Government IT reformers have criticised the Cabinet Office's plans to give chief procurement officer Bill Crothers a more prominent position within the IT leadership team. Sources told Computer Weekly they were concerned the move could ...
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A third of UK CIOs are more concerned with EU regulation–such as the data protection directive–than their own local laws,a study has revealed. Some 34%of UK CIOs and 30%across Europe regard EU regulation as more important than ...
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The government's IT leadership team is to undergo a major organisational reshuffle,according to a notice from Cabinet Office chief operating officer Stephen Kelly seen by Computer Weekly. Under the shake-up Andy Nelson will remain ...
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Ailsa Beaton, CIO at the Metropolitan Police, the top IT job in the police service, is to leave her post in mid-2013 after 12 years in the role. Further reading Analysis: Police forces investigate new ICT strategies Met Police system ...
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There's going to be a battle in overcoming resistance to the government's Open Standards Principles for IT,according to an advisor to the Cabinet Office. Launched at the start of November,the standards are designed to make government IT ...
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Whitehall has launched its long-awaited response to the open standards consultation, which will force government bodies to comply with its list of "Open Standards Principles" when purchasing technology. Departments must use the principles ...
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Department of Energy & Climate Change CIO Jennifer Rigby has said that e-procurement and cloud will drive the government's green IT strategy. Rigby is also chair of the government's green ICT delivery unit (GDU), a cross-departmental, ...
The government needs to spend less time strategising about ICT, and focus more on implementation and delivery, according to former government CIO Joe Harley. Harley, who was government CIO between February 2011 and spring 2012, told ...
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Fuji Xerox Australia has been appointed to the NSW Government Finance and Service panel to supply printer and imaging equipment to the NSW Government. The NSW state government's 2012 Information & Communications Technology (ICT) strategy ...
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Earlier this week,former government CIO Joe Harley announced that he would be taking up the role of strategic adviser at managed services company Amor Group. Further reading At the helm of government ICT:interview with Andy Nelson ...
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