After the collapse of a building onto subway tunnels, MBTA officials used drones to conduct preliminary inspections before sending a team of structural engineers.
The Government Digital Service awarded a contract worth as much as £9 million (US$11.8 million) to business and government consulting giant Deloitte to build a digital ID app. The service contract covers a two-year period.
This £9m contract is the second awarded to Deloitte for work on One Login – which aims to provide a single identity for users of all online government services – following an earlier £4.8m deal to develop the One Login apps for Apple and Android.
The one-stop platform to access pan India e-governance services will be made available through a voice-enabled interface like Apple’s Siri or Amazon’s Alexa.
The CDP bureau includes three policy units: International Cyberspace Security, International Information and Communications Policy, and Digital Freedom.