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DDaT rebranded as Government Digital and Data with ambition to …
WEBNov 29, 2023 · Cabinet Office claims that new brand represents ‘first ever community leading digital transformation in government’ and will help departments recruit leading talent to a workforce that now comprises 28,000 people The newly rebranded ‘Government Digital and Data’ function will help the civil s
UPDATED: GDS and CDDO to move from Cabinet Office to DSIT
WEBJul 9, 2024 · The GOV.UK sites of both CDDO and GDS continue to list each unit as being part of the Cabinet Office. In the meantime, DSIT said that the move would enabled government to “unite efforts in the digital transformation of public services under one department”. The department’s new secretary of state, Peter Kyle, added: “Britain will not ...
DWP embarks on six-year modernisation scheme to ‘transform …
WEBNov 17, 2023 · The Department for Work and Pensions is embarking upon a major digital reform programme through which it aims to “transform the customer experience of approximately 20 million” citizens accessing services in a wide range of areas.
Online Safety Act: Research claims social sites are failing to remove ...
WEBAug 22, 2024 · Social media platforms are still failing to remove harmful content nearly a year after the Online Safety Act became law, a study has found. Research by suicide-prevention charity the Molly Rose Foundation (MRF) revealed that just two sites – Pinterest and TikTok – accounted for more than 95% of 12 million-plus content-moderation decisions assessed by the report.
GDS and CDDO complete DSIT move as new ‘AI
WEBAug 1, 2024 · GDS employs about 750 people, while CDDO has around 200 staff. The Incubator for Artificial Intelligence – typically referred to as i.AI – was launched in November 2023 “to help departments harness the potential AI”. The unit started with 30 employees and plans to recruit a further 40 were announced earlier this year.
UKHSA signs £900k deal to ‘streamline data operations’
WEBAug 16, 2024 · The UK Health Security Agency has signed a six-figure deal to help bring order to the organisation’s stores data. The public health body – which operates as an executive agency of the Department of Health and Social Care – this week entered into an initial one-year contract with Amazon Web Services, with which the agency signed a £50m cloud-hosting deal last month.
HMRC looks to expand access to Government Gateway
WEBJul 21, 2022 · HM Revenue and Customs is seeking to widen citizens’ access to the Government Gateway online system by enabling the use of more forms of identity and new methods of verification. More than two decades after its launch – and four years beyond its theoretical closure – Government Gateway remains the …
How automation and data-sharing enabled DWP to transform the …
WEBDec 3, 2020 · After a digital and data revamp, more than half of claims are entirely self-service, product owner Vicky Coatesworth tells PublicTechnology Credit: Adobe Stock Even by government standards, the Get your State Pension service run by the Department for Work and Pensions is a vast and important one.
MoD kickstarts constellation of military satellites
WEBAug 21, 2024 · Tyche is the first of a constellation of satellites set to be delivered by the MoD’s space-based ISR programme by 2031. It is understood some of these future spacecrafts will be able to see through clouds and even eavesdrop on radio transmissions. Minister for defence procurement Maria Eagle said: “Tyche will …