• EU white paper shows extent that UK requires continued access to EU systems

  The government’s newly-published white paper on its future relationship with the European Union (EU) has indicated the extent to which…
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• PAC chair Hillier’s annual report attacks government’s “culture of denial”

  Public Accounts Committee chair Meg Hillier has weighed into the “culture of denial” that continues in Westminster and Whitehall. In…
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• Hancock wants international regulatory framework on AI

  Culture secretary Matt Hancock said that there is the need to establish international regulation on the use of artificial intelligence…
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• NAO welcomes HMRC progress but highlights risks to delivery of new Customs Declaration Service

  The National Audit Office (NAO) in a progress update report published today has warned that ‘significant challenges’ remain in the…
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• EU signs product safety pledge with four online marketplace companies

  The European Commission and four major online marketplaces – Alibaba (for AliExpress), Amazon, eBay and Rakuten – France have signed…
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• Competition authority needs digitisation help for state aid IT system ahead of Brexit

  The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) is looking for a partner to help implement new UK state aid IT systems…
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• Barnier: UK will lose access to EU security databases after Brexit and must rely on “reciprocal exchanges” of information

  The European Union has said the UK will be frozen out of EU policing and security databases after Brexit. Speaking…
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• Whitehall should rethink current budget rules that constrain its ability to innovate through digital technology, paper argues

  The Treasury should empower departmental Accounting Officers to reallocate planned capital expenditure for digital technology to operating spend. And the…
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• MoD announces bidders on £400m MODNET EVOLVE Operational Service Management contract  

  The Ministry of Defence (MoD), Information Systems and Services, ISS Commercial Sourcing Team has announced the bidders for a tender…
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• MoD looks for help on vehicle-based ANPR and facial recognition capability

  The Ministry of Defence (MoD) has issued a Prior Information Notice for an automatic number plate recognition (ANPR) and facial…
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