The UK House of Commons Public Accounts Committee has published a new report on ‘Use of AI in Government’ (2024-25, HC 356). The report focuses on the specific situation in the UK and addresses issues closely related to the UK Government’s current ambitions to quickly roll out AI across the public sector. However, most recommendations … Read more
Unlock the White House Watch newsletter for free Your guide to what the 2024 US election means for Washington and the world Wall Street stocks rallied on Friday at the end of a volatile week of trading as hopes grew that the US government will avoid a costly shutdown. The blue-chip S&P 500, which on … Read more
Eve Hill, partner at Brown Goldstein & Levy, will present a live webinar, “The New ADA Title II Regulation on Accessible Digital Technologies: What it Means for Your School,” on March 13. The webinar will be hosted by AccessComputing at the University of Washington DO-IT Center and the Maryland Initiative for Digital Accessibility (MIDA) at … Read more
The U.K. government appears to have quietly scrubbed encryption advice from government web pages, just weeks after demanding backdoor access to encrypted data stored on Apple’s cloud storage service, iCloud. The change was spotted by security expert Alec Muffett, who wrote in a blog post on Wednesday that the U.K.’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) … Read more
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. India’s economic growth has rebounded after bountiful harvests boosted rural consumption and the government of Prime Minister Narendra Modi ratcheted up spending. Government data on Friday showed India’s GDP grew 6.2 per cent in the … Read more