Day: March 27, 2025

UK News: Public accounts committee also flags ‘persistent digital skills shortages’ and uncompetitive civil service pay rates

The government’s ambition to boost efficiency by embedding AI in all aspects of its work risks being undermined by out-of-date technology, poor quality data and a lack of skilled staff, an influential Commons committee has warned.

The report by the cross-party public accounts committee (PAC) found that more than 20 government IT systems identified as “legacy”, meaning out of date and unsupported, have yet to be given funding to improve them. Continue reading…
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Bibliotheca Hertziana – Max Planck Institute for Art History – Max Planck Research Group
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Tasmanian Aboriginal Centre says ‘tide is turning’ in its negotiations to repatriate ancestral remains and important cultural items

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After more than 170 years at a Scottish university, the remains of a young Aboriginal man killed on his traditional land have returned home.

The skull of the unknown man was taken from Tasmania in the 1830s and had been held by the University of Aberdeen since the early 1850s. Continue reading…
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