The latest advice document in a range of guidelines for those looking to get up to speed on new and emerging technologies has been released, offering insights into sophisticated robots […]...
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Small-scale tech purchases via 20,000 procurement cards blocked
Thousands of cards that can be used by civil servants to make singular purchases of urgently needed products and services, which often includes basic IT equipment, are to be paused […]...
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Home Office signs £85m digital deal to support ‘consistent, repeatable architecture’ for border IT systems
Departmental programme dedicated to delivering and supporting crucial tech platforms used in border and immigration settings has awarded a major contract to help ensure systems are based on consistent foundations […]...
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NHS to study ‘impact on health inequalities’ as digital Health Check pilots to launch imminently
The health service will shortly commence testing the new tech offering with patients in three areas and studying the outcome of these trials with the aim of informing wider rollout […]...
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The future of local government: Navigating digital transformation in 2025
The UK local government is at a defining moment. With the ongoing drive for digital transformation and the increasing impact of devolution, councils must rethink their strategies to deliver smarter, […]...
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Downing Street to help departments overcome ‘human inhibitions’ to tech adoption
After announcing major reforms, prime minister Keir Starmer has pledged that his office will play a key role in helping provide impetus for AI and digital deployment and ‘cultural’ change […]...
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EXCL: Cabinet Office revises plan to move off Google but insists ‘clear strategic direction’ for migration remains
After ‘red’ rating, department has been required to provide new delivery and funding plan for £50m Falcon project, a key strand of which is migrating software platforms to improve interoperability […]...
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Government probes ‘national security risks’ of data brokers
Whitehall’s tech department is seeking feedback from market experts to help understand security implications and dictate policy related to companies whose business is to gather, collate and share data sets […]...
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Digitisation creates danger of ‘deepening inequalities’ for minority ethnic communities, report warns
Academic researchers have published a study which issues a warning that, unless there is a ‘fundamental change’ in approaches to design and implementation, transformation of key services risks causing harm […]...
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NHS progresses plan for new ‘patient-centred’ national database of millions of clinical outcomes
New commercial notice alerts potential tech suppliers of intent to implement a contract to support the delivery of a national system collating data on more than 5,000 procedures each day […]...
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