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Recent Weapon in The Battle Has Been a Disappointing Failure
Jan 8, 2014As the United States marks the 50th anniversary of the War on Poverty this month, a new report suggests one recent weapon in the battle has been a disappointing failure. The federal government has made marriage promotion among single ...
Tags: Marriage, Poverty Rates, Single Mothers
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The Department for Business Innovation and Skills Outlines Its Plans
Nov 4, 2013Better data sharing, an improved national data infrastructure and recognising and developing data science as a professional discipline are the main commitments the government is making in "seizing the data opportunity", according to a ...
Tags: Computer Products, software
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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 ...
Tags: Computer Products, software
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Cameron Is Understood to Initially Have Been in Favour of Plain Packaging for Tobacco
May 3, 2013A report in The Sun this morning, which the paper is claiming as an exclusive, claimed that the Prime Minister has been persuaded by the argument that so-called plain packaging legislation would damage the packaging industry. Cameron is ...
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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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Seven Firms Are Chosen to Provide Identity Assurance Service
Dec 13, 2012Seven 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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Housing Group Greensquare Improved Efficiency and Cut Costs by Using GIS
Dec 11, 2012Housing group GreenSquare has improved efficiency and cut costs by using a geographical information system (GIS). GreenSquare manages 10,000 homes and has a target of building 30 new homes a year in Wiltshire, Oxfordshire and ...
Tags: GreenSquare, geographical information system, GIS, Oxfordshire
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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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Cyber Security Is The Biggest Challenge for The Government's Universal Credit Roll-out
Sep 18, 2012Cyber security is the biggest challenge for the government's universal credit roll-out,welfare reform minister David Freud has told a select committee. Speaking to a select committee,pensions minister Ian Duncan Smith said government had ...
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The DWP Has Hit Back at Calls to Delay Its Flagship Welfare Reform Following Concerns
Sep 18, 2012The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has hit back at calls to delay its flagship welfare reform following concerns that the IT underpinning the Universal Credit project is not ready. Labour is now calling on the government to ...
Tags: DWP, IT underpinning the Universal Credit project, Labour, welfare reform
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NFC Announces The Purchase of a New System to Assist with Managing The Care of Kids
Sep 13, 2012Nebraska Families Collaborative(NFC)announces the purchase of a new system to assist with managing the care of kids in Nebraska's Eastern service region.Created by Global Vision Technologies Inc.,(GVT),FAMCare is a software system for human ...
Tags: Nebraska Families Collaborative, managing the care of kids, new system