All posts tagged "Digital & Technology"

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  Births, deaths and everything in between: designing services around peoples’ lives

  At key moments in life, people have enough to be doing without interacting with multiple public services. So governments around the world are connecting systems – making life easier for

  • Posted February 24, 2021
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  Digital disruption in my career: from civil servant to entrepreneur, and back again

  John Fitzpatrick, director for digital enablement at the UK’s Ministry of Defence, explains how embracing digital transformed his professional journey – even if it hasn’t always been plain sailing In

  • Posted February 22, 2021
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  Emotion recognition tech fundamentally flawed, says human rights charity

  Emerging AI-based emotion recognition technologies are “untenable” under international human rights law, and developing, designing or sharing such tech should be banned, a recent report has argued.  The study, which

  • Posted February 12, 2021
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  US defense must have foundations for AI integration by 2025, new report says

  The US Department of Defense (DoD) must set “an ambitious goal” to have the foundations for widespread integration of artificial intelligence (AI) across defence in place by 2025, according to

  • Posted February 4, 2021
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  OECD audits global capacity to support government AI

  The OECD has embarked on an exercise to benchmark the computational capacity needed by national governments, as they seek to develop state-sponsored artificial intelligence (AI) solutions to transform services or

  • Posted January 28, 2021
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  COVID-19 pandemic drives govtech investment, says report

  The COVID-19 pandemic has driven greater investment into govtech start-ups, according to a report. The study, published by StateUp, a London-based advisory firm focused on public sector digital innovation, explores

  • Posted January 28, 2021
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  ECB launches SupTech procurement

  The European Central Bank (ECB) is stepping up its investment in SupTech – technology for supervisory agencies – with a planned spend of more than £200m (US$276m). SupTech has growing

  • Posted January 21, 2021
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  Reach every home: building universal digital services

  Governments need strong digital infrastructure to provide citizens with online services and boost economic growth. At a GGF webinar, the panel considered how to develop national communications networks – and

  • Posted January 18, 2021
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  UK needs an AI strategy, says advisory committee

  The UK government needs an artificial intelligence (AI) strategy so it can be “influential in attracting talent, shaping global markets and global governance”, according to the AI Council, the government’s

  • Posted January 14, 2021
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  UK Cabinet Office announces new strategic digital unit

  The UK’s Cabinet Office is overhauling the leadership of digital, data and technology, appointing a new head of the Government Digital Service plus leaders of a Central Digital and Data

  • Posted January 13, 2021
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