Hacker News with Generative AI: Public Sector

The U.K. Pivot to AI Is Doomed from the Start (foreignpolicy.com)
The United Kingdom’s Labour government believes that this is not merely possible, but vital. The AI Opportunities Action Plan intends to spend billions of British pounds putting artificial intelligence into every corner of the public sector in the hope for unparalleled efficiency and to save a fortune in staffing costs. Tedious administrative paperwork will be passed to machines. Prime Minister Keir Starmer promised the plan will bring “a decade of national renewal.”

Artificial Intelligence, Government, Public Sector, UK, Economy

7 points by SideburnsOfDoom 23 days ago | 2 comments

NHS job cuts: Up to 7k posts to go as Wes Streeting takes charge (thetimes.com)

Healthcare, UK, Politics, Public Sector

8 points by petethomas 24 days ago | 1 comments

GSA to reduce tech services arm by 50%, eliminate non-statutory work (fedscoop.com)
All non-critical and non-statutorily required work will cease at the General Services Administration’s Technology Transformation Services as part of a 50% reduction of the office, according to Director Thomas Shedd.

Government, Technology, Budget Cuts, Public Sector

14 points by mooreds 24 days ago | 0 comments

GSA Eliminates 18F (werd.io)
"The General Services Administration deleted 18F, a government tech consultancy that helps other agencies with their technology, early Saturday morning."

Government, Technology, Consulting, Public Sector

15 points by benwerd 33 days ago | 2 comments

Ministers consider ban on all UK public bodies making ransomware payments (theguardian.com)
Schools, the NHS and local councils will be banned from making ransomware payments under government proposals to tackle hackers.

Cybersecurity, UK Government, Ransomware, Public Sector

7 points by beardyw 80 days ago | 3 comments

Fusion power is getting closer (economist.com)
Two developments in the coming year will mark a decisive shift from the public to the private sector in the decades-old quest to generate cheap and abundant power from nuclear fusion.

Fusion Energy, Nuclear Power, Energy, Private Sector, Public Sector

36 points by doener 131 days ago | 109 comments

Public sector cyber break-ins: Our money, our lives, our right to know (theregister.com)
At the start of September, Transport for London was hit by a major cyber attack.

Cybersecurity, Public Sector, Data Breaches

9 points by rntn 151 days ago | 0 comments

Why do big digital projects in the public sector fail? (newstatesman.com)

Public Sector, Digital Projects, Project Management, Failure

8 points by user20180120 237 days ago | 13 comments

Switzerland Makes Open Source Software Mandatory for Public Sector (itsfoss.com)

Switzerland, Open Source, Public Sector, Government, Software

143 points by areski 253 days ago | 58 comments

Switzerland mandates software source code disclosure for public sector (europa.eu)

Switzerland, Software Development, Government, Public Sector, Legislation

20 points by alexzeitler 282 days ago | 0 comments

Oracle Fusion rollout costs 15 times council's estimates in SAP rip-'n-replace (theregister.com)

Oracle, SAP, Technology, Cost Overruns, Public Sector

23 points by LinuxBender 339 days ago | 11 comments