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Government spending site asks for feedback on cuts

The Spending Challenge website has stared asking citizens how the Treasury can get more out of public services for less money Read more

12 July, 2010 by Kable
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Government Spending 1.5

...spends your tax dollars or have you looked for specific information on government spending. This application provides specific and detailed information for every dollar spent... Read more

24 August, 2010

BMA warns cuts could hit patient data plans

The British Medical Association has warned that government spending cuts could adversely impact proposals to allow more patients access to... Read more

14 January, 2011 by Kable

Front-running UK pulls in billions from internet

Internet-driven sales, investment and other business are worth £121bn, or more than 8 percent of the total economy, to the UK, which leads the G20 nations, according to a new study Read more

19 March, 2012 by David Meyer

Cisco plans further firings to maintain earnings

Cisco has said it plans to let go around 1,200 people to maintain earnings and is already dealing with a collapse in public-sector network spending Read more

11 August, 2011 by Jack Clark

MPs: Government IT is a 'recipe for rip-offs'

...spend an average of £3,500 on a desktop PC." Estimates of government spending on IT projects put the cost at about £16bn a year... Read more

28 July, 2011 by Tom Espiner

The top IT services trends of 2010

...IT vendors are still earning a healthy income from Westminster today, as government spending figures published in November showed: The suppliers making most from government... Read more

30 December, 2010 by Nick Heath

Whitehall official outlines cybersecurity funding plan

...funding forms part of the Strategic Defence and Security Review (SDSR). Total government spending on information security is around four percent of the annual £16bn... Read more

17 November, 2010 by Tom Espiner

Cisco reports solid earnings but choppy outlook

...Chambers was clear about the "challenges" that the company is facing, notably government spending, service providers and the European market. Globally, orders in the public... Read more

12 November, 2010 by Larry Dignan

VMware raises sights after strong third quarter

...a statement, Mark Peek, the company's chief financial officer, said federal government spending was a stand-out. VMware chief executive Paul Maritz said that... Read more

19 October, 2010 by Larry Dignan

Government wasting money in IT spending, says review

...Kable's UK public sector ICT overview report, which estimates that total government spending is in excess of £2bn per annum, to back up his... Read more

12 October, 2010 by Kable

Government to make FoI data machine readable

...City Council. Councils are required to do so by January. On cutting government spending, Maude said that the Cabinet Office has been renegotiating contracts with... Read more

5 October, 2010 by Kable

UK Gov't - "too expensive" to upgrade from IE6

...ve preserved your primary interface in amber. And if you're a government spending public money on new services and software, you are abdicating your... Read more

31 July, 2010

Government to publish ICT contracts online from July

...website, starting in September 2010. From November 2010 new items of central government spending worth more than £25,000 will be published online. Starting in... Read more

3 June, 2010 by Kable
eDebt - USA National Debt Clock Counter 1.0

eDebt - USA National Debt Clock Counter 1.0

...first app of its kind! Use eDebt to keep track of US Government spending and revenue (you can even see the current US budget). ==========================="This... Read more

6 May, 2012

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