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Rachel Neaman of Corsham Institute believes that facing down the challenge of online misinformation needs a long-term and wide-ranging strategy 

BEIS and DCMS seeking head for new jointly run Office for Artificial Intelligence

Organisations offering water, energy, health, or transport services must implement effective preventive measures or face serious consequences

Cabinet Office publishes document outlining plans to allow higher pay scales for ‘market-facing’ professions

Local authority unveils ambition to ‘become a digital council by 2020’

John Manzoni tells civil servants that use of RPA could create more time for work with customers

As ambitious scheme continues to see delays, department accepts that it ought to be more willing to buy off-the-shelf technology

The ICO’s investigation into the use of data and analytics in campaigning is likely to prompt the creation of a new code of conduct for political parties, according to information commissioner Elizabeth Denham

Cabinet Office to build team of online experts to help ‘harness power of technology for good’

Digital signature process will use GOV.UK Verify and HM Land Registry’s own digital tools

NHS bodies and Department of Health and Social Care issue guidance clarifying that numerous offshore locations are considered a safe home for health and social services data

Public sector ICT charity to migrate all customers – understood to include local and central government bodies – by the end of 2018, after deciding public cloud is the way forward

Local council commits £120,000 set-up funding

Art-and-design museum claims GDPR audit is well underway as it seeks market input on possible DPO-as-a-service implementation

Authority in Somerset looks to create a platform to improve services, create efficiencies, and enable data-sharing

Commissioner Tony Porter tells PublicTechnology about continued efforts to get the Home Office to recognise the need for a surveillance camera code of practice that applies to NHS and education bodies

Department seeks digital specialist to help it prepare for public beta launch within three months and pass assessment by the end of October

Organisation building centralised team to help Whitehall manage the digital implications of leaving the EU while maintaining longer-term transformation goals

Local Government Association believes that the supply of ‘adequate funding’ will likely come from the private sector

Partners of fallen firm pledge that work to roll out networks across the UK will continue as scheduled

Hertsmere MP’s brief as minister for implementation also includes IPA, CCS, and cybersecurity initiatives