Whitehall’s technology department is advertising a job at director general level and offering a salary well in excess of £100,000 a year for a digital expert focused on new technology […]...
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City of London hunts for partner to help transform while ‘honouring 1,000 years of history’
Square Mile authority floats £2.4m contract for advice on “the art of the possible” in relation to shaping the organisation’s future – including its ambition to become “digitally enabled by […]...
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DWP offers up to £136k for digital delivery director to help transform UC and more
Recruitment campaign seeks ‘bold, collaborative and forward-thinking leader who thrives in a complex environment’ to play a central role in the Department for Work and Pensions’ Digital and Transformation Group […]...
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Government Digital and Data Profession unpacks new ‘evaluator’ role
Recently-created positions differ from ‘traditional’ evaluators who usually operate outside government programme areas and are often contracted from the private sector, according to DBT’s head of digital evaluation Natalia Chivite-Matthews […]...
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DfE seeks partner for development of AI-powered tutoring tools for disadvantaged students
Department floats potential £1.8m contract following commitment to explore the use of artificial intelligence to help up to 450,000 pupils from disadvantaged backgrounds get tailored support to improve their grades […]...
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DWP urged to tackle fraud cost of human error
The department has taken on additional staff, as well as deploying new technology systems and means of using data, but a committee has warned that mistakes are still being made […]...
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Environment Agency plans drone-fleet upgrade to combat waste crime
Remotely piloted aircraft will be fitted with laser-mapping technology that allows for the creation of highly detailed records of illegal dumping sites as part of a £5m enforcement budget boost […]...
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Ministers set out proposals for crackdown on abusive online images
Tech firms will be required to remove non-consensual intimate images from platforms within 48 hours of complaints – or face huge fines, the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology has […]...
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Whitehall pensions backlog: Capita laments ‘incomplete’ data
Senior managers have claimed that the tech services firm inherited a backlog of more than double the expected 37,000 cases, as well as thousands of unread emails that required attention […]...
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Stockton signs up to ‘digital life-story’ platform for kids in care
Borough council in the north east has agreed a contract with startup Virtual Memory Box to help children keep track of their photos, videos, audio recordings and other important documents […]...
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