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Digital, Data & Technology

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UK government responds to digital ID ‘misconceptions’ after public consultation

The UK government has published a myth-busing article over its plans to develop digital identify verification for online services after what it said were “several misconceptions” about the programme. The […]

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‘Focus on the customer is the rallying point’: US federal CIO Clare Martorana on how to drive transformation in government

The US federal government’s chief information officer is at the frontline of driving transformation in the world’s most influential government. She speaks to Global Government Forum about how to lead […]

Smart fellows: Kok Ping Soon on leading Singapore’s digital government army

As every digital leader knows, technology is a people issue – and no country has better technology people than Singapore. In his last weeks as a civil servant after five […]
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Agencies ‘don’t have the tools’ to head off ChatGPT threat to national security, warns Pentagon’s AI chief

The US Department of Defense’s chief digital and AI officer Craig Martell said he is “scared to death” of the potential for generative artificial intelligence systems like ChatGPT to deceive […]
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UK government officially shuts down beleaguered Verify ID service

The UK government’s controversial GOV.UK Verify platform has been closed down for good following an announcement that no public services were using it to support user logins. The platform, developed […]
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Sharing is daring: why joined-up use of data is so challenging for government – and how to get better at it

By 2025, all critical data assets will be available for use across the UK government. That is the goal set by ministers, who recognise that while the COVID-19 pandemic accelerated […]
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Find out how Nordic governments are creating a ‘living lab’ for innovation

Data is integral to the work of governments in the 21st century. Administrations around the world are using data from a range of sources, including anonymised and aggregated payments information, […]

The power of peril: how to get government legacy transformation underway

Elected leaders’ eyes may glaze over when technologists talk about digital transformation – but the threat of cyber attacks catches their attention, national IT leaders explained at the Global Government […]

Hard lessons: former GDS chief on what works in government – and what doesn’t

Reflecting on his three-year stint running the UK’s Government Digital Service, Kevin Cunnington was as open about his failures as his successes. Now he’s running a research programme to help […]

US digital identity bill passes through to Senate

An interagency task force whose job would be to support “reliable, interoperable digital identity verification in the public and private sectors” could be established by the US federal government after […]