AI brings potentially huge benefits to the public sector but we need clear standards and greater transparency

Chair of the Committee, Lord Evans, reflects on the Committee's AI report and the potential benefits to the public sector.
Chair of the Committee, Lord Evans, reflects on the Committee's AI report and the potential benefits to the public sector.
In this guest blog, Paul Hoey, co-founder of Hoey Associates, writes about how to improve the local government standards framework.
Lord Evans, Committee Chair, reflects on public standards issues over the past year and calls for proactive and ongoing attention to standards to ensure the systems and processes are able to meet the challenges faced today.
The Standards Commission for Scotland writes on the key principle of objectivity which obliges those in public life, including politicians, to make decisions solely on merit, impartially and without discrimination or bias.