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PublicTechnology is the UK’s leading source of breaking news and analysis for digital, data, and IT professionals throughout the public sector.We cover everything from the intricacies of central government digital strategy, through to the realities of how technology is changing the provision of.
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GDS to keep name and controls remit
As oversight bodies and other onlookers continue to press for more information on the recent government shakeup, PublicTechnology can confirm some of the headline details concerning the digital unit's future With all staff now being part of its new home d
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ICO reprimands criminal records body over 'cybersecurity failings' that exposed data
Privacy regulator probes incident in which data of almost 11,000 people, including highly sensitive information, was put at risk over a period lasting seven months following attack on police unit The UK's data-protection watchdog has issued a formal repri
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HM Treasury: 'AI adoption has moved from early experimentation to organisation-wide use'
The Whitehall agency is already making almost ubiquitous use of some generic assistance and LLM tools, while plans are afoot to increase rollouts for use cases including analysis and policymaking HM Treasury claims that, during the 2025/26 year, the depar
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Stephanie Peacock confirmed as digital government minister
The South Yorkshire member, who has been part of the current iteration of DCMS since 2024, is set to take on the brief overseeing online public services, replacing Ian Murray Stephanie Peacock is to take on the role of minister for digital government. The
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Navy signs £2m deal to support trilateral tech 'experimentation'
An initiative created almost three years ago by defence departments of the nation partners in the AUKUS alliance is to run another programme of trials of new tech 'concept development' The Royal Navy has signed a multimillion-pound deal with a digital con
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Departments and Starmer scolded over 'incorrect and misleading' stats
The watchdog overseeing the use of statistics by public bodies has criticised recent statements concerning defence spending made Whitehall agencies and the recently departed former occupant of 10 Downing Street Defence spending claims made by the Ministry
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As leaders leave, councils must protect institutional memory
As reorganisation sees many councils merge into new unitary authorities, the people who could catch AI's mistakes could be pushed out as part of the process, according to Katryna Peart More than 100 councils across England are collapsing into new unitary
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HMRC offers £100k for senior manager to oversee 'safe and effective deployment of AI'
Government's tax agency stresses that the new post will provide a coordinator but 'will not replace existing specialist functions such as data protection, cybersecurity, legal, commercial, architecture, risk or ethics' HM Revenue and Customs is offering a
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DfE agrees £3m deal for national rollout of children's social care placements data dashboard
Agency retains existing supplier to extend platform to all councils throughout England, who will soon have access to software collating information on the more than 80,000 children placed in care The Department for Education has agreed a multimillion-poun
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'No third-party way to customise' - Post Office reveals additional £14.4m deal for Horizon replacement system
Following extensions and delays to the formal start of a major tech contract, the organisation has revealed that a bidder that had seemingly lost out has secured a separate engagement After several months of delays and wrangling, the Post Office has revea
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