All posts by Jack Aldane

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  Digital ID: US government poised for national rollout, while Australia finds its ‘North Star’ to harmonise standards

  The US federal government’s Login .gov digital identity service could be expanded nationally, according to the terms of a draft executive order, while the Australian government has set out plans

  • Posted March 1, 2023
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  UK civil servants told to exercise caution around AI chatbot use

  The UK Department for Science, Information and Technology (DSIT) has advised civil servants thinking about using artificial intelligence chatbots to automate tasks to weigh up the risks and benefits. The

  • Posted February 27, 2023
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  UK government must create digital ID ‘super app’, says top financier

  British citizens will one day store their financial data on a single ‘super app’ similar to the NHS health app rolled out by the UK government in 2018, the chair

  • Posted February 16, 2023
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  UK urged to follow European peers and quit controversial energy treaty

  The UK has been urged to end its membership of an energy treaty that enables fossil fuel companies to sue governments over policies that threaten their profits. The Energy Charter

  • Posted February 13, 2023
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  Press OK for AI: are governments ready to automate?

  Automation and artificial intelligence could transform public services for the better, but the potential pitfalls are many. An international panel of experts discussed the issues and how to overcome them

  • Posted February 12, 2023
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  UK to upskill civil servants in data science; Australia to review public sector appointments: policy & delivery news in brief

  Global Government Forum’s weekly digest of the news you need to know but might have missed. UK cabinet secretary launches Evidence House data science initiative Simon Case, the UK government’s

  • Posted February 9, 2023
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  UK civil service ‘should be given stewardship role amid upheaval’ – as PM Sunak reorganises government

  The UK government has been urged to strengthen the role of civil servants as stewards of government capability and advice in order to maintain delivery through periods of uncertainty. The

  • Posted February 7, 2023
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  US and EU launch ‘first sweeping AI agreement’ to strengthen public services and emergency response

  The White House and the European Commission have signed an administrative agreement committing each to quickening progress in the field of artificial intelligence (AI) with the goal of improving agriculture,

  • Posted February 1, 2023
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  Select IT staff exempt from Canadian government return-to-office mandate; US revitalises agency internship programmes: workforce & management news in brief

  Global Government Forum’s weekly digest of the news you need to know but might have missed. Canadian federal government exempts some IT workers from return-to-office rules The Canadian federal government

  • Posted January 26, 2023
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  Former government department chiefs blast ‘homogeneity of thought’ in UK civil service

  Two former UK government department bosses have called for civil service reform but say its failures are systemically rooted and unlikely to change under the current educational, cultural and corporate

  • Posted January 24, 2023
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