for ‘insights on behaviours of millions of people’
Cabinet Office-based facility signs £800k deal with mobile network operator
Mayor and police launch cyber support centre for London businesses
New initiative will provide advice and threat intelligence
Patchy data means government ‘does not know what skills gaps it has and where’
Civil service requires better information to help address need for technical expertise
HMRC warns over social media fraudsters
Tax agency urges citizens to be on the lookout for scammers using online platforms
Counter-terror strategy to be updated to tackle online hate
Government says landscape is becoming more diverse and fragmented
Home secretary admits sending multiple documents to personal email
Braverman reveals six occasions on which guidelines were breached – but claims no information on law enforcement, security or cyber issues was sent
ONS seeks £8m partner to help increase use of digital surveys
Statistics agency looks to build on the rollout of the UK’s first-ever digital census last year
ICO issues warning over ‘emotion analysis technologies’
Regulator claims new systems come with inherent risk of ‘systemic bias, inaccuracy and even discrimination’
Government does ‘not expect public-service disruption’ over UKCloud insolvency
Public sector hosting provider has suspended itself from frameworks after being placed in compulsory liquidation
Calls grow for investigation of Braverman over reported security breach
Reinstated home secretary admitted the use of a personal account to conduct government business – a practice that has come under regulator scrutiny in recent months
Online Safety Bill faces further delay
Incoming legislation for internet safety removed from parliamentary business
DWP relaunches £200k bid to attract CDIO
Role was previously open for applications in August
Defence digital plan hampered by lack of skills and ageing tech, NAO report finds
Auditors report that MoD needs to hire scores of technical staff and spend billions on IT upgrades to deliver on strategy
Oversight of digital government changes hands again as Quin appointed at Cabinet Office
Conservative member for Horsham – who takes on GDS brief for the second time – becomes fourth minister to do so in two months
‘DCMS can speak with a single, expert voice on digital policy within government’
Perm sec Healey claims that department’s emergence as the go-to place for tech policy is ‘an incredible asset to the UK’
Government to study ‘key vulnerabilities’ of cloud sector and estimate national cost of outages
Research will consider potential impact of system failure on the country’s finances and way of life
Whitehall hiring watchdog notes ‘increase in digital roles – which can be harder to recruit’
Civil Service Commission picks out recruitment of STEM specialists as an area of focus, as annual report reveals serious failings in Cabinet Office process
Tourism agency invests in software tool to boost work with online influencers
Technology will help track and monitor content posted by social media users
MoJ slammed for tagging scheme that ‘wasted £98m of taxpayers’ money’
MPs criticise ministry’s unrealistic ambitions and lack of scrutiny
DVLA recruiting four senior techies to tackle legacy and help create ‘digital workplace’
Government agency opens hiring process for quartet of IT leadership posts
DWP looks to embed machine-readable laws into digital ‘Universal Credit navigator’
Department works with government lawyers and specialist tech firm to pursue ‘rules as code’ project