Capita pledges pension-scheme ‘lessons’ for huge DWP contract
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Capita pledges pension-scheme ‘lessons’ for huge DWP contract

Richard Holroyd tells MPs the firm will sign a charter with the departments that are members of the Synergy shared-services cluster
by Jim Dunton
Ex-Sunak adviser appointed to DSIT civil service role
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Ex-Sunak adviser appointed to DSIT civil service role
Cabinet Office told Capita to prepare for six-figure pensions backlog, firm acknowledges
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Cabinet Office told Capita to prepare for six-figure pensions backlog, firm acknowledges
The wrong suspect: Why tech is rarely the issue when digital transformation goes wrong
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Home Office offers up to £190k for digital and innovation head
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Home Office offers up to £190k for digital and innovation head
Successful candidate will have a team of around 4,000 and an annual budget of approximately £1.8bn
Cross-government AI trial finds daily 56-minute time-saving per official
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Cross-government AI trial finds daily 56-minute time-saving per official
Almost three-quarters of participants in trial of coding AI across 50 departments and agencies said software provided good value
Copilot: DBT trial finds time savings but no productivity improvement
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Copilot: DBT trial finds time savings but no productivity improvement
Evaluation of pilot "did not find evidence that time savings have led to improved productivity"
DSIT staff numbers increase by more than half as GDS moves in
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DSIT staff numbers increase by more than half as GDS moves in
Department for Science, Innovation and Technology adds more than 1,200 staff as Government Digital Service transfers from Cabinet Office
MPs launch probe into MoD’s Afghan data breach
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National Audit Office says department has not yet provided sufficient evidence for its £850m estimate for error-related resettlement
Departing Land Registry chief Simon Hayes talks lockdown, hybrid working and fighting the perfect storm of staff shortages and record demand
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Departing Land Registry chief Simon Hayes talks lockdown, hybrid working and fighting the perfect storm of staff shortages and record demand
Hayes reflects on transformation, choices and challenges at HMLR as he departs after six years in post to become chief exec at Sports England
Government warned of need to go 'further and faster' to improve data security
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Government warned of need to go 'further and faster' to improve data security
Government says it has implemented 12 of 14 recommendations from previously-secret information security review
UK Space Agency to become unit within DSIT
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UK Space Agency to become unit within DSIT
Agency chief says the move "will make it faster and easier to translate the nation’s space goals into reality"
Human-centred service: MoJ's Kamal Bal on the department's trauma-informed approach
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Human-centred service: MoJ's Kamal Bal on the department's trauma-informed approach
Giving the morning keynote at this year’s PublicTechnology Live conference, Kamal Bal told attendees how the Ministry of Justice is working to improve services by better supporting both users and colleagues
PM picks former OpenAI exec as new AI adviser
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PM picks former OpenAI exec as new AI adviser
Jade Leung was governance lead at the company behind ChatGPT before moving to AI Security Institute
'Successful transformation requires cultural change': What's in HMRC's Transformation Roadmap?
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'Successful transformation requires cultural change': What's in HMRC's Transformation Roadmap?
The tax agency’s ambitious vision for the coming years includes "automating tax where possible", investing in new analytics technology to help combat fraud, and upgrading ageing IT infrastructure
'AI for all': MoJ launches AI action plan for civil servants
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'AI for all': MoJ launches AI action plan for civil servants
All staff members to get "secure, enterprise-grade AI assistants" by December