Beckie Smith

4 Minutes

News Science, technology and research

AI could save HMRC and DWP staff 4,300 years of work, study finds

Beckie Smith November 29, 2024

A newly published report from think tank the Social Market Foundation has recommended a wider AI guidance remit for DSIT, and identified potential huge efficiencies departments could gain via automation […]...

2 Minutes

News Transport

Mind the app: TfL plans tech deal to hunt brand-infringement of logos, maps and slogans

Sam Trendall November 29, 2024

Transport authority is seeking to engage with tech providers who could help scour the web and app landscape for unauthorised uses of imagery and words that are familiar to millions […]...

2 Minutes

Education and skills News

DfE signs potential £60m digital deals to support major schools programmes

Sam Trendall November 28, 2024

The department has picked suppliers to fulfil contracts providing design, data, testing and product delivery assistance to a range of major projects supporting schools in areas including procurement and construction […]...

4 Minutes

Economics and finance News

Cross-public sector financial report dogged by missing data

Beckie Smith November 28, 2024

Auditors have been unable to sign off on the latest version of the annual statement bringing together information from 10,000 public bodies in central and local government, NHS and education […]...

2 Minutes

News Transport

Government plans £4bn-plus Transport Technology framework

Sam Trendall November 27, 2024

Crown Commercial Service has revealed plans to create a major new agreement next year allowing public sector bodies to procure digital and data tools related to roads, rail and more […]...

2 Minutes

Highlights News Society and welfare

‘DWP’s radically improved digital offer will put a Jobcentre in your pocket’

Sam Trendall November 27, 2024

Under sweeping reforms announced this week by the new Labour administration, Jobcentres and government careers services will be combined, with tech playing an essential role in the newly unified offering […]...

3 Minutes

News Public order, justice and rights

MoJ commits £70m to duo of device deals

Sam Trendall November 26, 2024

Government’s largest department has signed off two thirds of a trio of engagements forming part of an ongoing major project to deliver the organisation’s next generation of end user services […]...

3 Minutes

Communities, housing and planning News

West Northamptonshire seeks ‘vital link’ in bid to become most innovative council

Sam Trendall November 26, 2024

Local authority serving Northampton and other local towns is seeking to hire a data expert to help connect various teams, as well as work with senior leaders and service managers […]...

3 Minutes

Defence and Security News

Russia: Minister warns on ‘appeasing aggressive and reckless cyber threat’

Sam Trendall November 26, 2024

Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster tells UK’s Nato allies that adversaries could deploy AI on the battlefield and beyond, and that an attack could disrupt power supplies for millions […]...

PublicTechnology

Beckie Smith

AI could save HMRC and DWP staff 4,300 years of work, study finds

Mind the app: TfL plans tech deal to hunt brand-infringement of logos, maps and slogans

DfE signs potential £60m digital deals to support major schools programmes

Cross-public sector financial report dogged by missing data

Government plans £4bn-plus Transport Technology framework

‘DWP’s radically improved digital offer will put a Jobcentre in your pocket’

MoJ commits £70m to duo of device deals

West Northamptonshire seeks ‘vital link’ in bid to become most innovative council

Russia: Minister warns on ‘appeasing aggressive and reckless cyber threat’

The importance of data security for today’s healthcare organisations

The UK public sector harbours hidden digital transformation ‘deficit’

Case study: Strengthening the cyber resilience of public sector organisations

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