Author Archives for Gary Flood

Verify ‘should be closed down’ – press report

September 6, 2018 8:49 am Published by Comments Off on Verify ‘should be closed down’ – press report

'Computer Weekly' claims the government's project watchdog, the Infrastructure & Projects Authority, says no-one in Whitehall wants to pay for it any more


Telegraph: Is the UK facing an AI ‘brain drain’?

September 4, 2018 8:30 am Published by Comments Off on Telegraph: Is the UK facing an AI ‘brain drain’?

'A third of leading Machine Learning and AI specialists who have left the UK’s top institutions are currently working at Silicon Valley tech firms' says the paper - as British start-ups just can't match the six-figure salaries on offer over the Pond


IfG levels harsh critique at GDS strategy

August 30, 2018 8:59 am Published by Comments Off on IfG levels harsh critique at GDS strategy

Think tank proposes raft of new things a Whitehall Head of Function for Digital, Data and Technology should be doing - including coming up with a better rollout plan for GOV.UK Verify than is currently on offer


Press reports that head of GOV.UK Verify stepping down

August 28, 2018 8:21 am Published by Comments Off on Press reports that head of GOV.UK Verify stepping down

Nic Harrison is leaving GDS and returning to the Department for Work and Pensions after two years in post. The problem: no successor is as yet in place for the UK's flagship Digital Identity scheme


Scottish Government joins OIX

August 23, 2018 8:55 am Published by Comments Off on Scottish Government joins OIX

Holyrood: the organisation that aims to accelerate the adoption of digital identity services based on open standards is 'a natural fit with the aims of what we are seeking to do in Scotland'