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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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‘Councils are at the forefront of embracing and utilising digital tech’ – how the LGA is bringing SME innovation to local government
A recent project led by the Local Government Association sought to establish an ‘open dialogue’ between authorities and ...
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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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AI Opportunities Action Plan: Impact on public sector tech teams
A transformative opportunity for public sector tech teams to drive the future of AI-powered governance with improved services ...
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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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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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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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Department for Transport signs £400k deal for ‘AI upskilling’
Whitehall’s transport agency has signed a six-figure deal covering the next two years and supporting the creation of strategies for deploying artificial intelligence, and then identifying and implemen ...