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Department sets up ‘horizon-scanning’ group to keep an eye on new technology

Singapore nabs top spot in Government AI Readiness Index

Procurement body begins market research ahead of planned contract launch next year

CDIO Jacky Wright tells PublicTechnology that department wants to focus on developing its use of artificial intelligence tools

New tech organisation to produce guide for how new technology can be ‘responsibly applied’

Crown Marketplace project is no more, as procurement agency looks to build ‘Digital Marketplace 2’ and move services from G-Cloud onto smaller specialised frameworks

Committee on Standards in Public Life to conduct review of moral and technical issues facing use of new technology

Providers of emerging tech invited to bid for a place on the Spark platform

Chunk of Transformation Fund will be used to fast-track development of technologies including driverless logistics vehicles and miniature drones

Department seeks to engage with potential commercial partners

Tech is becoming more prominent in the threat posed to the UK’s security, according to the CEO of the Defence Science and Technology Laboratory

Critics have claimed that an analytics project being led by West Midlands Police is bringing the dystopia of Minority Report to life. But superintendent Iain Donnelly tells PublicTechnology that he is determined to use tech and data ‘as a force for good’

Interim CDIO Simon McKinnon provides insight into department's agenda for the year ahead

Jeff James discusses the impact of technology on the art of archiving

A study from Reform finds a haphazard patchwork of data-sharing being led at a local level. The think tank’s director of research Eleonora Harwich tells PublicTechnology why a national strategy is needed

In rare speech, top spy Alex Younger claimed that ‘the digital era has profoundly changed our operating environment’

Newly created government organisation aims to help promote the digital economy and work with departmental technology leaders. Its leader Andreas Tschas tells PublicTechnology about his plans

Council looks for supplier that can identify potential automation opportunities 

At GovTech Summit in Paris, Justin Trudeau speaks of need for government to ensure technology provides a ‘positive alternative’

Centre for Public Impact says that government employees need to gain AI literacy

Executive and political leadership at the east London council talk to PublicTechnology about their work to lead transformation in a way that benefits the entire borough