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Shadow minister slams government for ‘abandoning its responsibility’ on Verify
Jo Platt rebukes government for its ‘latest costly digital failure’
US senators introduce legislation to boost government’s use of AI
Although ‘C-3PO isn’t yet a reality’, cross-party quartet wants to make it easier for federal agencies to adopt new technologies
Whitehall suffers from ‘a culture of denial when a project is going badly’, says PAC chair Hillier
The head of the Public Accounts Committee has lamented a lack of transparency and information sharing across the civil service
Government should use National Data Strategy to address ‘serious problems’ with outsourcing data, think tank urges
The Institute for Government wants to see more and better data on contracts and the civil service workforce
A vision for a Digital Scotland
Neil McEvoy of Digital Scotland explains how the country could learn from the low-cost and replicable systems implemented by Estonia, and why GovTech is huge opportunity for the Scottish Government
UK to develop new government procurement site in the event of no-deal Brexit
If the UK leaves the European Union without a deal, the government has pledged that an equivalent to the current TED and OJEU platforms will be ready ‘from exit day’
No plans for ‘right to challenge’ laws for algorithm decisions
Government response to recent select committee report ignores recommendation for new legislation
Government puts £80m into quantum technology
Chancellor takes quantum leap with investment in four projects
The innovation strategy should not be a minister saying ‘that one looks shiny’ – Dowden’s pragmatic plan
Minister for implementation pledges that the upcoming government innovation strategy will be a practical strategy to address problems
Jeremy Hunt criticises Google's lack of cooperation on international child-abuse crackdown
Foreign secretary hits out at internet titan
House of Commons seeks tech infrastructure lead ahead of renovation
Vacant role advertised for senior manager to oversee compute hardware
Corbyn suggests creation of ‘British Digital Corporation’
Labour leader says a state-backed entity could deliver online information and entertainment
Government backs high-tech industry with £930m investment in regional centres
Manufacturing and research facilities across eight regions given cash injection
Councils to trial online citizen polls as part of government ‘innovation in democracy’ plans
The newly published Civil Society Strategy includes initiatives to improve participation in local decision making
Train companies to release data to help tech firms build passenger apps
Government and industry body announce plans to increase the role of digital and data across the UK’s rail network
National technology advisor Liam Maxwell set to depart government for role at AWS
Sources indicate that one of the civil service’s most high-profile digital and technology specialists is to take a job in the commercial sector
Inside the Canadian Digital Service – why immigration transformation represents its ‘first big opportunity’
In the second of our two-part feature, senior figures at the government transformation agency talk through the services it has built so far and how it intends to be ‘a bit more bold’ in its second year
Local government and the NHS do not want outsourced IT, studies find
Research from Dods shows that most public sector workers are not in favour of bringing in commercial firms to provide their IT
Inside the Canadian Digital Service – how the transformation agency began life ‘on the corner of someone’s desk’
In the first of a two-part feature to mark the anniversary of its opening, PublicTechnology talks to a range of key figures from the Canadian Digital Service about how it came to be established, its role and remit, and what it learned from the experiences of GDS
Government proposes banning online trolls from public office
Suggested law change would create a new offence of intimidating political candidates or campaigners
Government opted not to encrypt Cold War Kremlin hotline as £20,000 cost was deemed too high
Newly published former top-secret documents reveal that a direct communications link between Downing Street and Mikhail Gorbachev was not encrypted – despite the wishes of the government’s ‘technical experts’