DWP increases annual digital spending to £1bn after 8% rise in FY24
WEBAug 14, 2024 · In its recently published annual report and accounts for the 12 months to the end of March, the department revealed that its Digital Group received backing of £996.5m during the period. This compares with £924.2m in the prior year, equating to a rise of £72.3m – or 8%. The report says that the £1bn invested during the year encompassed ...
Emergency meeting: Home Office signs Google Meet
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 ...
Poor data and lack of strategy perpetuate Whitehall skills gaps, …
WEBApr 21, 2021 · The civil service has been warned that it will continue to face significant skills gaps and struggle to tackle future challenges unless it develops a joined-up strategy to increase Whitehall expertise. While there are many skilled professionals and specialists in the civil service, poor data and an ad-hoc approach to training mean government is ...
Cabinet Office spends £4.7m on Microsoft licensing deal
WEBJun 16, 2021 · The Cabinet Office has inked a £4.7m two-year contract for the fulfilment of its Microsoft licensing and cloud services needs. The deal was signed under the terms of the Digital Transformation Arrangement 2021 (DTA21) – a memorandum of understanding between the government and the software vendor that came into effect on 1 May.
UPDATED: GDS and CDDO to move from Cabinet Office to DSIT
WEBJul 9, 2024 · The GOV.UK sites of both CDDO and GDS continue to list each unit as being part of the Cabinet Office. In the meantime, DSIT said that the move would enabled government to “unite efforts in the digital transformation of public services under one department”. The department’s new secretary of state, Peter Kyle, added: “Britain will not ...
How automation and data-sharing enabled DWP to transform the …
WEBDec 3, 2020 · After a digital and data revamp, more than half of claims are entirely self-service, product owner Vicky Coatesworth tells PublicTechnology Credit: Adobe Stock Even by government standards, the Get your State Pension service run by the Department for Work and Pensions is a vast and important one.
DWP commits £70m to algorithms and analytics to tackle benefit …
WEBJul 12, 2023 · The use of automated technology is set to be expanded further still in the coming months, with £70m set to be invested in the period from April 2022 to March 2025 in “advanced analytics to tackle fraud and error”. “These analytics include a variety of sophisticated techniques,” the report added. “One of these is the use of machine ...
HMRC looks to expand access to Government Gateway
WEBJul 21, 2022 · HM Revenue and Customs is seeking to widen citizens’ access to the Government Gateway online system by enabling the use of more forms of identity and new methods of verification. More than two decades after its launch – and four years beyond its theoretical closure – Government Gateway remains the …
DWP amends personal data guidance to reflect use of ‘automated ...
WEBAug 25, 2023 · The department updates policies to include explicit reference to use of automated tools in decision making – but indicates that humans always have final say if benefit applications are denied The Department for Work and Pensions has amended its personal data policies to provide – a small amount o
Maude report calls for GDS and CDDO to be reunited – but …
WEBNov 16, 2023 · In a major review of Whitehall structures and processes, the minister that oversaw the creation of the Government Digital Service calls for it to be re-merged with its sister unit A major review into the efficacy of government’s structures and processes has called for the Government Digital S