August 22, 2024 - PublicTechnology
WEBAug 22, 2024 · The UK Space Agency has invested £2.5m in 10 projects looking to tap into the potential of satellite data to help businesses be more environmentally conscious. The NHS has conducted trials that have demonstrated the viability of delivering blood via drone over distances of more than 40 miles.
Scotland begins programme to deliver a laptop or tablet to all ...
WEBAug 17, 2021 · The Scottish Government has begun work to provide a laptop or tablet computer to every schoolchild in the country. The government this week announced that “work has started” on a programme that intends to deliver 700,000 devices between now and 2026 – when the recently commenced parliamentary session reaches its conclusion.
Embracing the digital age: A mission-driven framework for local ...
WEBAug 14, 2024 · The Local Government Association recently published a framework intended to help councils embark on digitisation programmes. Alex Coley explains why the initiative is a ‘call to action’ for the sector. Local government in the England is at a crossroads. The digital age promises unprecedent
UK to introduce digital driving licences - PublicTechnology
WEBSep 21, 2021 · The UK is to introduce digital driving licences as part of a package of technology and process reforms. The government’s intention is also to reduce – if not eliminate – the use of physical test certificates and provisional licences. The process of obtaining an MOT will also be digitised.
MoD kickstarts constellation of military satellites - PublicTechnology
WEBAug 21, 2024 · Tyche is the first of a constellation of satellites set to be delivered by the MoD’s space-based ISR programme by 2031. It is understood some of these future spacecrafts will be able to see through clouds and even eavesdrop on radio transmissions. Minister for defence procurement Maria Eagle said: “Tyche will …
GDS and CDDO complete DSIT move as new ‘AI
WEBAug 1, 2024 · GDS employs about 750 people, while CDDO has around 200 staff. The Incubator for Artificial Intelligence – typically referred to as i.AI – was launched in November 2023 “to help departments harness the potential AI”. The unit started with 30 employees and plans to recruit a further 40 were announced earlier this year.
Emergency meeting: Home Office signs Google Meet deal in case …
WEBAug 22, 2024 · The Home Office has signed a near-£40,000 deal for the provision of enterprise-grade video technology from Google – to provide an alternative option for officials to hold meetings if Microsoft Teams systems are ever inaccessible. The contract was awarded a month after millions of Microsoft users around the world – including in the UK ...
Feryal Clark named minister for AI and digital government
WEBJul 19, 2024 · The government has announced Feryal Clark as the UK’s new minister for AI and digital government – a role in which she will take on oversight of Whitehall’s core technology units. Her position is that of a parliamentary undersecretary of state in the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology. Following a …
MoJ’s adoption of digital pay framework has enabled £22m boost …
WEBNov 30, 2023 · The ministry’s newly published annual accounts for the 2022-23 year reveal that its Justice Digital unit has adopted the Government Digital and Data Pay Framework. The specialist pay structure – known as the DDaT Pay Framework until a rebrand of government’s digital profession this week – is designed to help departments attract and ...
Interview: The Crown Prosecution Service’s digital transformation …
WEBJul 17, 2017 · A year into his role, Mark Gray tells Sam Trendall how digitisation has already got rid of millions of pages of paper per year, and what more can be done A weight equating to approximately 2,056 adult men. A surface area that would cover 325 football pitches. An amount of paper that would require almost 4,000 trees to produce, and could be used to print 22,916 copies of War and Peace. 33 ...
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