Valuation process to begin in a year’s time will, for the first time, use a software tool to estimate values and place hundreds of thousands of properties in taxation bands An algorithm being deployed by HM Revenue and Customs to provide valuations for administering council tax to millions of| PublicTechnology
System processes data at a nationwide level and provides doctors in hospital transplant centres with a ranked list of recommended recipients for the 15 to 20 organs donated each day The health service’s use of algorithms to support the allocation of organs to patients is saving lives and ensu| PublicTechnology
The Valuation Office Agency has awarded a contract to IT services firm Cognizant to help support a major transformation programme to modernise systems that are up to three decades old The HMRC arm’s-length body responsible for providing property valuations for the administration of council ta| PublicTechnology
MPs have identified issues with the current process for filling NED vacancies, including recruitments that take an ‘unacceptably long time’ and procedures that are ‘not set up to encourage diversity’ Ministers are failing to ensure Whitehall departments’ appointment process for non-executive| PublicTechnology
A parliamentary committee has been critical of government’s decision to reject its previous recommendation to update existing guidelines with the aim of improving transparency and governance for external boardroom appointees A committee of MPs has criticised the government for rejecting a set| PublicTechnology
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Parliament’s Public Accounts Committee has written to the tax agency’s leadership and taken issue with the response to concerns about the digitisation programme that have previously been raised by MPs MPs on the Public Accounts Committee have urged HM Revenue and Customs to "reconsider" its r| PublicTechnology
Ministers have rebuffed criticism from a parliamentary committee that recently expressed concerns a lack of financial detail in programme documents and called for greater consultation of taxpayers while delivering reform The government has rejected a call for HM Revenue and Customs to take a| PublicTechnology
Tax agency publishes response to recent consultation process, in which it ‘acknowledges the clear feedback on the quality of its current digital services’ and outlines planned improvements to online tools HM Revenue and Customs has published the findings of research in which services users cl| PublicTechnology
After usage of dedicated app shot up in 2023, senior leaders reveal plans to issue a variety of communications while ensuring that citizens can access services seamlessly across digital channels Senior leaders of HM Revenue and Customs have revealed plans to upgrade its digital services in or| PublicTechnology
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Announcing the new administration’s civil service Plan for Change, Cabinet Office head Pat McFadden outlines an ambition for the institutions of Whitehall to operate more like those of Old Street A major reform agenda set out this week by ministers is intended to help government operate “more| PublicTechnology
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Defence department is to embark on a programme of ‘actively investigating’ the use of tools including chatbots and automation platforms to support policy, as well as civilian and military operations The Ministry of Defence is to create a ‘Productivity Portfolio’ to identify and track possible| PublicTechnology
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Department’s accounts reveal that, after initial use to assess claims for UC advances, machine learning has been deployed to analyse benefit claims in other areas considered to be higher risk The Department for Work and Pensions has ramped up its use of machine learning and analytics to tackle fr| PublicTechnology
Cabinet Office responds to growing prevalence of generative artificial intelligence with new guidance that explores potential uses of the technology by government departments while setting clear limits on doing so Government has published formal guidance on the use of generative artificial intell| PublicTechnology
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The Scottish policing service has unveiled a range of measures to help tackle online crime and enable officers to make better use of data, digital platforms, and artificial intelligence tools Police Scotland will launch a new cyber and fraud division in response to the increasing rate of cybe| PublicTechnology
The police-led national network of Cyber Resilience Centres was created by government to support SMEs, charities and public bodies. PublicTechnology meets leaders in London and Wales to find out more. The quality of ‘resilience’ is evidenced by being “strong and not easily damaged by being hit”,| PublicTechnology
The proportion of offences resulting in a formal charge increased slightly, but remains at barely more than one in every 50 Credit: Debora Cartagena, USCDCP on Pixnio More than 4,300 cyber offences were pursued by police last year – but these investigations resulted in fewer than 100 people being| PublicTechnology
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Recent reports have claimed that top government cyber officials have raised worries about the security risks attached to the new system, but minister flags up impact of independent assurance processes A minister has batted off questions about the security risks facing the GOV.UK One Login, cl| PublicTechnology
Contracts awarded to support Digital Identity Programme have topped £33m this year Credit: Pixnio The Government Digital Service (GDS) has awarded two contracts as part of its Digital Identity Programme, usually known as One Login, covering services for identity fraud checks worth up to £9.1m and| PublicTechnology
