Government dedicates £1.3bn to attracting top science and tech talent
Measures unveiled in bumper research funding package include 100 additional AI PhDs
Boston to allow autonomous vehicle tests across city
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GDS Service Manual adds guidance to help departments ‘make the case for building the right thing’
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Public sector executive pay should be linked to cybersecurity
James Wickes of Cloudview believes regulators need to take steps to sharpen senior managers’ focus on cybersecurity
London councils’ GDPR-compliance budgets range from £1,000 to £300,000
Policy paper from Parliament Street think tank recommends increased use of shared services
Law to require slaughterhouses to install CCTV
Three months’ worth of footage must be made available to regulators
GDS offers £135k for delivery and support head
Organisation seeks leader of delivery and support functions to manage 550 staff and £85m annual budget
Top-tier data-processing fees rise sixfold to £2,900 in new ICO funding structure
Large organisations that process personal data will see their annual subsidy contribution rise from £500
D5 becomes D7 as Canada and Uruguay join global digital-government collective
Nations join UK and others by signing organisation’s charter
GDS to ramp up programme to encourage Whitehall data-literacy
Courses set to be added to GDS Academy this year, after successful completion of pilot training scheme
Treasury Committee to examine digital-currency regulation
‘It is time Whitehall and Westminster understood cryptocurrency better’, committee member declares following period of extreme fluctuations
MPs tell government to invest in Defra IT systems to minimise Brexit disruption to imports and exports
Environment select committee also calls on department to publish ‘sector-by-sector analysis of the impact of Brexit’
Public-sector AI code of conduct published
Nesta creates 10-strong list of principles it believes should define how government uses artificial intelligence and algorithms
Ex-DWP perm sec Devereux says digitisation got in the way of Universal Credit policy revamp
Departing departmental chief claims that programme to reform welfare while driving services online should have ‘had a twin-track strategy from the start’
EU data-protection agreement need not compromise Brexit trade deals – techUK CEO
Trade body leader Julian David writes to international trade secretary Liam Fox to argue that the UK must adhere to data-protection rules to remain a tech-industry leader
HMRC IT staff working on Brexit preparations could face redundancy as part of civil-service office-closure plans
Department's regional centre in Stratford will be smaller than first anticipated
West Midlands seeks chief digital officer
Metro mayor Andy Street seeks leader to front 'digital revolution'
Recruitment reforms to make it easier for Whitehall departments to bring in ‘highly specialist skills’
Exceptions added to Civil Service Commission Recruitment Principles could allow for digital professionals to be brought in without full hiring process
Embedding AI and biometrics into services picked as GDS priorities for 2018
Director general Kevin Cunnington runs through achievements of past 12 months and goals for the coming year, including supporting Brexit initiatives and increasing DDaT skills
Interview: government chief security officer Campbell McCafferty on his mission to make government ‘the hardest target it can be’
First-ever holder of GCSO post discusses how to remove barriers, break down siloes, and ‘deliver much more consistency’ in security strategy
Government launches review of online trolling laws
Law Commission asked to analyse whether and how statutes need to be changed to ensure they are fit for the internet age
The government’s Institute of Coding could help create a truly digital workforce
James Milligan of Hays Digital Technology welcomes PM Theresa May’s investments in closing the technology skills gap
Whitehall signs up to avoid all-male tech shortlists
All government departments will sign the Tech Talent Charter, including a pledge to submit anonymised diversity data
Government, the public, and tech firms must work together to beat the real problem of fake news
Rachel Neaman of Corsham Institute believes that facing down the challenge of online misinformation needs a long-term and wide-ranging strategy