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‘Not just the usual suspects’ – Whitehall digital plan has engaged policy and delivery leaders, GDS exec says

Digital centre figurehead Emily Middleton tells techUK’s annual public sector conference that blueprint released in

Met Police plans £25m digital, data and AI agreement to support ‘precise policing’

Constabulary to create framework lasting five years and hoped to ‘accelerate the delivery of technology
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DVSA signals role of tech in combatting MOT fraud

Artificial intelligence and connected data from testing stations are being employed to help accelerate the

Procurement: Report identifies ‘mismatch’ between government and tech suppliers

A new study from techUK, in partnership with policy and public affairs consultancy Henham strategy,

DSIT overhauls ministerial line-up after four departures

Kendall, Naryan and Murray have all been brought in after a ministerial rejig that saw

Home Office offers up to £190k for digital and innovation head

Successful candidate will have a team of around 4,000, an annual budget of approximately £1.8bn

MPs’ investigation aims to ‘shine a light’ on secrets of MoD Afghan breach

Parliament’s Defence Committee has announced that, following a recent auditors’ report, MPs will now examine

Government develops ‘taxonomy’ to categorise 350 emerging technologies

Whitehall’s dedicated advisory body for issues of science and tech reveals that it has drawn

HMRC moves forward with £14m ‘silo-busting’ IT contract

Gitlab deal aims to consolidate multiple standalone systems into SaaS-based platforms so that all groups

Scottish police force progresses plans for facial recognition

In a recent meeting, officers from Police Scotland claimed that the force’s engagement efforts so

Outdated IT contributes to National Crime Agency failings on bulk dataset analysis

HM Inspectorate of Constabulary says potential of National Crime Agency’s National Data Exploitation Capability ‘remains

Turing Institute head steps down after technology minister calls it a ‘failing organisation’

Jean Innes will leave the organisation later this year as the AI research charity refocuses on

DWP seeks to recruits group of senior technologists

Department for Work and Pensions seeks to recruit personnel for its digital group over next

HMCTS will introduce AI responsibly, technology head says

Gary O’Reilly, HMCTS’s chief technology officer, says they will only use AI tools when they

Leeds invests in VR headsets to help understand adoption trauma

Local authority for West Yorkshire city spends buys wearable tech that can be used by

Government explores compulsory digital ID scheme as part of illegal immigration push

Cabinet discusses digital identity scheme following Pat McFadden’s interest in Estonia’s X-Road system, support from

MoD can’t provide exact cost for resettling Afghans hit by data breach

National Audit Office lacks confidence in the ministry’s estimate of £850m cost of the Afghanistan

‘Allowing people to have a voice’ – Croydon explores public engagement platform

London’s most populous borough has indicated a plan to work with a tech provider, which
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