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UK e-unit Web site goes live

A new website for the UK's e-Government Unit, replacing the e-envoy's homepage, is now available The... Read more

2 June, 2004 by Kable

UK e-government to shift North

...to public sector IT workers. The government said the relocation of the e-Government Unit (eGU) will establish a shared service centre with closer and... Read more

21 November, 2005 by Steve Ranger

New e-Payments Engine for Northern Ireland

Northern Ireland's e-Government Unit has provided a new transactional platform for authorities in the... Read more

3 November, 2004 by Kable

UK government 'needs more CIOs'

The new head of the UK's e-Government Unit aims to build a team of senior information officials Read more

8 September, 2004 by Kable

Government seeks chief information officer

...through the use of IT. Andrew Stott, the deputy CIO for the e-Government Unit, is currently the interim CIO. The Cabinet Office denied rumours... Read more

30 January, 2006 by Dan Ilet

Wanted: New government CIO

...Most of the initiatives launched during my time as head of the e-Government Unit are owned by the CIO Council who remain responsible for... Read more

12 January, 2006 by Dan Ilet

Government CIO moves on

...Gus O'Donnell, and will continue to have managerial responsibility for the e-Government Unit. Watmore will also oversee the appointment of his successor as... Read more

15 December, 2005 by Steve Ranger

Five steps to a safer e-Britain

...will help when the National Hi-Tech Crime Unit, NISCC and the e-government unit are already addressing the problem from different angles. Rather than... Read more

1 December, 2005 by Leader

Security industry doesn't want a cybersecurity tsar

...cybersecurity already falls within the remit of Ian Watmore, head of the e-government unit of the Cabinet Office. "It's difficult to understand what... Read more

29 November, 2005 by Tom Espiner

Cash boost for e-government authentication

...which include the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister (ODPM) and the e-Government Unit, to develop Government Connect Read more

23 August, 2005 by Kable

E-Government think tank launched

...the group had recently taken place. The group includes representatives from the e-Government Unit, the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister, the Scottish Executive... Read more

4 August, 2005 by Kable

Government intellectual property under scrutiny

...the UK. Members include Becta, the British Library, the Cabinet Office's e-Government Unit, the Department for Education & Skills (DfES), the Museums, Libraries and... Read more

30 June, 2005 by Kable

Blair reaches out to IT staff

...May, 2005, as part of a speech delivered by the head of e-government unit, Ian Watmore. Addressing people working in public sector IT, Blair... Read more

25 May, 2005 by Kable

CIOs lash out at information overload

...not what CIOs would like to see. Ian Watmore, head of the e-government unit at the Cabinet Office, said: "We spend too much on... Read more

19 May, 2005 by Sylvia Carr

Cabinet Office relinquishes XML responsibility

The Cabinet Office e-Government Unit (eGU) announced on 23 March, 2005 that it would hand... Read more

24 March, 2005 by Kable

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