Artificial intelligence to empower public services, says minister
Michelle Donelan highlights uses of AI in policing and healthcare along with potential to cut time spent on administration
Government seeks national technology adviser
Director general-level role requiring ‘fantastic network’ of contacts in science, technology and...
CDDO launches Data Maturity Assessment for Government
Departments have committed to carry out assessments based on 97 areas
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IPA chief on how government and industry need to collaborate to transform
Nick Smallwood runs the rule over major projects’ progress in 2022, and looks to the year ahead
DWP seeks £100k leader to help ‘become a truly data-driven department’
Role comes with remit to create vision to ‘transform work’ of government agency
Government chief picks digital skills as biggest challenge of 2023
Cabinet secretary cites need for departments to recruit more people from STEM backgrounds
Scottish officials granted right to switch off outside working hours
New policy stipulates Scottish Government workers should not be asked to answer calls and emails beyond contracted hours
Whitehall digitisation hampered by 30 years of ‘over-optimism’
NAO chief Gareth Davies says that government needs to invest in tech to achieve efficiencies
Government presses on with plans for York hub
Minister reveals site is slated to open in 2027 and will host officials from vetting agency
‘Significant escalation’ – Christmas strikes planned over courts IT system dispute
Legal advisers and court associates vote to take industrial action over controversial Common Platform
Government STEM agencies back industrial action
Bodies including Dstl and the Met Office are among the bodies to indicate most support for potential strikes
Edinburgh creates security hub to support smart-city ambitions
Council leader says that Scottish capital is looking to use tech to become 'more sustainable and data-driven'
‘We’re not a remote-working organisation’ – spending watchdog head
NAO chief Gareth Davies tells MPs that, while auditors now spend less time onsite, in-person fieldwork remains essential
Nearly a third of Defra’s 2,000 applications are past end of life, auditors find
Department must commit a decade of work and three quarters of its IT budget to upgrading ageing kit
Common complaints – why the ICO is considering revamping FOI casework
A ‘perfect storm’ of factors helped create a significant backlog of information-access complaints – but the data watchdog has a plan to improve. PublicTechnology takes a closer look.
Welsh Government considers reducing office space as remote working dominates
Data shows only about one in 10 officials is now in the office on any given day
Publication paused on departments’ annual strategy plans
Agencies will not be required to release documents for the current fiscal year
Home Office seeks software developers to meet ‘daring targets’ for use of automation
Department looks for trio of experts to join specialist team
Public covid probe seeks data leader to take on ‘critical role for the inquiry’s reputation’
Post comes with £70,000-plus salary and responsibility for data protection
DBS staff set for more strikes in stand-off with IT outsourcer
Contact-centre workers have previously been offered a 3.25% raise by Hinduja Global Solutions
ICO chief: “We are not ‘going easy’ on government”
Commissioner claims that fining public bodies simply creates a ‘money-go-round’
‘Not in our DNA’ – DVLA chief reveals agency’s struggles to enable remote access during pandemic
Julie Lennard tells MPs ‘everything has been designed’ to operate onsite
Braverman claims passport crisis is ‘fixed’ – but processing times remain at ten weeks
Home secretary and senior official give evidence to select committee
Glasgow council launches database to help connect local tech players
Authority unveils system to provide information and forge connections among industry landscape worth an estimated £2.6bn