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World Regions

Saudi Arabia signs off on Artificial Intelligence policy

King Salman Bin Abdulaziz has approved Saudi Arabia’s Artificial Intelligence (AI) strategy, which is expected to contribute an estimated 500 billion riyals (US$133 billion) to gross domestic product (GDP) by […]

UK government identity system still poses risk

The Verify identity verification programme continues to pose “notable risks” to the Cabinet Office due to challenges in delivery, according to the department’s annual report and accounts. The programme provides […]

Trump moves to restrict outsourcing of federal work

President Donald Trump has taken further steps to prevent US government departments and agencies using foreign workers following a row with the nation’s largest utility. Heads of government departments have […]

Managing a distributed workforce now and beyond COVID-19

Earlier this year, civil services worldwide found themselves having to transition thousands of employees to working remotely, often with just a few days’ notice. And as panellists explained during a […]

Cyber criminals targeted Australian government nearly 450 times in one year

The Australian Government has published a three-pronged strategy to protect Australia from cyber attacks. A $1.67 billion plan has been launched to strengthen protection against cyber attacks targeting Australia’s government, […]

India considers non-personal data sharing regulation

India is considering taking steps to allow citizens and organisations to harness companies’ anonymised, non-personal data, after a committee recommended that such a move would boost domestic SMEs’ competitiveness and […]

Germany to launch digital ID smartphone service

The German government is to launch a national digital identity platform, built around the National ID service that underpins the country’s identity card system and available on smartphones. The German […]

New Zealand launches government algorithm standards

New Zealand has produced a set of standards designed to guide government use of algorithms and to improve data transparency and accountability, in what it claims is a world first. […]

Four US State Department aides subpoenaed in investigation into watchdog firing

House Democrats have subpoenaed four senior aides to secretary of state Mike Pompeo, accusing them of stonewalling an investigation into president Trump’s firing of State Department inspector general Steve Linick. […]

UK appoints head of merging foreign and aid departments

Sir Philip Barton has been appointed permanent under-secretary at the UK’s Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO). Barton will head up the new department, which is to be formed next […]