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Government’s most senior civil servant has instructed her 500,000-plus colleagues that artificial intelligence technology is “the defining opportunity of our generation, as well as the defining challenge”.
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To help meet the challenges of recruiting and retaining thousands of additional technologies, government’s digital centre is making its case to the Treasury for “greater flexibility and to remove… constraints” on staff numbers and salaries.
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Learn how Sarawak’s sovereign AI initiative is addressing data security and governance challenges, offering insights for UK public service leaders. Read more in this article from @flockio #PartnerContent
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Lookback: As the benefits department sheds light on plans to reform the digital tools underpinning Universal Credit, revisit this recent feature on some of the more controversial tech supporting the benefit.
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The Department for Work and Pensions is engaging with prospective suppliers to help inform a £40m-plus plan to reform the current digital services underpinning the delivery of Universal Credit.
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While data shows a significant reduction in the time taken to address issues, government’s methods risk hiding the severity of the thorniest cyber problems, believes expert cyber advisor Vsevolod Shabad
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The Department for Business and Trade is offering a six-figure salary for a senior leader to spearhead “a cross-government programme to radically improve how businesses interact with government digital services”.
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Controversial US data analytics firm Palantir has won another significant UK public sector tech deal, having been chosen to fulfil a £9m contract to provide a new national firearms database, #PublicTechnology can reveal.
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The Department for Business and Trade is offering a six-figure salary for a senior leader to spearhead “a cross-government programme to radically improve how businesses interact with government digital services”.
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https://t.co/PCTaxLHP28

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Controversial US data analytics firm Palantir has won another significant UK public sector tech deal, having been chosen to fulfil a £9m contract to provide a new national firearms database, #PublicTechnology can reveal.
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https://t.co/um7ZOC8TeA

[PublicTechnology @PublicTech]

While data shows a significant reduction in the time taken to address issues, government’s methods risk hiding the severity of the thorniest cyber problems, believes expert cyber advisor Vsevolod Shabad
Read ⬇️
https://t.co/ZslJJE5Eid

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Lookback: As the health service reveals plans to improve digital services for parents and carers, a reminder of the wider transformation work taking place.
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https://t.co/ielje0Z4Ik

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The NHS seeks to appoint a provider to a near-£50m contract to help support the creation and nationwide implementation of digital proxy services to enable the use of online tools to manage healthcare services on someone else’s behalf.
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https://t.co/OrEuMGV5N9

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There is a lack of evidence to show that a blanket ban on social media for under-16s would keep children safer online, according to the Children and Young People’s Commissioner Scotland.
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The House of Commons has deployed artificial intelligence technology to help process written parliamentary questions submitted by MPs.
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https://t.co/MWVLSV4LMq

[PublicTechnology @PublicTech]

Lookback: As the health service reveals plans to improve digital services for parents and carers, a reminder of the wider transformation work taking place.
Read ⬇️
https://t.co/ielje0Z4Ik

[PublicTechnology @PublicTech]

The NHS seeks to appoint a provider to a near-£50m contract to help support the creation and nationwide implementation of digital proxy services to enable the use of online tools to manage healthcare services on someone else’s behalf.
Story ⬇️
https://t.co/OrEuMGV5N9

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Learn how Sarawak’s sovereign AI initiative is addressing data security and governance challenges, offering insights for UK public service leaders. Read more in this article from @flockio #PartnerContent
https://t.co/kM3Ni2ZsgJ

[PublicTechnology @PublicTech]

There is a lack of evidence to show that a blanket ban on social media for under-16s would keep children safer online, according to the Children and Young People’s Commissioner Scotland.
Story ⬇️
https://t.co/OCcXJM1xyP

[PublicTechnology @PublicTech]

The House of Commons has deployed artificial intelligence technology to help process written parliamentary questions submitted by MPs.
Story ⬇️
https://t.co/MWVLSV4LMq