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PAC Have Slammed The Department for Work & Pensions

Nov 8, 2013

MPs on the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) have slammed the Department for Work & Pensions (DWP) for "alarmingly weak management" and a "shocking absence of control" in its handling of the Universal Credit welfare programme. The project, ...

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The National Audit Office Described The Government's Welfare Reforms

Sep 6, 2013

The 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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Government CIO Has Been Appointed as CIO at The Department for Work and Pensions

Feb 6, 2013

Government 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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DWP CIO Philip Langsdale Has Passed Away at The Age of 56

Jan 5, 2013

The 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 ...

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HMRC Is Slammed for Being Unduly Complacent About The Roll-out of RTI System

Dec 28, 2012

HMRC 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 ...

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Online Security Risks Could Sink The Government's Proposed Reforms to The Welfare System

Dec 28, 2012

Online 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

DWP Estimates Total Benefit Overpayments Due to Fraud and Error in 2011-12 Were GBP 3.2bn

Dec 27, 2012

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 ...

Tags: Department for Work and Pensions, benefit overpayments, fraud, service

Langsdale Took The Position of CIO at The DWP in August

Dec 24, 2012

The 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 ...

Tags: Department for Work and Pensions, Philip Langsdale

Whitehall Must Measure The Progress of Its It Strategy More Effectively

Dec 24, 2012

Whitehall must measure the progress of its IT strategy more effectively, particularly the use of agile methodologies,if it is to achieve its technology transformation agenda, the Institute for Government has warned. In its report, System ...

Tags: Whitehall, agile methodologies, ICT strategy, UK

Phil Pavitt Has Stepped Down as HMRC's CIO to Join Insurance Giant Aviva

Dec 21, 2012

Phil 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

Government Must Integrate IT Strategy to Realise Cost Savings,Warns NAO Head

Dec 18, 2012

The 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

Key HMRC IT Implementations Is Delayed as Cabinet Office's Moratorium on Spending

Dec 17, 2012

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 ...

Tags: HMRC, IT implementations, NAO

Seven Firms Are Chosen to Provide Identity Assurance Service

Dec 13, 2012

Seven firms have been chosen to provide the Identity Assurance service required for benefit applicants to the new Universal Credit welfare scheme. The Post Office, Cassidian, Digidentity, Experian, Ingeus, Mydex, and Verizon will deliver ...

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HMRC Has Admitted Running Over Budget on Its Real Time Information Development

Dec 5, 2012

HMRC has admitted running over budget on its Real Time Information(RTI)development,the PAYE system crucial to the roll-out of Universal Credit next year. Some 124m euros had originally been earmarked for the project in 2010,said David ...

Tags: HMRC, RTI, the PAYE system, UC

Our Aim Was to Once More Identify The 50 Most Influential Leaders in UK IT

Nov 22, 2012

Computer 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. ...

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