Hmm. #DisasterSpam or essential #PublicService? Time will tell.
Can't help but wonder, though, if this announcement hasn't buried the lede...
..."collecting and analysing live data" on a #permanent basis, in a '#CivilContingencies' context, sounds like something the public should be told more about!
Not unrelatedly, and while there's been a lot of focus on @PalantirTech's #NHS contracts, have you tried searching...
...#ContractsFinder for the work Government has awarded to #Palantir recently?
@CabinetOffice (GDS) published one measly £750k contract 👇 from 2015...
contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Search/Results
...but there's NOTHING published on #ContractsFinder about the TENS OF £MILLIONS 👇 that we know @CabinetOffice is paying #Palantir for, e.g. its cross-Departmental "#BorderFlow" system...
publictechnology.net/articles/news/…
...a live system which is currently available to purchase on #DigitalMarketplace at £3 MILLION a licence - "Free trial available" - which seems like a 'nice little earner' for Mr Thiel's company...
digitalmarketplace.service.gov.uk/g-cloud/servic…
...not to mention the 3-year £1.2 BILLION "Back Office Software" #procurement framework @CabinetOffice set up in 2021 - providing a convenient, non-#transparent way for central government & public bodies to buy #Palantir's "operating system for data"...
contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/notice/8d7bebf…
I know SOME people are tracking this, and that SOME 'legal attention' is being paid to @NHSEngland's use of @PalantirTech - but the #relationships and #implementations across the rest of government (via Government) need a LOT more #sustained attention!
vice.com/en/article/4ad…
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