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Industry group claims information on solar power deployment is inaccurate
London NHS trusts launch major framework for health and social care apps
Collective of trusts and CCGs seeks programs across five core health areas
Home secretary signs agreement for access to US tech firms’ data
Agreement will also see US agencies permitted to requisition data from UK telcos
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Webinar discussion – which is available to view for free – covers ethics, technical barriers, and key use cases of artificial intelligence
GDS signs ‘robust’ data-sharing agreements with three quarters of departments
Organisation is working through ‘some points of detail’ with four that are yet to sign
AI and public sector – combining to create high performance governments
Joel Cherkis from UiPath examines why governnments should not be thinking about whether to deploy either robotics or AI – but how the two can work in unison to deliver greater benefits
Minister reasserts commitment to ‘appoint a chief data officer by 2020’
Minister for implementation clarifies that newly created GCDIO is not instead of chief data officer
AI Week: A bias view
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AI Week: Automation makes work less taxing for HMRC
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Scotland to implement digital evidence-sharing system
Government commences procurement process for technology tool
Scottish Government backs satellite company with £15m investment
National economic development agency says funding will create 260 jobs
MPs call on Cabinet Office and DCMS to up the ante on improving Whitehall data use
Previous attempts that have relied on simply ‘winning hearts and minds’ have failed, according to PAC report
Portsmouth City Council to roll out crowdfunding platform
Local authority seeks supplier for online system
Data chiefs call for end to politicians’ early access to statistics
Ministers and officials should receive information at the same time as the public, say senior figures from the ONS and Royal Statistical Society
‘This is absolutely not about gathering personal data for political purposes’
Politicians and civil servants hit back at reports concerning analytics programme
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The annual report on the Government Major Projects Portfolio includes assessments of a range of big-ticket IT initiatives. We take a closer look at three experiencing differing fortunes
Minister praises GOV.UK response to Brexit
Simon Hart says GDS has reacted quickly and effectively to impending EU exit
GDS boss looks to work closer with Treasury on project planning
Alison Pritchard says organisation would like to be involved at an earlier stage of projects
National Archives to review market for AI tools
Organisation commissions study into available technologies
Pritchard: GDS is entering its third era
Organisation’s new head says it must now ‘operationalise’ the capability it has cultivated