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Study from BCS finds that the majority of computing educators believe that chatbots will create fairness challenges that institutions are not yet equipped to deal with Credit: Wokandapix/Pixabay Teachers have expressed concern about the impact on teaching of large language models – as exemplif| PublicTechnology
Researchers find it ‘near-impossible’ to work out what Google collects on children through services Credit: Markus Trier/Pixabay The government should regulate data gathered on children by education technology (EdTech) services through its data reform bill, rather than continue to hold schools re| PublicTechnology
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The department wishes to hear from specialists that could help further its understanding of what could be offered by current tools on the market, as well as possible future developments The Home Office is exploring the possibility that artificial intelligence-powered technology could be used| PublicTechnology
The company owned by the government and responsible for administering loans and grants to studiers makes significant use of autonomous tools, including to come to independent conclusions, PublicTechnology can reveal The Student Loans Company has shed light on the use of algorithms to process| PublicTechnology
Pot of almost half a million pounds will provide up to £50,000 apiece to councils, charities and research entities in order to help promote and widen digital participation of citizens The Scottish Government has opened applications for a scheme intended to combat the digital exclusion gap in| PublicTechnology
Science and innovation agency has this year worked with a Silicon Valley policy and research outfit as part of an initiative designed to assess automated tools’ success in finding vulnerabilities Government’s tech department has recently conducted specialised tests designed to determine the e| PublicTechnology
System is being established by various government departments working with the National Cyber Security Centre and other stakeholders, with aim of providing a ‘holistic’ view of security and major threats The government is developing a new methodology for measuring the cyber resilience of key| PublicTechnology
The leader of the Armed Forces unit dedicated to space issues has revealed that Russian craft are targeting their UK counterparts, and that Moscow has ‘the will’ to launch attacks Russian satellites have been targeting UK military satellites on a weekly basis, according to the UK’s head of Sp| PublicTechnology
With the electronic regime to be expanded soon to encompass many individuals and small firms, the department releases details of how people can be exempt on health or religious grounds As HM Revenue and Customs prepares for a major expansion of the UK’s digital tax regime, the department has| PublicTechnology
Whitehall’s education department is internally creating several systems using automation to support staff and citizens, and is also exploring the deployment of generic tools created by vendors, ministers have revealed The Department for Education’s current uses of artificial intelligence incl| PublicTechnology
Citizens using the likes of Bitcoin, Ethereum, BNB and Tether north of the border could soon be provided with far greater clarity, under proposed legislation put forward by Holyrood ministers Bitcoin and other digital currencies could be classed as objects of property in Scottish law if a new| PublicTechnology
After being expanded to include the enlarged Government Digital Service, the science and tech department has put in place an agreement to shift 20TB of data to a new home After being expanded to incorporate the new digital centre of government, the Department for Science, Innovation and Techn| PublicTechnology
Digital secretary indicates government will work with campaigning MPs to make amendments to legislation Credit: StockSnap/Pixabay Senior tech executives found culpable in breaches of new online safety laws could face prison terms, digital secretary Michelle Donelan has announced. In recent week| PublicTechnology
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Devices are intended to help pupils get to grips with the basics of computer science Credit: f_a_r_e_w_e_l_l/CC BY-SA 2.0 The Scottish Government has announced a new £1.3m fund for primary and secondary schools to purchase computing equipment. Every school in Scotland will receive two pocket-si| PublicTechnology
Firms that breach guidelines could face multimillion-pound fines Credit: Gerd Altmann from Pixabay The government has claimed that new laws designed to increase protection for connected devices will “put a firewall around” smartphones and internet-enabled consumer products including televisions,| PublicTechnology
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A new study from the National Audit Office urges department to do more to analyse information on competitive landscape and use levers to ensure agencies are complying with buying rules Public spending watchdog the National Audit Office has highlighted a litany of shortcomings with government proc| PublicTechnology
In the first of a series of exclusive interviews, the head of government’s ‘Digital HQ’ talks to PublicTechnology about the Central Digital and Data Office’s work to unlock £8bn of digital investment, engage with departmental leaders, and deliver definitively great services Credit: CDDO Public| PublicTechnology
Department to develop single internal infrastructure that will replace two incumbent platforms The Cabinet Office is to start work on a £12m project to build a single internal IT system that will, within the next two years, require users across the department to “align with the rest of central go| PublicTechnology
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Proposals include using technology to link offender records, curbing jail violence by predicting likely perpetrators and equipping all staff with enterprise grade AI assistants by the end of this year The Ministry of Justice has launched an artificial intelligence “action plan” that aims to e| PublicTechnology
