All civil servants to get AI training
09 Jun Digital, Data & Technology

All civil servants to get AI training

For the latest One Big Thing project, officials will be trained on AI and tasked with assessing how they can use the tech to streamline their own work
by Tevye Markson
Spending Review: DSIT gets £1.2bn boost to fund cross-department digital priorities
11 Jun Digital, Data & Technology
Spending Review: DSIT gets £1.2bn boost to fund cross-department digital priorities
Which tasks do public servants spend too long on? And how can AI help?
10 Jun Digital, Data & Technology
Which tasks do public servants spend too long on? And how can AI help?
DSIT building 'one-stop tech shop' for public sector procurement
09 Jun Digital, Data & Technology
DSIT building 'one-stop tech shop' for public sector procurement
Interview: UK national statistician on how data has helped government – and the public – in coronavirus response
20 Oct 2020 Digital, Data & Technology
Interview: UK national statistician on how data has helped government – and the public – in coronavirus response
To mark World Statistics Day, Professor Sir Ian Diamond reveals how the work of statisticians has been crucial in supporting government’s pandemic response, as well as his thoughts on the media and politicians’ use of numbers
Opinion: Dominic Cummings is keen to make the UK a technology superpower. He should change procurement rules to make it happen
13 Oct 2020 Digital, Data & Technology
Opinion: Dominic Cummings is keen to make the UK a technology superpower. He should change procurement rules to make it happen
Innovation is stifled by public sector procurement rules. Brexit, and the Integrated Review, offer a chance to change that, says Simon Harwood, the head of defence and security at Cranfield University
DWP to trial digital system for issuing National Insurance numbers
13 Oct 2020 Digital, Data & Technology
DWP to trial digital system for issuing National Insurance numbers
Service will be made available to small number of applicants
Cabinet Office to pay £300k for mobile data tracking to 'prevent Covid transmission risk'
13 Oct 2020 Digital, Data & Technology
Cabinet Office to pay £300k for mobile data tracking to 'prevent Covid transmission risk'
"Mobile-based location services and digital advertising experts" to monitor footfall and social distancing in shopping "hotspots"
09 Oct 2020 Digital, Data & Technology
DfE broke data-protection law, ICO investigation finds
Watchdog makes 139 recommendations after identifying numerous lapses
Amazon hosting deal with GDS doubles to £6.6m as minister fends off questions over UK chief’s advisory role
06 Oct 2020 Digital, Data & Technology
Amazon hosting deal with GDS doubles to £6.6m as minister fends off questions over UK chief’s advisory role
New contract came into effect on 1 July, as minister claims "robust measures" in place to mitigate against possible conflicts of interest
GDS opens recruitment for chief executive
02 Oct 2020 Digital, Data & Technology
GDS opens recruitment for chief executive
Digital agency offers salary of £168k in search for first permanent head in more than a year
DWP to ‘create new digital function’ as BPDTS is brought back in-house
01 Oct 2020 Digital, Data & Technology
DWP to ‘create new digital function’ as BPDTS is brought back in-house
Union says move completes 'full circle' of change for outsourced benefits and pensions technology services
What sensitive data did the Home Office lose in Belgrade?
30 Sep 2020 Digital, Data & Technology
What sensitive data did the Home Office lose in Belgrade?
Department’s annual report shows, for the first time in many years, documents or data lost from a secure government building had to be reported to the ICO. CSW's sister title PublicTechnology finds out more.
