All posts tagged "data security"
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US forms expert committee to advise on artificial intelligence
The US is establishing a National Artificial Intelligence Advisory Committee (NAIAC) to advise president Biden and federal agencies on artificial intelligence (AI) research, ethics and development. The Department of Commerce
- Posted September 15, 2021
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UK government: Time to think again about the journey to digital transformation?
I’ve written before about how the COVID-19 crisis has forced UK government departments to accelerate their digital transformation, and proved that it’s possible to put policy into practice in weeks, rather than months or years.
- Posted August 2, 2021
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Making artificial intelligence fit for a life inside government
Move fast and break things; reward risk-taking; scale fast. These three credos have allowed technology companies to upend our everyday lives in the past two decades, while producing fortunes for
- Posted July 16, 2021
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A post-industrial revolution
If the UK government can create firm platforms for its use of data, civil servants heard at a recent Dun & Bradstreet webinar, the country could make a forward leap
- Posted June 22, 2021
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UK Data Challenge launches to unearth and develop staff ideas
The UK has launched an initiative to gather civil servants’ ideas for how to make better use of data, tapping into the workforce’s expertise to kick off a new set
- Posted March 30, 2021
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Experts warn of security and privacy challenges around vaccine passports
Implementing COVID-19 vaccine certificates will present policymakers with a range of challenges around secure data-sharing with the private sector and protecting citizens’ privacy, experts told a parliamentary committee in the
- Posted March 23, 2021
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Common data standards are essential for governments – but so is public trust
Standards and infrastructure are central to improving data-sharing across government, a recent GGF webinar found. But equally important is a less tangible asset: public confidence and engagement. Adam Green reports
- Posted March 15, 2021
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First build the foundations: Shaida Badiee on governments’ misplaced aid policies
After nearly two decades running the World Bank’s Development Data Group, Shaida Badiee now works to help developing nations improve their data systems. And she has a clear message for
- Posted March 2, 2021
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Survey: centre of government should win new data powers, say UK civil servants
Most UK civil servants want to see the centre of government win new powers to drive departments’ progress on the use of data, outnumbering those opposed by three to one,
- Posted February 9, 2021
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Data standards published for UK pensions dashboards
Data standards have been published to create “pensions dashboards” for UK citizens. The tool will enable people to access their personal pensions data – including about their state pension –
- Posted January 7, 2021