22 January 2024

Socitm: Public sector services must primarily become digital

Despite extreme pressures on finances and staffing, public sector services must primarily become digital in everything they do, according to a new report from Socitm.

The public sector digital trends 2024 report published today by Socitm – the society for innovation, technology and modernisation – said AI will start to underpin re-imagined services and revolutionary use of data.

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