All posts tagged "Digital & Technology"

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  Government of Canada launches updated digital strategy

  The Government of Canada (GC) has launched the latest iteration of its digital strategy, which includes a continued effort to introduce secure digital identities for citizens. In the foreword to

  • Posted May 31, 2021
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  AI could scale up disinformation campaigns, researchers warn

  Hostile actors could use automation to launch highly scalable disinformation campaigns with less manpower than is currently required, researchers have warned. A new report – Truth, Lies and Automation –

  • Posted May 27, 2021
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  A new breed of public servants: skills and staffing after the pandemic

  Civil servants have broken new ground during the COVID-19 pandemic – using hackathons, scientific advisory groups and private sector volunteers to shape policy and deliver services, for example. But at

  • Posted May 10, 2021
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  A closer look at Singapore’s AI governance framework: insights for other governments

  As officials across the world work to establish AI ethics codes, Amit Roy Choudhury argues that Singapore’s system provides a model for others at a time when common global standards

  • Posted May 6, 2021
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  UK’s digital leaders set out goals on data and skills

  The UK’s new central digital teams are to accelerate their work on data management across government, career development within the profession and digital skills throughout the workforce, the civil service’s

  • Posted May 4, 2021
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  Collaboration, education and legislation: how governments are tackling online harms

  Governments across the world are racing to balance the needs of online freedom and openness with those of safety and security. At a recent GGF webinar, experts from Europe and

  • Posted April 26, 2021
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  Canadian budget leads with digital tax and IT investments

  Canada has announced plans for a digital sector tax and new funds for civil service IT projects, publishing a federal budget containing a swathe of announcements on technology initiatives for

  • Posted April 20, 2021
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  Brazil launches national AI strategy

  Brazil has launched a new artificial intelligence (AI) strategy, which aims to balance ethical use of the technology while boosting research and innovation in the sector. Following a public consultation,

  • Posted April 13, 2021
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  Time traveller: Israeli IT chief Shahar Bracha on digital’s leap into the future

  The pandemic has supercharged progress on Israel’s digital services, says the head of its Government ICT Authority – and cleared the path ahead for radical reforms to create corporate IDs

  • Posted April 12, 2021
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  Scotland launches AI strategy with a focus on ethics and inclusion

  The Scottish government has set out plans to focus on ethics and inclusion in its use of artificial intelligence (AI) within the public sector, publishing an AI strategy that maps

  • Posted March 26, 2021
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