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DWP expects £600m-plus savings from long-term ‘service modernisation’ scheme

Assessment from departmental head Peter Schofield provides additional financial and operational details of major project

Over 11,000 XL bully dogs registered in first six weeks of online service

Data shows that, with five weeks until the deadline, the number of applications made for

Covid inquiry: Scottish leaders face question over deleted WhatsApps

The ongoing public inquiry into government’s handling of the coronavirus crisis will not receive messages

Scottish and UK leaders to cooperate on mass exonerations for Horizon victims

Ministers in Holyrood are planning to work with colleagues in Westminster to ensure that new

Cheap train tickets and public-health advice to be broadcast on new government WhatsApp channel

Communications initiative is intended to ‘amplify’ key information for the public, and enable government to

Ageing and complex tech cited in MoD inventory issues as MPs warn of ‘significant risk to life’

The Public Accounts Committee has published a new report which, among many problems, identifies the

Calls for DfT to work across Whitehall to deliver on transport data plan

Department released a major strategy last year, but now needs to collaborate more widely and

Government generative AI guidance promises ‘meaningful human control’

Central Digital and Data Office releases detailed guidance on the use of tools like ChatGPT,

Scottish accelerator puts £7.5m into emerging public sector tech

Ninth round of funding awarded via the CivTech programme will support investment in developing tools

MoD signs £150m deal to deploy 220,000 devices ‘from the head office to the frontline’

Contract awarded to IT reseller Computacenter is hoped to save as much as £84m in

DHSC reveals Twitter fees to ‘review volumes of tweets’ of potential recruits

Updated commercial notice reveals tech firm now offers scheme through which, for a monthly charge,

‘Defra spends its budget on ageing systems and MoD relies on kit dating back to the Cold War’

The head of the UK’s independent public spending watchdog has warned MPs that government requires

DWP signs deal for AI tech to analyse citizens’ social posts in anti-fraud drive

Department has purchased three licences of automated ‘social media listening’ tool that will offers the

ONS chief cites need for departmental funding to support new £229m data platform

To ensure they can effectively contribute to the new Integrated Data Service, Whitehall agencies will

Almost 30 roles up for grabs at new AI Safety Institute

Senior and specialist posts are being advertised at new DSIT body created to fulfil ‘mission

One Login: GDS signs £10m deal for fraud-prevention system

The Government Digital Service has awarded a three year contract to specialist firm Synectics, which
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