DCMS names telecoms diversification task force after Huawei ban
28 Sep 2020 Digital, Data & Technology
DCMS names telecoms diversification task force after Huawei ban
A selection of telecoms executives and academics will help deliver a strategy to be published later this year
GOV.UK to trial personalised accounts
24 Sep 2020 Digital, Data & Technology
GOV.UK to trial personalised accounts
Citizens will be offered the chance to create an online login to government portal
NAO to probe transparency of government procurement during pandemic
21 Sep 2020 Digital, Data & Technology
NAO to probe transparency of government procurement during pandemic
Auditor general says spending watchdog will produce ‘detailed piece of work’
Companies House unveils clampdown on identity fraud among reforms
21 Sep 2020 Digital, Data & Technology
Companies House unveils clampdown on identity fraud among reforms
BEIS executive agency to bar appointment of directors until verification checks are performed
DfID was one of government’s most data savvy departments. Preserving these skills will be a test of Whitehall reform
17 Sep 2020 Digital, Data & Technology
DfID was one of government’s most data savvy departments. Preserving these skills will be a test of Whitehall reform
DfID used data and analysis in a way that few other departments manage – and in a way that the government is keen to expand. How this is nurtured in the new Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office will be a key lesson
NHS contact tracing app to launch this month amid increasing test concerns
15 Sep 2020 Digital, Data & Technology
NHS contact tracing app to launch this month amid increasing test concerns
App launch announced as NHS Providers accuses government of not “being as open” with testing capacity problems
National Data Strategy promises to ‘tackle government culture of risk aversion’
14 Sep 2020 Digital, Data & Technology
National Data Strategy promises to ‘tackle government culture of risk aversion’
Document sets out ‘transforming government’s use of data’ as one of five missions
Rycroft reveals revised Twitter guidelines after Home Office’s ‘activist lawyers’ post
11 Sep 2020 Digital, Data & Technology
Rycroft reveals revised Twitter guidelines after Home Office’s ‘activist lawyers’ post
Perm sec says additional layers of assurance have been introduced following the tweet, which he previously said ‘should not have been used on an official government channel’
Government Commercial Function seeks to improve Whitehall procurement info with £1.5m data lake
26 Aug 2020 Digital, Data & Technology
Government Commercial Function seeks to improve Whitehall procurement info with £1.5m data lake
Information resource seeks to bring in more data from a greater range of departmental sources
A-Level row: Stats society criticises Ofqual's 'desperate' defence of NDA that 'would have gagged experts for five years'
25 Aug 2020 Digital, Data & Technology
A-Level row: Stats society criticises Ofqual's 'desperate' defence of NDA that 'would have gagged experts for five years'
Watchdog chair says RSS caused “misunderstanding and suspicion of Ofqual’s process” after experts refused to sign gagging clause
Pritchard set to leave GDS for new role at Office for National Statistics
25 Aug 2020 Digital, Data & Technology
Pritchard set to leave GDS for new role at Office for National Statistics
Government Digital Service chief operating officer Fiona Deans will take over as interim director
Five data-ethics and AI experts on... what we can learn from the qualifications algorithm fiasco
21 Aug 2020 Digital, Data & Technology
Five data-ethics and AI experts on... what we can learn from the qualifications algorithm fiasco
The Open Data Institute asked experts to explain where Ofqual and other qualifications regulators went wrong in this week's A-Level grade controversy
Recruitment of chief digital and information officer ‘still ongoing’, Cabinet Office claims
17 Aug 2020 Digital, Data & Technology
Recruitment of chief digital and information officer ‘still ongoing’, Cabinet Office claims
Applications for newly created perm sec-level position closed more than 10 months ago, since when updates have been scarce
Watchdog calls for evidence on how e-passport gates have affected people's ability to prove immigration status
11 Aug 2020 Digital, Data & Technology
Watchdog calls for evidence on how e-passport gates have affected people's ability to prove immigration status
David Bolt's e-gates inspection will look at how visa-free entry to the UK has affected people's ability to demonstrate they have a right to be in the UK and access services
Home Office halts use of visa algorithm after legal challenge to ‘racist’ system
06 Aug 2020 Digital, Data & Technology
Home Office halts use of visa algorithm after legal challenge to ‘racist’ system
Joint Council for the Welfare of Immigrants and Foxglove claim victory in legal fight