Local Authority integration made simple and affordable with the Symphony Blackbox from Aligned Assets SURREY, ENGLAND, September 20, 2012 /24-7PressRelease/ -- Gazetteer specialists Aligned Assets can today announce the release of its ...
The 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 ...
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Six London boroughs have agreed to implement the same version of Oracle's Release 12 Enterprise Resourse Planning (ERP) software in a bid to cut costs and improve services. With a combined population of 1.6 million, Lambeth, Lewisham, ...
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METRO VANCOUVER - B.C.’s transportation minister blames the contractor who designed and built the new Port Mann Bridge for the damages and injuries caused by chunks of ice falling off the structure during Wednesday’s snowstorm. ...
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The Google Fiber broadband project underway in the Kansas City area is offering 5 Mbps Internet access for free and 1 Gbps access for $70 a month, among other major benefits. However, the project also will cost taxpayers of the sister ...
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Wiltshire council will be using LED bulbs as part of its new energy saving initiative. The local authority is trying to save around £380,000 a year and is looking at switching some of its traditional street lamps to those that can ...
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The stakes are high for both Apple and Samsung Electronics as they prepare to kick off their much-anticipated patent-infringement trial in front of a California jury on Monday. At the end of the proceedings, the 10-member jury, under the ...
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A delegation of SEMI members and other stakeholders in LED manufacturing met with the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Assistant Secretary of Energy David Danielson and his senior staff in August to advocate for increased support for R&D and ...
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The government has named the first public services to go digital, following the publication of 18 individual departmental digital strategies outlining moves to digital by default public services. The strategies detail how departments will ...
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OJSC MMC Norilsk Nickel announced that the meeting of the Board of Directors was held. Resolution on election of the new General Director of the Company was adopted by the Board. The appointment of Mr Vladimir Potanin was approved ...
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The National Audit Office (NAO) today ruled that Vodafone’s settlement of its UK tax bill was "reasonable", despite being almost GBP 5bn less than it was originally thought to have owed. The mobile operator came under scrutiny ...
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EPEAT has launched a review of ultra-thin and light laptops carrying its environmental ratings after Apple withdrew from and rejoined the organization last week. Apple didn't explain the reasons behind either decision, but speculation has ...
Key HMRC IT implementations have been delayed because of the Cabinet Office’s moratorium on spending, the National Audit Office (NAO) has found. The report called for a better understanding of the costs of benefits of the ...
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The U.S.government Thursday opened a new,highly efficient office building south of downtown Seattle. Federal Center South,at 4735 E.Marginal Way,is the new home for the U.S.Army Corps of Engineers Seattle District Headquarters.The ...
Home energy bills could soar over the next few years as consumers help fund efforts to reduce the country's carbon emissions. The UK is one of many countries to have agreed to cut carbon emissions by 34 per cent by 2020,based on 1990 ...
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