GDS report finds population smartphone data offers ‘strategic and practical benefits for public sector’
Information gathered by the devices and apps in tens millions of people’s hands could provide
Cumbrian council advertises 25 tech roles including dedicated AI officers
Local authority for Westmorland and Furness is advertising a range of vacancies, including positions focused
UK Space Agency to be subsumed into DSIT
As part of ongoing drive to consider the future of agencies and ALBs, minsters announce
Defra retains £6m deal for customer ID system – but intends to integrate One Login
Department agrees new engagement for an initial period of two years, providing continued support for
South Yorkshire Police reprimanded over deletion of almost 100,000 evidential videos
The UK’s regulator for data protection has announced the results of an investigation which found
PM names new AI adviser
Jade Leung, a former leader at the firm behind ChatGPT, has been named as Keir
HMRC brings in £2.5m consultants to advise on major cloud plans
Department appoints AWS specialist to help prepare for upcoming migration to a new provider, but
Government plans to build AI agent to help citizens with ‘life admin’
Leading firms have been invited to join civil service tech experts to start work on
Defra picks former strategy and reform leader Kissack as new perm sec
Whitehall’s environment department looks to the charity sector for its latest boss, while identifying a
Treasury works on major new data platform to ‘rewire the state’
Department alerts tech suppliers to its plans to proceed with early planning and exploratory stages
DWP seeks £140k operations chief to ‘own the complete view of digital and transformation’
Department advertises role as COO of its tech unit, which comes with a wide remit
DHSC taps TikTok influencers for public-health comms campaign
Department will call on content creators from the video platform to warn the public about
Cabinet Office ditches plan to build its own new IT system as part of Google-to-Microsoft switch
In government’s annual lowdown on the progress of major projects, Whitehall’s central department reveals that
Government backs AI-powered interactive maps to predict knife crime
Ministers announce that, within five years, a new digital and data system will be used
NI Civil Service amends hybrid-working policy to mandate two days in office
A union for officials in Northern Ireland is opposing the new rule, but leaders claim
NHS plans £20m engagement to expand digital care via community pharmacies
The health service has revealed its intention to put in place a framework to help
Prisoners’ children: MoJ deploys machine learning and data analytics to support better policy
The ministry’s recently appointed chief digital and information officer Mark Thompson tells PublicTechnology about innovative
New trio for Treasury top table bring tech transformation skills
Whitehall’s finance department has recruited to its boardroom three new directors, who represent various sectors