The Cabinet Office claims to have made savings in procurement of £3.8bn compared to three years ago when the coalition government was elected. It is also claiming savings of £500m as a result of tighter IT spending controls and ...
Stephen Kelly (pictured), the government's chief operating officer, has abolished the role of government CIO, currently held on an interim basis by Andy Nelson, who is also CIO at the Department for Work and Pensions, as part of the ...
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The government expects to slash its software licence and maintenance bill with Microsoft and SAP by up to£150m by 2015,via a framework renegotiation. Under the deal the public sector will avoid recent Microsoft's licence fee ...
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Liam Maxwell, formerly the deputy government CIO, has been appointed as the first Whitehall chief technology officer (CTO), in the latest stage of a major shake-up of the government IT leadership organisation. As revealed last week by ...
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Stephen Kelly, the former CEO of Cobol tools software vendor Micro Focus, has been appointed government chief operating officer (COO) in the Cabinet Office. He succeeds Ian Watmore, who left in May 2012 to pursue non-executive and charity ...
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Former deputy chief information officer(CIO)Liam Maxwell has been appointed as the government's first ever chief technology officer(CTO)in a Whitehall IT shake-up. Maxwell will now report to Mike Bracken,executive director of the ...
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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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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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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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