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Government spent £8m on aborted disqualification cases against Carillion non-execs

Three directors of the fallen outsourcing and construction firm have been barred, but minister reveals

Report urges ‘significant reform’ of Scottish public services and better workforce data

Auditors acknowledge digital transformation plans, but warns that these will take time to bear fruit

DWP Personal Independence Payment tribunal decisions stored as ‘digital images’ on casework system

Departmental minister claims that assessors from Atos and Capita have access to case details, but

Financial Conduct Authority signs £675m digital services framework

The UK’s financial regulator has appointed a total of 62 suppliers to a four-year procurement

Auditors question government’s £8bn efficiency savings calculations

Report published by the National Audit Office claims that billions of pounds of savings reported

HMRC adds 565 civil servants with ‘skills in short supply’ after dissolution of in-house IT provider RCDTS

Almost three quarters of former tech company’s employees have formally joined tax agency – with

Sopra Steria pays £82m to buy Cabinet Office out of shared-services joint venture

Department will reinvest £57m into government productivity and streamlining programmes – as well as returning

Terrorism: Government keeping tabs on potential for radicalising chatbots, minister says

Tom Tugendhat claims that the Home Office ‘engages regularly’ with companies creating artificial intelligence tools,

Scottish Government puts funding into IoT scheme

Ongoing backing announced for IoT Secure programme, which works with SMEs and start-up firms to

AI minister turns to ‘very helpful’ ChatGPT to summarise legislation

DSIT minister Viscount Camrose acknowledges that automated technology can often ‘tread a line between fun

Home Office retains blanket ban on data disposal

All-encompassing embargo on destruction of files is no longer needed, but policy will remain in

Military crime unit deploys software for ‘urgent investigations’ after Afghanistan inquiry hears of civilian murders and cover-up

To support military justice teams’ response to ongoing independent probe, Ministry of Defence directly awards

National Archives offers £145k salary for CEO to deliver ‘near-contemporary digital records at scale’

National record keeping agency opens recruitment for a new leader to oversee its ongoing transformation

‘A threat to our fundamental freedoms’ – MPs and peers voice opposition to live facial recognition

Large group of parliamentarians calls for all police forces and private companies to immediately stop
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‘Not good enough’ – government declines to create new digital exclusion unit and strategy

With almost 10 years elapsed since ministers last set out a dedicated plan, a parliamentary

GDS leads audit of GOV.UK content after MPs flag ‘racist language’ in departmental documents

Cabinet Office unit had been tasked with combing through government’s website to identify and help

EXCL: HMRC creating contingency plan in case technical issues prevent traders meeting March customs migration deadline

CHIEF system is scheduled to close on 30 March, but PublicTechnology understands department will establish

DSIT reveals £1m post-DCMS roadmap to move users’ IT from Google to Microsoft

Another department plans to switch software vendors as contract with consultancy comes into effect today
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