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Parts of NHS making ‘glacially slow progress’ on digital, MPs warn
The House of Commons’ Public Accounts Committee has just published a highly critical report claiming that officials in ...
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FCDO deploys AI triage for consular queries and predicts tech ‘will transform diplomatic practice’
UK nationals living or travelling overseas and seeking information or support from the government can now be assisted by automated systems, as part of wider departmental use of new technologies The ...
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Defra farming reform programme seeks £20m tech partner to transform monitoring
The Rural Payments Agency, which oversees the delivery of more than 40 support schemes, is looking to deploy new digital ...
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Spending advice unit recommends assessment of ‘public attitudes and perceptions’ in departments’ AI procurement
A team created by Cabinet Office and HM Treasury to ensure spending calls are backed by evidence has created guidance ...
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NAO finds government will miss 2025 cyber-resilience goal with big staffing gaps and legacy upgrades not funded
A new study from the public spending watchdog identifies excessive vacancies and use of temps, while hundreds of ageing ...
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Met Police oversight body seeks intel too to interrogate data – including taxi and takeaway records
London Mayor’s Office for Policing and Crime has revealed plans to invest in a browser-based tool that would cleanse and ...
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‘The previous government spent far too long concentrating on the doomsday scenarios – and not the opportunities of AI’
As government publishes a tranche of algorithmic transparency records, PublicTechnology catches up with minister Feryal Clark ...
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Assessing salaries, reforming controls, and account management for departments – what’s new in ‘the new GDS’
Government’s most familiar digital transformation institution is to remain in place, with a new and greatly expanded remit, ...
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MPs and HMRC chief clash over customer-service criticisms
CEO refutes ‘baseless’ claims made in PAC report that tax agency ‘has been willing to let its telephone services fail in the ...
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NHS plans £180m framework for AI diagnostics and predictive analytics
Organisations are to be equipped with a procurement vehicle providing access to a range of automated tools for analysing ...
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GDS interim boss Bellamy moved into new role as government chief product officer
As government prepares to recruit a chief digital officer, incumbent Government Digital Service head Christine Bellamy has ...
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Scotland to launch health and social care app
Following the launch of dedicated NHS tools in England and Wales, leaders announce that citizens north of the border will be offered an app featuring health and social care services Scottish Governmen ...