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Preliminary Testing of 'data matching' for Electoral Registration Has Demonstrated
Sep 13, 2013Preliminary testing of 'data matching' for electoral registration has demonstrated that it makes it simpler for individuals to register to vote, the Cabinet Office has said. Individual Electoral Registration (IER) is a new system which ...
Tags: Computer Products, software
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The National Audit Office Described The Government's Welfare Reforms
Sep 6, 2013The National Audit Office, the spending watchdog, has described the government's welfare reforms as "overambitious" and hindered by the "limited functionality" of IT systems. It follows Department for Work and Pensions announcing further ...
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Stephen Kelly Abolished The Role of Government CIO
Mar 18, 2013Stephen 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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Government CIO Has Been Appointed as CIO at The Department for Work and Pensions
Feb 6, 2013Government CIO Andy Nelson has been appointed as CIO at the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP). Nelson was appointed government CIO in April 2012 to add to his role as CIO of the Ministry of Justice (MoJ), which he started in ...
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Government Will Save Taxpayers up to Pound 500m a Year
Jan 5, 2013Government plans for next generation shared services in the public sector will save taxpayers up to pound 500m a year, the Cabinet Office has claimed. In a new document dubbed the Next Generation Shared Services Strategic Plan, the ...
Tags: shared services, public sector, Cabinet Office, new plan
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DWP CIO Philip Langsdale Has Passed Away at The Age of 56
Jan 5, 2013The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) CIO Philip Langsdale has passed away at the age of 56. Langsdale, who is understood to have passed away suddenly on 22 December, was director of IT at Asda between 1992 and 1997, as well as chief ...
Tags: DWP, CIO, Philip Langsdale, BAA
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It Will Cost up to £4m to Take out References to Marriage Between Men and Women
Dec 28, 2012They say you can't put a price on true love,but a government consultation into same-sex marriage has done just that.According to an impact assessment report,the Home Office has found that changes to IT systems could be the biggest cost ...
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HMRC Is Slammed for Being Unduly Complacent About The Roll-out of RTI System
Dec 28, 2012HMRC has been slammed for being "unduly complacent" about the roll-out of the Real Time Information (RTI) system crucial to the Universal Credit programme, according to an official report. The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) is concerned ...
Tags: HMRC, slam, undue complacency, RTI
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Online Security Risks Could Sink The Government's Proposed Reforms to The Welfare System
Dec 28, 2012Online security risks could sink the government's proposed reforms to the welfare system, according to parliamentary under-secretary of state for welfare reform, Lord Freud (pictured). However, Freud told MPs on the Work and Pensions ...
Tags: online security, government, UK, welfare system, reform
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DWP Estimates Total Benefit Overpayments Due to Fraud and Error in 2011-12 Were GBP 3.2bn
Dec 27, 2012The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) estimates that total benefit overpayments due to fraud and error in 2011-12 were GBP3.2 billion, equating to 2% of total benefit expenditure of GBP 159bn. Total underpayments in 2011-12 are ...
Tags: Department for Work and Pensions, benefit overpayments, fraud, service
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DWP Is Slammed by Disabled Charities for Awarding £540m in Contracts to Atos
Dec 27, 2012The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has been slammed by disabled charities for awarding more than £540m in contracts to Atos and Capita to test the eligibility of disabled people receiving benefits. The DWP has awarded three ...
Tags: Department for Work and Pensions, Atos and Capita, PIP system
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Anonymous Brought Down Government Websites in Protest at UK's Handling Julian Assange
Dec 26, 2012Hacktivist group Anonymous claims it brought down government websites in protest at the UK’s handling of the asylum case of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange. The group targeted the websites of No. 10, the Home Office, the Ministry ...
Tags: Anonymous, Computer Products, Government Websites, Julian Assange
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Langsdale Took The Position of CIO at The DWP in August
Dec 24, 2012The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) CIO Philip Langsdale is overseeing a major overhaul of the department's flagship Universal Credit programme, according to senior Whitehall sources. The Universal Credit programme, which aims to ...
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Phil Pavitt Has Stepped Down as HMRC's CIO to Join Insurance Giant Aviva
Dec 21, 2012Phil Pavitt has stepped down as HMRC’s CIO to join insurance giant Aviva as global director of IT transformation. Mark Hall has taken over as CIO of HMRC, having worked as deputy CIO at the department for two years and director of ...
Tags: Phil Pavitt, insurance, IT transformation, IT industry
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Government Must Integrate IT Strategy to Realise Cost Savings,Warns NAO Head
Dec 18, 2012The government must integrate the various strands of its IT strategy to realise cost savings, Amyas Morse, comptroller and auditor general at the National Audit Office (NAO), has warned. Speaking at Intellect’s World-Class Public ...
Tags: government, IT strategy, NAO