The UK’s tax authority is this month launching a trial for customers to use voice ID to speed up security steps....
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Civil service chief John Manzoni urges change as data revolution ‘comes for government’
The increased status of data scientists in government means analysis can no longer be seen as the “preserve of a policy elite”, John Manzoni, the chief executive of the civil […]...
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GDS creates single site for service design resources
The Government Digital Service has launched a service toolkit that aims to be a one stop shop for service design resources....
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Government admits ‘more can be done’ to support AI
The government has acknowledged that it could do more to support the development of robotics and autonomous systems and artificial intelligence – but has stopped short of establishing a robotics […]...
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Mapping out transformative public services with a geospatial data hub
Idriss Mekrez, chief technology officer for the public sector at MarkLogic, sets out the potential geospatial mapping has for the public sector....
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DVSA creates head of digital role to drive cultural change
The Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency is seeking a head of digital services to lead an expansion of the agency’s digital capability....
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IT attack on England’s largest NHS trust revealed as Trojan malware
An attack on the IT systems at Barts Health Trust last week has been blamed on Trojan malware, not ransomware as initial reports suggested....
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Pasting passwords gets seal of approval from National Cyber Security Centre
The pros of pasting passwords far outweigh the cons and organisations should stop preventing people from doing so, the National Cyber Security Centre....
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MPs call for delay to implementation of ‘over-ambitious’ digital tax plans
The government’s timeline for implementing plans to digitise record keeping and reporting of tax is “wholly unrealistic” and should be delayed until at least 2019-20, the House of Commons Treasury […]...
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Former Australian CDO Paul Shetler: ‘Governments need to radically upskill their people’
Governments need to stop relying on outsourcing and make sure they have competent public servants who can deal with technology, the former leader of the Australia’s Digital Transformation Office has […]...
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