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The Cabinet Office Claims to Have Made Savings in Procurement of £3.8bn
Jun 3, 2013The 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 ...
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Micro Focus Has Been Appointed Government COO
Dec 28, 2012Stephen 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 ...
Tags: Micro Focus, government, Stephen Kelly, Cabinet Office
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The MoD Has Signed a £17m Five-Year Deal with HP for Desktop IT Break-Fix Services
Dec 26, 2012The Ministry of Defence (MoD) has signed a £17m five-year deal with HP for desktop IT break-fix services. "For the first time, the British Armed Forces can rely on a consistent and transparent level of support for IT assets in the ...
Tags: HP, desktop IT break-fix services, Ministry of Defence
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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
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The Government's IT Leadership Team Is to Undergo a Major Organisational Reshuffle
Dec 7, 2012The 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 ...
Tags: Government, IT leadership team, digital transformation agenda
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Our Aim Was to Once More Identify The 50 Most Influential Leaders in UK IT
Nov 22, 2012Computer Weekly has announced the third UKtech50, our annual definitive list of the real movers and shakers in UK IT - the CIOs, industry executives, public servants and business leaders driving the role of technology in the UK economy. ...
Tags: UK IT, UKtech50, ARM, GCHQ, Government Digital Service, Salesforce.com
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Stephen Kelly Has Taken Over as Chief Operating Officer at The Cabinet Office
Sep 18, 2012Stephen 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 ...
Tags: Stephen Kelly, Cabinet Office, COO, Efficiency and Reform
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Government Reduced It Spend by £249m in 2011/12, with Savings of £104m
Aug 10, 2012The 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 ...
Tags: IT spend, Government Digital Service, GDS, Business Link website
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The Government Digital Service Has Driven Significant Savings for Government Departments
Aug 9, 2012The 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