The Cabinet Office has signed a contract to support delivery of a ‘major historic archiving project’, in which government will develop a new online service to honour the late monarch […]...
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Digital ID minister replaced with former musician and comms advisor James Frith
Prior to taking on his first ministerial posting, the member for Bury North has previously worked for public relations outfits, social enterprises, and played the UK’s most famous music festival […]...
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Government looks to clamp down on email attachments through ‘cultural change, guidance and technological solutions’
Government’s recently appointed chief data officer Aimee Smith tells MPs that, for the first time, a specialist team under her oversight will focus on protection and the prevention of loss […]...
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DfE seeks partner for development of AI-powered tutoring tools for disadvantaged students
Department floats potential £1.8m contract following commitment to explore the use of artificial intelligence to help up to 450,000 pupils from disadvantaged backgrounds get tailored support to improve their grades […]...
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Government explores unified ID and verification system for businesses
Whitehall’s trade department has signed an agreement with a major tech supplier to examine the possibilities of creating and implementing a new identity for use by companies across all agencies […]...
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GOV.UK mobile traffic tops 60% of all visits as app passes 300,000 downloads
Last year three in five people accessing the site did so on a smartphone, while early usage data for government’s new app shows that ‘return users are increasing with time’ […]...
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One Login regains government trustmark as GDS deploys systems to prevent future lapses
The list of providers certified via DSIT’s statutory guidelines has been expanded recently and now, once again, features government’s own verification tool, as well as services from key supplier iProov […]...
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EXCL: GDS plans deployment of AI coding tools to ‘teams across public sector’
The Whitehall digital unit has previously conducted a major trial in which civil servants achieved time savings of about an hour each day by using Google and Microsoft automation tech […]...
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What is the cost of DWP’s UC anti-fraud algorithm?
The tech tool has been subject to criticism and controversy since being launched by the department five years ago. PublicTechnology investigates recent disclosures about its technical operation and financial return. […]...
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Government slashed £600m of consultancy spend in FY25
While some departments still spent hundreds of millions of pounds, other major agencies laid out as little as £200k after an edict from the incoming Labour administration halting inessential spending […]...
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