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Regulator’s review finds government PR opaque on source of stats

A watchdog charged with monitoring official statistics has issued a report which concludes that five

Services at inner London councils hit by cyber incident

Three boroughs near the heart of the capital have shut down some systems warned local

Wolverhampton looks to AI to help catch littering drivers

West Midlands authority reveals plans to use the kind of software and camera technology behind

Average tenure of departmental CDIOs calculated at three years seven months

The government’s digital centre denies there is a problem with more managers leaving the civil

Government adds £240m and three extra years to AI framework

Whitehall’s procurement agency reveals that one of its core arrangements to enable public bodies to

UK government ‘assessing proposal’ for EU AI laws to be implemented in Northern Ireland

European lawmakers believe that new legislation should apply across the island of Ireland and, while

HMRC faces watchdog probe over ‘high-profile stats errors’

Government’s tax agency is to go through a ‘comprehensive review of its processes’ after recently

GDS launches local government unit and cross-public sector skills hub

Government’s technology unit has reactivated its local government ambitions with the launch of a specialist

Home Office explores AI tools to target asylum backlog

The Whitehall department is examining the potential of various types of technology, with the possibility

Scottish Government plans public services app

New smartphone tool for use by Scotland’s citizens will initially focus on information about the

More services impacted in latest outage as government and NHS stress use of multiple cloud providers

The Cloudflare network security system, which enables about a fifth of all websites, was the

HMRC recruits 5,000 citizens to test digital income tax service

Having opened volunteering 18 months ago, government’s tax agency has since attracted participation from thousands

WHO warns of need for AI healthcare laws

A report newly published by the global expert body has found that ‘the technology is

Policing sector plans £100m framework for ‘victim and citizen engagement’ tools

Buying body dedicated to serving the commercial needs of law enforcement and other public bodies

AI funding as proportion of DWP IT budget grows sixfold in FY25

Having had no dedicated money set aside as recently as 2023, government’s benefits agency now

WFH: Report warns over conflict between office closures and attendance mandates

A parliamentary committee has released findings based on evidence that many civil servants attend work

Government deploys ‘data scientists and digital rapid-response unit’ to tackle erroneous prisoner releases

Ministers reveal that tech and information specialists have been tasked with helping to improve processes

DWP signs £30m digital deal to tap into ‘augmented resources’

Whitehall agency retains one of its primary providers to offer support to a team with
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