The NHS is working with the US government to pioneer open-data strategies in the US public sector. This was the claim of Chris Vein, deputy US chief technology officer for government innovation – working in the executive office of ...
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Stephen Kelly, former CEO of technology company Micro Focus, has taken over as chief operating officer (COO) at the Cabinet Office and head of the Efficiency and Reform Group in Ian Watmore's former role. Stephen Kelly is understood to ...
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Tokyo-based Mitsubishi Electric Corp has been designated as a'Green Asia Special Global Strategy Synthesis Area'company in Japan's Fukuoka Prefecture. Kitakyushu and Fukuoka cities in Fukuoka Prefecture have been designated as Green Asia ...
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The labelling of two IT suppliers as high-risk by government is part of a tightening-up of outsourcing,but how far can the government practically address the problem of failing outsourcing contracts? Fujitsu is among the companies ...
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The government's main information services website Directgov is to be replaced by the new GOV.UK site from 17 October. The move to GOV.UK,which aims to provide all government websites under a single domain,is expected to create ...
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The government has ramped up moves to tackle growing cyber security threats by launching a£3.8m research institute. The research institute in the science of cyber security will act as a virtual organisation bringing together ...
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Big data and intelligence-driven security are to be the focus of the RSA Conference Europe 2012 in London next month. Three of the keynote sessions are related to these topics and they are represented in just about every time slot of the ...
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The Cabinet Office has blacklisted Fujitsu and another IT supplier from tendering for government IT contracts because they constitute too high a risk. According to FT.com, Fujitsu will not be considered by the Cabinet Office for new ...
The Department of Health has reached an agreement with supplier CSC over the Lorenzo clinical management and patient administration systems fiasco which, it says, will save it as much as £1bn. The agreement was formally reached on ...
Former government deputy CIO Bill McCluggage has criticised the government for a lack of metrics in IT, and a failure to profit from 'shadow IT' and the cloud. Further reading Former government deputy CIO slams UK cyber security ...
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The government reduced its IT spend by £249m in 2011/12, with savings of £104m coming from its move to digital services and contract renegotiations, and £145m from its moratorium on contracts above £5m. The ...
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The Cabinet Office has ditched plans to publish regular'gateway'reports on the progress of major public sector IT projects. The decision,according to reports,follows complaints from senior civil servants,whose compliance Cabinet Office ...
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SMEs say they are concerned over the delay in the accreditation process for G-Cloud services. The pan-government accreditation process on G-Cloud services for information deemed sensitive is being carried out by IT security arm CESG. No ...
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The Cabinet Office claims that a "ruthless approach" to "eradicating wasteful spending" across central government has helped generate £104m in savings in IT spending out of more than £5.5bn in total efficiency savings it claims ...
Tags: The Cabinet Office, National IT platform, Francis Maude, ERG
The government has released a prior information notice for the procurement of support, maintenance and development services for its electronic Property Information Mapping Service (e-PIMS) platform. The e-PIMS platform currently hosts a ...
Tags: ICT platform, e-PIMSm, Microsoft, SAP