While the MoJ is investigating the potential use of automated systems in the criminal justice system, ministers indicate that such tech will need to match the proficiency of manual transcribers Government is “actively exploring” the potential use of artificial intelligence in creating formal| PublicTechnology
Resellers CDW and Insight chosen to supply council and local CCGs with tech Credit: Lynne Cameron/PA Archive/PA Images Leeds City Council has appointed two IT companies to a four-year framework to supply technology to the authority and clinical commissioning groups across the city. The West York| PublicTechnology
The country’s transformation is expanding into digital marriages and divorce and elections via app. PublicTechnology talks to Oliver Väärtnõu from tech partner Cybernetica to find out about the underpinning architecture. “We have built a digital society and we can show you how.” This invit| PublicTechnology
With a super injunction lifted, the defence secretary John Healey has revealed details of the 2022 breach, while the UK data protection regulator has commented on a ‘deeply regrettable’ incident A Ministry of Defence official accidentally shared the data of more than 18,000 Afghans seeking re| PublicTechnology
The founding leader of GDS, who resigned only halfway into his scheduled term, is one of four posts HMRC is seeking to fill, representing more than half its non-exec line-up HM Revenue and Customs has lost three directors in recent weeks – including former government digital chief Mike Bracke| PublicTechnology
As well as half a billion pounds to improve citizen services and reduce analogue provision, spending review gives tax department an additional £1.6bn to upgrade core computing and data infrastructure HM Revenue and Customs has been given £500m of Spending Review money to improve its IT and on| PublicTechnology
In the same week as a pending significant expansion of staff and duties is revealed, an influential group of MPs has urged the department to ‘prioritise’ upgrades and new tech HM Revenue and Customs must modernise its systems and get ready to embrace new technologies such as artificial intell| PublicTechnology
As PublicTechnology sources criticise addition to boardroom of ministers and directly appointed short-term members, department says appointments adhered to ‘relevant guidance’ and permanent roles will soon be open for applications HM Revenue and Customs will soon launch recruitment for perman| PublicTechnology
The newly appointed exchequer secretary and chair of the HMRC board told the department’s external stakeholders that he will cooperate with them in delivering new digital services and infrastructure upgrades By the end of this decade, HM Revenue and Customs “will be an agile department, with| PublicTechnology
Tax department launches request for information process seeking input from suppliers that could potential provide a wide range of data and documents, covering official filings, financial reports and ownership details HM Revenue and Customs is seeking to engage with potential suppliers that co| PublicTechnology
Tax agency is inviting feedback on proposed legislative updates that will require businesses to provide contemporaneous income tax information, as well as asking for additional data from the self employed HM Revenue and Customs has launched a consultation process to collect feedback on legal| PublicTechnology
Major programme seeks to ensure compliance with UK GDPR and other legislation The chief executive of HM Revenue and Customs has signed off on plans for future work on a £200m project to improve data-protection across the department. Details of HMRC’s Data Protection Remediation Programme (DPR| PublicTechnology
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Department’s annual accounts cite examples of beneficial cooperation on implementation of new tools, in addition to work to support the creation of an updated Whitehall vision for AI and tech The Department for Work and Pensions has shed light on recent efforts to collaborate more closely wit| PublicTechnology
Regulator completes investigation into incident in which an individual requested a copy of footage of 48 hours spent in custody, only for the force to discover two hours were missing The Information Commissioner’s Office has hit Greater Manchester Police with a formal reprimand over “serious| PublicTechnology
The UK’s data protection regulator has issued a formal reprimand to the south east force after its rate of compliance with Freedom of Information requirements has fallen to almost 50% Surrey Police has been formally reprimanded over “a significant and worsening backlog” of Freedom of Informat| PublicTechnology
Information commissioner John Edwards discusses the impact of the watchdog’s new approach to working with the public sector – which focuses on improvements, rather than penalties Picture credit: PublicDomainPictures/Pixabay Information can drive everything in our lives: from the provision of p| PublicTechnology
The UK tax agency has issued an early commercial notice outlining its intent to award a major cloud provider a contract lasting until 2036 and covering migration from existing platforms HM Revenue and Customs has announced plans to appoint one of the cloud market’s biggest firms to a decade-l| PublicTechnology
Ministers announce that, within five years, a new digital and data system will be used by police forces across England and Wales to help anticipate the likelihood of violent offences The government has announced a multimillion-pound project to use data and artificial intelligence systems to h| PublicTechnology
Government science and tech department, which now operates as the ‘digital centre’ for the civil service, has created two new senior roles at director general level, with interim appointments made Government’s digital centre has created two new tech-focused roles at director general level, wi| PublicTechnology
