Australia to refund $720m in Centrelink ‘debts’ calculated by unlawful algorithm
The Australian government has announced it will refund $720 million (£391m) to the almost 400,000 welfare recipients who were unjustly saddled with debt by a faulty algorithm. Run by Centrelink (the...
View ArticleThe biggest govtech deals of the week (3/6/20)
This is the latest instalment of an exclusive series analysing the UK’s biggest public sector tech deals. In partnership with GlobalData, we’ve drilled down into the most valuable tenders and awards...
View ArticleThe biggest govtech deals of the week (8/6/20)
This is the latest instalment of an exclusive series analysing the UK’s biggest public sector tech deals. In partnership with GlobalData, we’ve drilled down into the most valuable tenders and awards...
View ArticleShortage of digital tools hampering efforts to tackle procurement fraud,...
A shortage of digital procurement tools is hampering efforts to stem a tide of fraud and corruption in local government that costs taxpayers up to £2.75bn a year, the government has warned. In a new...
View ArticleThe biggest govtech deals of the week (15/6/20)
This is the latest instalment of an exclusive series analysing the UK’s biggest public sector tech deals. In partnership with GlobalData, we’ve drilled down into the most valuable tenders and awards...
View ArticleAmazon UK executive to advise GDS on gov.uk
The current boss of Amazon’s UK and Ireland operations Doug Gurr will advise the UK government on its official website (gov.uk) before starting a new position as head of the Natural History Museum. His...
View ArticleThe biggest govtech deals of the week (22/6/20)
This is the latest instalment of an exclusive series analysing the UK’s biggest public sector tech deals. In partnership with GlobalData, we’ve drilled down into the most valuable tenders and awards...
View Article“Agreeing to do it in four weeks must’ve been a moment of madness”: Inside...
In late March, Mark Denney received an unusual call from a senior policy official in Number 11. “They said ‘we’ve got something that we need you to do’,” recalls Denney, the chief digital and...
View ArticleThe biggest govtech deals of the week (26/6/20)
This is the latest instalment of an exclusive series analysing the UK’s biggest public sector tech deals. In partnership with GlobalData, we’ve drilled down into the most valuable tenders and awards...
View ArticleOutgoing HMRC tech chief Mark Denney on AI in Whitehall, his next move and...
Mark Denney had spent 22 years in the banking industry when, last November, he decided to leave his job as CIO of Barclays’ corporate division and join the British tax agency, HMRC. Although the...
View ArticleDWP wasted £10m on failed IT projects last year
The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) had to write off more than £10m of taxpayer money on failed IT projects in the past year, according to its newly published annual report (PDF). The wasted...
View ArticleThe biggest govtech deals of the week (6/7/20)
This is the latest instalment of an exclusive series analysing the UK’s biggest public sector tech deals. In partnership with GlobalData, we’ve drilled down into the most valuable tenders and awards...
View ArticleThe biggest govtech deals of the week (13/7/20)
This is the latest instalment of an exclusive series analysing the UK’s biggest public sector tech deals. In partnership with GlobalData, we’ve drilled down into the most valuable tenders and awards...
View ArticlePDS CIO Tracey Jessup discusses creating digital demand at Houses of Parliament
Parliamentary Digital Service CIO Tracey Jessup said that recent initiatives to enable MPs and peers in Parliament to scrutinise government, and debate and vote remotely, had demonstrated the power of...
View ArticleThe biggest govtech deals of the week (20/7/20)
This is the latest instalment of an exclusive series analysing the UK’s biggest public sector tech deals. In partnership with GlobalData, we’ve drilled down into the most valuable tenders and awards...
View ArticleThe biggest govtech deals of the week (27/7/20)
This is the latest instalment of an exclusive series analysing the UK’s biggest public sector tech deals. In partnership with GlobalData, we’ve drilled down into the most valuable tenders and awards...
View ArticleOxford University launches commission on AI in the public sector
Today, the Oxford Internet Institute is launching a new commission on AI and good governance which will examine artificial intelligence in the public sector. The commission aims to work with...
View ArticleThe biggest govtech deals of the week (3/3/20)
This is the latest instalment of an exclusive series analysing the UK’s biggest public sector tech deals. In partnership with GlobalData, we’ve drilled down into the most valuable tenders and awards...
View ArticleThe biggest govtech deals of the week (10/8/20)
This is the latest instalment of an exclusive series analysing the UK’s biggest public sector tech deals. In partnership with GlobalData, we’ve drilled down into the most valuable tenders and awards...
View ArticleFacial recognition use by South Wales Police ruled unlawful in landmark case
Activists have chalked up the world’s first successful legal challenge against police use of automatic facial recognition (AFR) technology, with the Court of Appeal ruling that South Wales Police’s...
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