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Charity Commission plans £9.5m digital transformation programme

PublicTechnology staff August 29, 2025

Commission’s three-year programme set to include improving online services for trustees, reviewing collection and use of data, better targeting of advice and regulation and easier public access to charity data […]...

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News Public order, justice and rights

CPS pilots use of generative AI to write first drafts of correspondence

PublicTechnology staff August 29, 2025

Crown Prosecution Service introduces Correspondence Drafting Tool that uses Microsoft OpenAI’s GPT4 large language model to produce initial drafts of letters and emails, with trained staff then reviewing and editing […]...

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Employment News

DSIT sees staff numbers increase by more than half as GDS moves in

PublicTechnology staff August 28, 2025

The Department for Science, Innovation and Technology has added more than 1,200 FTE staff as Government Digital Service transfers from Cabinet Office, with increased staffing, contingent labour and consultancy spending […]...

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Cyber Security Hub Defence and Security News

Security agencies tell public-sector IT to fix problems given cyber threats from Chinese companies

PublicTechnology staff August 28, 2025

National Cyber Security Centre and agencies in 12 other countries advise those managing networks for government and critical services to hunt for malicious activity and implement fixes for known problems […]...

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Education and skills News

GDS recruits director and engineers for Incubator for Artificial Intelligence

PublicTechnology staff August 27, 2025

Government Digital Service also seeks leader for Government Efficiency Accelerator programme on piloting and adopting AI in core functions while Ministry for Justice looks to recruit head of AI governance […]...

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Defence and Security News

Electoral Commission awards security operations centre contract following voter registration data breach

PublicTechnology staff August 27, 2025

Commission to spend £302,000 over four years on managed security service after earlier cyberattack on electoral register and staff email, as organisations including Disclosure and Barring Service plan similar moves […]...

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Education and skills News

Former top officials including GCDO Potter cleared for post-government jobs

PublicTechnology staff August 26, 2025

Advisory Committee on Business Appointments published conditions for Mike Potter’s role at Kohlberg Kravis Roberts, as well as Sir Alex Chisholm’s at BT and Sir Gareth Rhys Williams’s at PurpleSector […]...

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Education and skills News

ONS buys in leadership support for labour data and 2031 Census

PublicTechnology staff August 26, 2025

Office for National Statistics awards digital consultancy Zaizi £200k contract for a solutions architect to help integrate AI and other emerging technologies in its labour market statistics and upcoming census […]...

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Curious minds wanted: Why AI skills in the public sector start with attitude, not code

PublicTechnology staff July 9, 2025

Speaking at a recent PublicTechnology webinar, hosted in partnership with QA, two leading voices from government and industry share advice on how public sector staff can unlock AI’s full potential […]...

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News Society and welfare

Labour MP: ‘Trust in AI is built through competence – not glossy PR’

PublicTechnology staff June 24, 2025

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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Charity Commission plans £9.5m digital transformation programme

CPS pilots use of generative AI to write first drafts of correspondence

DSIT sees staff numbers increase by more than half as GDS moves in

Security agencies tell public-sector IT to fix problems given cyber threats from Chinese companies

GDS recruits director and engineers for Incubator for Artificial Intelligence

Electoral Commission awards security operations centre contract following voter registration data breach

Former top officials including GCDO Potter cleared for post-government jobs

ONS buys in leadership support for labour data and 2031 Census

Curious minds wanted: Why AI skills in the public sector start with attitude, not code

Labour MP: ‘Trust in AI is built through competence – not glossy PR’

Hitachi Solutions demonstrates secure use of Microsoft tools with AWS data in major win for government cloud interoperability

Only 1% of managers call their hiring ‘very effective’ – Civica research shows why

Curious minds wanted: Why AI skills in the public sector start with attitude, not code

The school meal debate: A digital opportunity hiding in plain sight

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