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EXCL: GDS closes One Login privacy and inclusion scrutiny group

Group advising and scrutinising issues of data protection and accessibility for digital ID tool has

‘My overwhelming sense was that government hadn’t joined the dots of a coming revolution’ – ex-digital minister

Matt Warman was commissioned to undertake a review of the impact of technology on working

Minister: ‘Spending review will tackle legacy IT and invest in cyber, cloud and AI tech’

Former top scientific adviser Lord Vallance has reiterated the significance of recent strategic moves and

GOV.UK Pay looks to beef up capabilities with £60m payment provider deal

After nine years and more than £6bn in fees taken by over 1,000 services, GDS

Watchdog signs off consultancy gig for ex-Whitehall leader Chisholm but warns ‘risks must be mitigated’

One of the world’s largest consulting firms, with annual revenues of almost £10bn, has hired

Algorithmic transparency requirement added to digital spend controls

Tweaks made to government’s commercial guidance for departments’ spending on digital and tech projects include

HMRC opens bids for £450m deal for digital NI-GB trade platform

Government tax agency is seeking a new provider partner to assist with the delivery of

Nine-department shared services group signs £25m deals for ‘implementation and change’ consultancy

Matrix cluster of policy departments, which is to standardise on Workday systems, is led by

Minister signals government intent to end public funding for National Parking Platform

DfT began work six years ago on a system providing a hub to which parking

Labour MP group pushes digital ID card agenda

Almost 20 years after Tony Blair legislated for ID cards and 15,000 citizens voluntarily signed

‘Reset’ AI Security Institute agrees MoU with US start-up and cuts bias and free-speech remit

Former AI Safety Institute will undergo major changes, while government more widely will work with

HS2 signs £100m deal for passenger telecoms services

A joint venture comprising specialist elements of IT firms Hitachi and Telent is awarded a

Government considers ‘Commercial Innovation Hub’ and new AI tool for contracts

Ministers have unveiled proposals to establish a new unit dedicated to helping departments build and
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EXCL: Government likely to recruit new data chief as incumbent Suckling departs

PublicTechnology learns that current data chief is to move on after less than a year
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Top 75-focused programme delivered 29 services to ‘great’ standard, minister reveals

Following replacement of initiative with alternative scheme focused on ‘deeper transformation’, detail is provided on

HMRC develops anti-fraud algorithm to crack down on logo misuse

Internal software engineers working for the tax department have implemented a machine learning tool which

NHS and DHSC to examine ‘objectives around an app library’ four years after closure

The health service has previously launched two digital repositories of approved applications, the latter of

Cheshire East seeks customer experience chief to lead ‘challenging journey’ to digital transformation

The unitary authority serving towns including Crewe, Macclesfield, Sandbach and Congleton is recruiting for a
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