civil service

Guidance issued for public sector AI use as Whitehall trials chatbots

Guidance for public sector organisations looking to use foundation AI models has been published by the Ada Lovelace Institute. The…

DSIT aims to boost tech expertise by joining Whitehall’s STEM Futures programme

Civil servants in the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT) could soon be mentored by the brightest minds in…

UK civil servants call for more digital training

UK civil servants have little to no confidence in the ability of their departments to use technology to improve public…

Civil service DDaT roles grow by 62% to more than 20,000

The number of UK civil servants working in digital, data and technology (DDaT) roles now exceeds 20,000, according to new…

Unprepared Gov’t needs £244m worth of IT contractors to deal with Brexit

The UK government may have to spend up to £244 million in order to revitalise its lagging IT department in the…