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‘Allowing people to have a voice’ – Croydon explores public engagement platform DVSA awards £73m contract for new Driver Services Platform Government needs to go ‘further and faster’ on information security improvements Copilot saves staff time but does not improve productivity, DBT pilot finds HMRC chooses Public Digital for £14m strategy and delivery contract Two train companies trial GPS-based pay as you go ticketing Charity Commission plans £9.5m digital transformation programme CPS pilots use of generative AI to write first drafts of correspondence

Features

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Features Science, technology and research

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 […]...
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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

Opinion

7 Minutes
Education and skills Opinion

How NISTA can drive sustained transformation

September 1, 2025

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

February 27, 2025
3 Minutes
Business and industry News

‘Increased visibility and financial accountability’ – Home Office to create internal expert team to manage hundreds of millions in public cloud spending

Sam Trendall September 5, 2024 192 Comments on ‘Increased visibility and financial accountability’ – Home Office to create internal expert team to manage hundreds of millions in public cloud spending
The department has specified that it does not wish to simply procure a specialist outsourced service, but wishes to work with an independent expert to create its own FinOps function […]...
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2 Minutes
Defence and Security News

Microsoft outage: Government to ‘review lessons learned and improve response plans’ for future shutdowns

Sam Trendall September 4, 2024 54 Comments on Microsoft outage: Government to ‘review lessons learned and improve response plans’ for future shutdowns
Agencies including NCSC and CDDO will examine the impact of the recent global incident, with the aim of informing how departments and ministers respond to similar issues in the future […]...
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