The executive leader of the UK’s official statistics producer has revealed that the organisation will scale back its work in certain areas, with the aim of improving quality in others […]...
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ONS staff continue industrial action in remote-working dispute
Officials working for government’s statistics agency and represented by the Prospect union have opted to extend measures, which have included refusal to comply with demands to be in the office […]...
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PAC cites skills shortfall in ‘uneven’ public sector AI adoption
The parliamentary committee has encouraged Whitehall to ensure that it is not only getting the most out of new tech, but also realising the ‘enormous’ innovation potential of frontline staff […]...
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Government accepts 17 of 19 Horizon inquiry recommendations
As well as agreeing to most measures called for by the scrutiny process, the trade department has indicated that it will consider establishing an entity to support government compensation programmes […]...
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Cyber graduate roles emerge as Whitehall’s most hotly contested
Having once again been given its own dedicated segment of the Civil Service Fast Stream programme, the IT security area was only able to offer roles one in 500 applicants […]...
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Report calls for public-service IT pros to be ‘held to same standards as doctors, lawyers and engineers’
A study from industry professional body BCS endorses citizens’ support for greater safeguards and governance, including formalised standards, as well as an independently administered public register of government tech workers […]...
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AI coding tools save developers an hour a day, DSIT report finds
Following completion of trials exclusively revealed last year by PublicTechnology, department reveals benefits of Microsoft and Google systems, but finds that only 15% of code created could be used unedited […]...
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Ex-ONS head Diamond acknowledges ‘serious challenges’ but cites need for more resources
Former national statistician has come in for serious criticism, but tells committee he is ‘absolutely clear’ he is not solely responsible for his former employer’s difficulties or loss of reputation […]...
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Government needs to go ‘further and faster’ on information security improvements
Cabinet Office has published previously secret 2023 review of data security, as well as a response from the Information Commissioner, following disclosure of MoD data breach on 18,000 Afghans seeking […]...
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UK Space Agency to be subsumed into DSIT
As part of ongoing drive to consider the future of agencies and ALBs, minsters announce that dedicated space entity will move into tech department but will not lose ‘immense ambition’ […]...
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