The government’s long-awaited Digital Strategy is expected to include £17m for artificial intelligence, a review of AI technologies and support for smart devices, cyber security and autonomous vehicles....
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Digital Outcomes and Specialists 2 goes live with more than 2,000 suppliers
The government’s latest digital procurement framework has attracted 60% more suppliers than the previous iteration of the platform....
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DWP Digital creates data visualisation tool for policymakers
The digital team at the Department for Work and Pensions has designed an application to give policy teams easier access to the information they need to identify and develop policy […]...
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Civil service to pilot online recruitment tool to cut reliance on ‘outdated’ technology
The government chief people officer Rupert McNeil has said that the civil service is using recruitment technology that is “40 or 50 years out of date” as the civil service […]...
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Prisons bill confirms plans to extend virtual hearings and offer online guilty pleas
The government has said it will extend its use of virtual hearings, and install booths in courtrooms to allow the media and the public to observe such hearings....
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National Cyber Security Centre picks Office 365 for office productivity
The UK’s National Cyber Security Centre has chosen Office 365 for its office productivity platform....
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Nesta: Digital democracy needs good planning, high-level buy-in and honesty
Countries that want to use digital tools to increase public engagement with the democratic process must gain cross-party support for the intervention and be honest about what it will and will […]...
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How can government raise its tech game? The digital tools transforming democracy for today and tomorrow
The UK’s model of governance seems impervious to radical technological change, but elsewhere in the world, countries are getting digital democracy right, says Theo Bass, a researcher at innovation foundation […]...
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Peers grill HMRC’s Making Tax Digital team over software development plans
Civil servants running HMRC’s digital tax reforms have defended the timeline of the plan, but admitted that some software suppliers will not have products ready until October – six months […]...
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Government told to shout about big-data success stories
The government could change the public’s perception of big data projects by focusing on improving its marketing as well as increasing transparency, a conference has been told....
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