All posts tagged "IT"

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  US State Department inspector excoriates IT and staffing weaknesses

  The US Department of State continues to face major management and performance challenges, many of which overlap and cause “unique vulnerabilities”, according to a report by the Office of Inspector

  • Posted January 28, 2020
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  Help to Save and the power of cross-departmental working

  When NS&I Government Payment Services (NS&I GPS) began working on devising and delivering Help to Save, a new savings scheme designed for working people on low incomes, it faced a

  • Posted January 27, 2020
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  Transformation journey: from digitally challenged to digitally savvy

  As anyone in government knows, implementing a digital transformation strategy can be fraught with difficulty, especially when there are legacy systems to contend with. Tourism NI – the body responsible

  • Posted January 10, 2020
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  Shared Services Canada allocated $200m to enhance IT infrastructure

  The Government of Canada has earmarked C$197m (US$150m) to support the migration of 12 legacy data centres to more modern facilities, and for activities to support the “establishment and adoption

  • Posted December 12, 2019
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  Canada launches data governance standardisation initiative

  Experts from government, industry and civil society have established a ‘Canadian Data Governance Standardization Collaborative’ with the aim of developing a data standards roadmap. Its work “could be incredibly illuminating,

  • Posted November 18, 2019
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  Blockchain: hype or hope?

  A year ago, people got very excited about blockchain. Then the shine wore off – but David Whitehouse finds that, behind the hype, the technology is beginning to find real

  • Posted November 10, 2019
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  Life after the Public Services Network: how to make your next move

  The Public Services Network (PSN) that you rely on every day is fast, robust and secure. But now it’s being phased out and there is no direct replacement. Here’s what

  • Posted November 7, 2019
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  Procurement, integration and adaptation are biggest barriers to AI, study finds

  The greatest obstacles to the adoption of artificial intelligence (AI) technologies in the public sector lie in building procurement capabilities, integrating AI with existing systems, and adapting systems to specific

  • Posted October 29, 2019
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  UK government promises digital progress metrics after critical report

  The UK has pledged to develop a “robust” set of metrics to measure the progress of digital initiatives, following a highly critical report which found the government’s digital agenda has

  • Posted October 28, 2019
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  Michael Wernick on turbulent times for Canada – and its Clerk

  Michael Wernick, Canada’s outgoing Clerk of the Privy Council and Secretary to the Cabinet, tells Matt Ross how the civil service is responding to an ever faster, more fractious world;

  • Posted September 16, 2019
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