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Ministry of Defence to access IT skills via £1.5bn framework
Oct 24, 2019
The UK Ministry of Defence has plans to improve how it engages with the tech industry. It is setting up a new £1.5bn framework that will introduce a new mechanism to contracting technical skills. £300m a year will be spent over a three-to-five year period to select a number of suppliers onto a...
Suppliers Worth Watching Within the Extended Reality Market
Oct 22, 2019
Augmented and virtual reality products and services are a hot topic in the public sector. With applications ranging from training to simulations to data interaction, nearly all government organizations stand to benefit from extended reality solutions.
And the industry has definitely taken note,...
Five bold public contracting reforms to improve public services in five cities
Oct 17, 2019
Five teams of public contracting reformers from Buenos Aires, Ecuador, Mexico City, Moldova, and New Orleans have been selected to participate in the inaugural Lift impact programme, the Open Contracting Partnership (OCP) and social impact firm Reboot. The year-long support programme is designed...
Defence Secretary Ben Wallace addresses the NATO Parliamentary Assembly on Cyber Security
Oct 17, 2019
The UK Defence Secretary addressed parliamentarians from across the NATO Alliance at the NATO Parliamentary Assembly this week. “For a long time there has been pressure for us all to increase investment in defence. And the United Kingdom is proud to have heeded that call. Last month our spending...
Suppliers for Virtual and Augmented Reality Products and Services
Oct 11, 2019
Augmented and virtual reality products and services are a hot topic in the public sector. With applications ranging from training to simulations to data interaction, nearly all government organizations stand to benefit from extended reality solutions. To help you understand this ever-changing...
Understanding the Gender Pay Gap in the UK Public Sector
Oct 10, 2019
The UK Government has released a report looking into the gender pay gap in the public sector. It analyses the size and possible causes of the pay gap and finds that the gap is larger in the public sector than in the private and that a much higher pay gap exists at the top end of the earnings...
Confidence Falls as Cyber Threats and AI Add to the Challenges of Risk Management
Oct 10, 2019
Dun & Bradstreet has released The 2019 Compliance and Procurement Sentiment report which finds that only 85% of respondents are confident about the effectiveness of risk management within their organisation – 8% lower than in the previous survey. A large majority, 84%, also forecast a decline in...
Top Players in Cybersecurity and What’s Driving Market Trends
Oct 10, 2019
This report on cybersecurity was recently released and summarizes the factors and dynamics that shape the cybersecurity market. The global cybersecurity market is valued at $131.3 billion and is expected to increase to $289.8 billion by 2026.
This report shares the market drives, segmentation,...
Applications for AI in Military IoT – Invitation to a NATO/DefSec Workshop
Oct 2, 2019
We are delighted to inform our readers of a new series of workshops aimed at influencing and hopefully solving some of the hottest issues facing NATO right now. This is a fascinating set of discussions because each topic will tackle a concrete challenge that NATO needs to solve through...
Governments Buying AI Intelligently – New Guidelines
Oct 2, 2019
The World Economic Forum has issued guidelines to help governments procure artificial intelligence. They have been co-designed by WEF’s artificial intelligence and machine learning team and the UK government’s Office of AI along with Deloitte, Salesforce and Splunk. Government and private...
Don’t let politics confuse you in business: the landscape for technology acquisitions post-Brexit
Sep 26, 2019
We are pleased to feature this personal opinion piece from Ian Fishwick, director of Innopsis, the trade association for digital infrastructure and services to the UK public sector.
Around three years ago, I took my family to a Jamie’s restaurant for a celebration meal. The meal itself was...
MITRE Innovation Toolkit
Sep 23, 2019
The MITRE Corporation is an not-for-profit organization that manages federally funded research and development centers supporting several U.S. government agencies.
Anyone with experience facing an important challenge or project understands that the job is easier when you have the right tools. The...
