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Scottish body flags "significant challenge and huge promise" of AI
1+ day, 17+ hour ago (442+ words) Public Technology - Do Not Process My Personal Information Inno Scot Health, which was created and is owned by the Scottish Govermment and NHS bodies, has said there is "huge promise" in the technology but there must be a balancing of…...
Home Office seeks trio of "100k-plus leaders to support police tech transformation
1+ day, 17+ hour ago (502+ words) Public Technology - Do Not Process My Personal Information The Home Office is recruiting for a trio of tech leadership roles, each of which comes with a six-figure salary and a remit to support the transformation of IT across law enforcement....
MPs urge creation of national body to combat disinformation
2+ day, 8+ hour ago (911+ words) Ministers have been urged to create a "National Counter Disinformation Centre" that would protect UK democracy from malign actors both at home and abroad. The committee said lessons the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office has learnt by defending democracies abroad…...
DSIT and DESNZ IT unit signs "7. 5m laptop deal
2+ day, 1+ hour ago (426+ words) The joint unit overseeing IT and other services across the technology and energy departments has signed a multimillion-pound deal for the provision of laptops and related items. Working on behalf of the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology and the…...
HMRC lifts lid on "1bn-plus programme to "create'a generational shift in customer service" with single taxpayer view
1+ week, 17+ hour ago (1052+ words) HM Revenue and Customs has revealed details of a new major project set to be worth more than "1bn and intended to "create'a generational shift in customer service" by creating a single unified view of each citizen's interaction with the tax…...
Companies House "developing a case for upgrade investments" after five-month data-security breach
1+ week, 2+ day ago (579+ words) The chief executive of Companies House has said that he is engaged in work on "developing a case for investment to modernise" legacy systems after a security issue may have exposed users" data over a period of five months. Earlier…...
Met Police plans "250m framework for IT reseller duo
1+ week, 2+ day ago (592+ words) London's Metropolitan Police Service has revealed plans to implement a major framework through which the force can buy a comprehensive range of IT products and services from a duo of technology resellers. The Met "is procuring a value-added reseller (VAR)…...
Schools guidance advises that AI "must foster human connection
1+ week, 2+ day ago (347+ words) New guidance has been produced to support teachers and pupils to use artificial intelligence safely in Scotland's schools. Developed by the Scottish Government in conjunction with the Educational Institute of Scotland (EIS) teaching union, it provides information on the potential…...
DSIT sets government-high 40% target for direct SME spend
1+ week, 6+ day ago (637+ words) The Department for Science, Innovation and Technology has set an objective of directly spending two in every five pounds with SMEs " comfortably more than any other department, and seven times higher than the targets set by some. Government has this…...
Treasury gives thumbs-up to government Manchester Digital Campus
1+ week, 6+ day ago (628+ words) The development of government's planned Manchester Digital Campus has taken a major step forward, with HM Treasury giving its approval to the outline business case for the hub. The campus, which will be located on a brownfield site in Ancoats,…...