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Tevye Markson

London, Paris, Reading

Senior Reporter at Civil Service World

Senior Reporter for @CSWnews. Got civil service tips, story ideas or views? Contact me at [email protected]. Ex-Local Democracy Reporter

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  • Ex-civil servant Peter Unwin returns as Natural England deputy chair

    5 days ago | civilserviceworld.com | Beckie Smith |Tevye Markson

    A former acting permanent secretary at the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs has returned from a decade-long hiatus from the civil service to become deputy chair of Natural England. Peter Unwin, who left Defra in 2015, took up his new role on 1 April and will stay in the post until 31 December, the non-departmental public body has announced. He has been a board member at Natural England since 2020.

  • For AI to serve the public, we need comprehensive reform - Labour's data bill isn't the answer

    5 days ago | civilserviceworld.com | Tevye Markson

    More and more of government’s day-to-day decisions are being automated. Public authorities hope that by deploying technologies such as AI, they can deliver a massive reduction in the cost of administering public services. But as they are doing so, they are uncertain about how the rules which constrain human officials will apply to machines’ decision processes.

  • Almost two-thirds of tasks performed by entry-level officials could be automated, government analysis finds

    6 days ago | publictechnology.net | Tevye Markson

    The lowest-ranked civil servants spend almost two-thirds of their time on routine tasks that could be automated, according to analysis by the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology. DSIT has previously estimated that automating routine tasks in the public sector could deliver savings of £36bn.

  • NI Civil Service ‘wouldn't be able to handle 80% office attendance’

    1 week ago | civilserviceworld.com | Jim Dunton |Tevye Markson

    The Northern Ireland Civil Service would not be able to handle a mandate for staff to work at least four days a week in their offices because there is not enough space, a Stormont committee has been told. Members of the Northern Ireland Assembly’s Committee for Finance heard this week that a programme to cut the number of offices NICS staff operate from by 28 over the next three years is on track to deliver – and that a back-to-the-office drive wouldn’t work.

  • DSIT estimates 62% of tasks done by lowest-grade officials could be automated

    1 week ago | civilserviceworld.com | Tevye Markson |Sam Trendall

    The lowest-ranked civil servants spend almost two-thirds of their time on routine tasks that could be automated, according to analysis by the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology. DSIT has estimated that automating routine tasks in the public sector could deliver savings of £36bn.

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