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Data ownership, shadow AI and One Login expansion: Five things we learned at the Socitm President’s Conference

August 27, 2025

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Cabinet Office ditches plan to build its own new IT system as part of Google-to-Microsoft switch

August 18, 2025

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Former top officials including GCDO Potter cleared for post-government jobs

August 26, 2025

Advisory Committee on Business Appointments published conditions for Mike Potter’s role at Kohlberg Kravis Roberts, as well as Sir Alex Chisholm’s at BT and Sir Gareth Rhys Williams’s at PurpleSector […]...

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Education and skills News

ONS buys in leadership support for labour data and 2031 Census

August 26, 2025

Office for National Statistics awards digital consultancy Zaizi £200k contract for a solutions architect to help integrate AI and other emerging technologies in its labour market statistics and upcoming census […]...

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News Society and welfare

Equalities regulator finds police use of facial recognition ‘falls short’ on human rights law

August 26, 2025

Public body charged with protecting human rights has acknowledged the potential for the technology to tackle crime, but warns that current uses are not proportionate or sufficiently informed by safeguards […]...

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Communities, housing and planning News

GDS report finds population smartphone data offers ‘strategic and practical benefits for public sector’

August 22, 2025

Information gathered by the devices and apps in tens millions of people’s hands could provide a valuable additional source of information in designing and delivering public services, government report suggests […]...

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Communities, housing and planning News

Cumbrian council advertises 25 tech roles including dedicated AI officers

August 22, 2025

Local authority for Westmorland and Furness is advertising a range of vacancies, including positions focused on digital innovation and artificial intelligence, that will play a key role in delivering transformation […]...

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News Science, technology and research

UK Space Agency to be subsumed into DSIT

August 22, 2025

As part of ongoing drive to consider the future of agencies and ALBs, minsters announce that dedicated space entity will move into tech department but will not lose ‘immense ambition’ […]...

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Defra retains £6m deal for customer ID system – but intends to integrate One Login

August 21, 2025

Department agrees new engagement for an initial period of two years, providing continued support for its ID and access tool, but PublicTechnology understands One Login remains in its future plans […]...

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ONS buys in leadership support for labour data and 2031 Census

August 26, 2025

Equalities regulator finds police use of facial recognition ‘falls short’ on human rights law

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How departments are using data analytics to combat fraud

Jim Dunton July 31, 2025

PublicTechnology looks at case studies from a recent National Audit Office investigation into the publicsector’s ongoing efforts to halt billions of pounds in losses through fraud and error Fraud and […]...

HMRC Transformation Roadmap: New citizen services, more revenue and ‘cultural change’ across department

July 23, 2025

What next for the GOV.UK App?

July 3, 2025

Spending Review: How are departments planning to use tech to save billions?

June 26, 2025

An unstoppable force or an immovable object? Leaders discuss departments’ work with government’s digital centre

June 4, 2025

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Procurement should be a bridge, not a barrier, to local SMEs

July 11, 2025

Failing to secure public trust could derail government’s AI agenda

April 22, 2025

Local government leaders must give permission and support to digital colleagues to create the right future

April 16, 2025

AI tools will transform the policy profession for the better

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News Society and welfare

HMRC signs six-figure deal for comprehensive digital accessibility testing

Sam Trendall April 8, 2025

The government tax department has entered into an agreement which will last for the next two years and enable service teams to access various testing services and then identify issues […]...

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Communities, housing and planning News

Scottish islands progress use of drones in public services

Sofia Villegas April 8, 2025

Argyll and Bute Council, which serves citizens across a range of remote locations off Scotland’s west coast, has striven to make use of the autonomous airborne technology in recent years […]...

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Business and industry News

CCS previews Digital and Outcomes Specialists 7 framework with six-year term and £14.4bn value

Sam Trendall April 7, 2025

Having been split in two for its sixth iteration, one of government’s landmark tech buying vehicles is being reunited into a single deal, with a significantly expanded length and value […]...

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News Society and welfare

DWP working to ‘finalise publication’ of more algorithm details

Sam Trendall April 7, 2025

The department first deployed an algorithm to help detect possible fraud in claims made for Universal Credit advance payments four years ago and continues to field questions about its operation […]...

2 Minutes

Education and skills News

Review to probe ONS’s culture and effectiveness

Tevye Markson April 7, 2025

With former department chief Devereux to undertake review, leaders welcome ‘an opportunity to help ensure that the ONS can deliver of its best in what is a challenging external environment’ […]...

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Environment News

‘Minimise environmental impact’ added to Government Design Principles

Sam Trendall April 4, 2025

The guidelines first created 13 years ago to support designers of citizen services has been added to for the first time, with an instruction to help officials think about sustainability […]...

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International Relations News

Desert island digital: World’s most remote government seeks consultants to shape tech strategy

Sam Trendall April 4, 2025

Saint Helena, which forms part of a UK overseas territory about 4,000 miles from the British mainland, can lay claim to being home to the world’s most remote full-time population […]...

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Communities, housing and planning Features

‘Local authorities can become the orchestrators of change’

Sam Trendall April 3, 2025

An annual study from Socitm shines a light on the new, and familiar, tech trends currently shaping frontline public services. PublicTechnology talks to the sector body to find out more. […]...

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Business and industry News

DWP tops up data skills, software support and handsets in £20m trio of deals

Sam Trendall April 3, 2025

In recent weeks the Whitehall department has entered into £1m-plus engagements with three UK firms, respectively covering the provision of additional staff, tech hardware, and expert support for software tools […]...

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Defence and Security News

Government disbands 100-strong national security tech innovation unit

Sam Trendall April 3, 2025

NSTIx existed for four years with a remit to drive collaboration across the civil service and beyond, by disseminating good ideas while enabling agencies to better use their ‘limited resources’ […]...

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