The Shakespeare Review into public sector data has suggested that data held across the public sector, including the National Health Service ought to be used to drive economic growth. Further reading Obama signs executive order promoting ...
Lighting seems very much to be the topic du jour across the channel as a Parisian creative arts centre has seen its dome fitted with 4,480 LED lights, in a scheme masterminded by London-based designer Tiphaine Treins. The designer spoke ...
More and more news stories are being reported from around the country of councils and local authorities rolling out widespread switch-offs of street and outdoor lighting, as people become increasingly aware of how ecologically irresponsible ...
Tobacco companies have stated that plain packs could easily be copied, but a new report from the All Party Parliamentary Group on Smoking and Health said security features could still be used on standard packs. The group said that public ...
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Despite much talk during the preceding 12 months about the pivotal role that technology is expected to play in boosting the UK's ailing economy, there was precious little in today's Budget to add flesh to the bones. There is to be an ...
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The US economy is unlikely to fall back into a recession, despite the March 1 sequester, because a revival in the private sector is likely to offset the fiscal drag of public spending cuts, according to EFIC's latest issue of World Risk ...
Bath and North East Somerset Council has announced that it will be consulting local resident associations and heritage groups in order to ascertain the best way to roll out its new LED lighting development of the World Heritage-listed City ...
The UK's critical infrastructure is open to cyber-attacks because of a lack of experts able to thwart threats, warns a report by the National Audit Office (NAO). One year on: The UK Cyber Security Strategy UK military unprepared for ...
The prestigious itSMF (IT Service Management Forum) UK Awards 2012 saw Marval customer Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council (MBC) ICT pick up the IT Service Innovation of the Year Award for RoamKey; a stand-alone operating system stored ...
As announced earlier this year, Sheffield City Council became the first in the UK to begin a city-wide installation of LED streetlamps this week, as it aims to become one of the first areas in Europe to significantly drive down costs across ...
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Audit Scotland, the Scottish government's public spending watchdog, has called for a single pool of IT expertise to help deliver IT programmes more efficiently and to cut costs. In a report, entitled Managing ICT Contracts: An audit of ...
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Squeezed school IT budgets The changing landscape of school IT investment The emergence of education consortia The repercussions of greater autonomy for schools The profound changes in the education sector promise to cast long ...
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CONSTRUCTION EMPLOYMENT WILL GO UP -- very slightly -- in 2012, contractors predicted in a survey released Monday by the Associated General Contractors of America. Modest improvements in hiring in 2011 and equally modest forecasts for 2012 ...
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Columnist Amine Bouchentouf is a partner at Parador Capital LLC, an institutional advisory firm focused on commodities and emerging markets. He is the author of the bestselling Commodities For Dummies, published by Wiley. Amine is also the ...
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