The local authority overseeing collaboration between Birmingham, Coventry, Wolverhampton and more is planning to spend tens of millions of pounds on skills initiatives, including a major rollout of tech education All adults in the West Midlands are to be offered training on how to use artific| PublicTechnology
Whitehall organisation wishes to hear from tech suppliers that could offer a range of services covering infrastructure deployed on government premises as well as cloud provision for department and ALBs The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs is inviting bids for a near-£300m co| PublicTechnology
Whitehall’s environment department will minimise use of contractors and pursue tech reform in the coming years, with its broad stable of agencies and public bodies a particular area of focus The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs has been equipped with hundreds of millions of| PublicTechnology
The Rural Payments Agency, which oversees the delivery of more than 40 support schemes, is looking to deploy new digital systems that use satellite imagery to enable remote compliance monitoring The major project of delivering the UK’s post-Brexit farming and agricultural regime is looking fo| PublicTechnology
Non-departmental body is to extend a major project which has supported the use of data to better understand issues including reoffending, education outcomes, and the impact of alcohol pricing measures UK Research and Innovation has agreed a £168m extension to a ground-breaking data-linking an| PublicTechnology
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HM Inspectorate of Constabulary says potential of National Crime Agency’s National Data Exploitation Capability ‘remains unfulfilled’ due to outdated and unfit IT, poor access and management of data and under-resourcing The National Crime Agency’s National Data Exploitation Capability (NDEC)| PublicTechnology
Jean Innes will leave the organisation later this year as the AI research charity refocuses on defence and security, following sharp criticism from Peter Kyle and staff complaints to the Charity Commission. The Alan Turing Institute has begun searching for a new head who will enhance its focu| PublicTechnology
As PublicTechnology launches a new hub gathering together a range of content specially focused on the security sector, editor Sam Trendall considers the perpetual balancing act facing cyber professionals Not so long ago, it seemed to be a commonly aired belief that ‘humans are the weakest lin| PublicTechnology
Department for Work and Pensions seeks to recruit personnel for its digital group over next fortnight, including four lead technical architects for solutions and a range of grade 7 posts The Department for Work and Pensions has published a series of job adverts for technologists with closing| PublicTechnology
Gary O'Reilly, HMCTS’s chief technology officer, says they will only use AI tools when they can be implemented safely and will support human decision-making, and will follow principles designed for the justice system HM Courts and Tribunal Service will focus on responsible implementation of a| PublicTechnology
Local authority for West Yorkshire city spends buys wearable tech that can be used by the likes of social workers and teachers with the aim of increasing their understanding and empathy Leeds City Council has invested £60,000 in immersive virtual reality technologies to help public servants b| PublicTechnology
Cabinet discusses digital identity scheme following Pat McFadden's interest in Estonia’s X-Road system, support from Labour backbenchers, and government work to establish digital wallet for documents, including driving licences The government is looking at a compulsory digital identification| PublicTechnology
National Audit Office lacks confidence in the ministry’s estimate of £850m cost of the Afghanistan Response Route scheme, carried out secretly to resettle 7,355 people after leaked data The Ministry of Defence cannot specify exactly what it has spent on the Afghanistan Response Route (ARR) sc| PublicTechnology
London’s most populous borough has indicated a plan to work with a tech provider, which will be awarded a contract of up to four years to implement an online tool The London Borough of Croydon is exploring options for the deployment of new digital system through which to engage with local cit| PublicTechnology
Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency selects existing partner Kainos for four-year contract to deliver new platform for booking driving tests, promising to learn from long waiting times with current system The Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) has announced that its new driving test b| PublicTechnology
New technology, which hundred of thousands of women will be invited to help test over the coming months, could improve diagnoses while also lessening demands on radiologists, according to DHSC Hundreds of thousands of women will take part in a major NHS trial of artificial intelligence tools| PublicTechnology
Shadow health secretary Wes Streeting has unveiled proposals to digitise the ‘red book’ children’s health record, as part of wider technological reforms of the NHS a Labour government would undertake The Labour party has unveiled a vision for digitally led NHS reform, powered by “tech entrepr| PublicTechnology
Scottish and UK governments both kick in funding to support programme Credit: Lorenzo Cafaro/Pixabay The Scottish Government has announced it will spend a further £36m to expand its R100 programme to provide rural homes and businesses with faster internet connections. The extension of existin| PublicTechnology
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Tax agency reveals pilot programme and agreement with Home Office that enables border records to be used with the aim of helping to detect claimants that have left the UK HM Revenue and Customs has shed light on a data-sharing programme intended to help catch ineligible recipients of Child Be| PublicTechnology
