
Sheffield seeks leader to ‘deliver one of the boldest and most forward-thinking digital transformations in local government’
Local authority in South Yorkshire invites applications for top tech managerial post to lead rollout

Minister claims ScotRail is ‘fixing’ alleged unpermitted voice use in AI announcer
Scotland’s public train operator has rolled out Iona, a new AI-based announcement software, but the

Spending Review: Defra given £300m fund to tackle legacy and boost digital services
Whitehall’s environment department will minimise use of contractors and pursue tech reform in the coming

Spending Review: NHS promised £10bn tech warchest
Money spent on new tech and transformative initiatives over the next four years will include

Insolvency Service appoints crack crypto case-breaker
Former police investigator Andrew Small has been recruited to help the DBT agency pursue and

Government to create app store-style buying platform for public sector tech
The new National Digital Exchange from the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology is intended

Spending Review: HMRC given £500m to ensure ‘90% of customer interactions are digital’
As well as half a billion pounds to improve citizen services and reduce analogue provision,

Spending Review: Digital government plans backed with £1.9bn
One pound in ten of the £3.25bn transformation fund will support the work of GDS

DWP signs £265m contact centre deal with UK SME
Departmental deal could nearly triple Bristolian outfit’s annual revenue, as CEO says growth is built

Home Office hopes automatic data-sharing will ‘reduce need to evidence immigration status’
Minister indicates that, by allowing systems across the health service and Whitehall agencies to better

AI training to be provided to every government employee
Annual programme focused on promoting growth in a key area of expertise each year will,

Government has ‘mountain to climb’ addressing tech procurement issues, MPs find
A PAC study claims that key departments do not have a handle on spending data

MoJ signs £70m deal for device-management and infrastructure services
Government’s largest department signs French IT giant to take on delivery of identity access and

MHRA seeks 30 digital experts for new Leeds tech hub
UK regulator for health products and services has established a new tech centre in West

New digital commercial plan will ‘drive down usage and optimise software assets’
The minister for artificial intelligence and digital government has claimed that a strategy being created

‘No known alternative’ – Scottish NHS to retain digital supplier on new five-year £18m deal for out-of-hours care system
Technology from OneAdvanced, formerly known as Adastra, has been used to support urgent support services

AI could help with two-fifths of public sector workload, Turing study finds
New research from the UK’s national institute for data science and artificial intelligence finds that

GDS signs £20m AWS cloud-hosting deal after formal completion of DSIT move
Legislation coming into force this week formalises the transfer of the digital unit to DSIT,