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BYOD is no money-saver, says council's IT chief

...Local authorities considering implementing bring-your-own-device initiatives should not think of... Read more

27 April, 2012 by Sade Laja

Local councils report only 55 of 1,035 data losses

...Local authorities have lost personal information on residents more than 1,000 times... Read more

23 November, 2011 by Tom Espiner

Local authorities get broadband application deadline

Local authorities that want to get government funding for broadband rollouts will have... Read more

15 December, 2011

Rural broadband body admits leaving wireless off maps

The maps that Broadband Delivery UK gives to local authorities to help them plan super-fast broadband procurement do not include... Read more

14 March, 2012

Outsourcing, offshoring: Not all it's cracked up to be

CFOs feel it's too risky while local authorities are warned to think twice before taking the plunge... Read more

5 May, 2011 by Tim Ferguson

Government invites fibre broadband funding applications

...opened a second round of bidding for super-fast broadband funding, inviting local authorities to apply for a share of a £50m pot. Chancellor... Read more

4 March, 2011

London boroughs plot shared cloud service

...A group of local authorities in south-west London are laying plans for a shared cloud... Read more

16 November, 2010 by Kable

Councils told to seek 'radical' cost-saving changes

...added that frontline services could be protected as finances get tighter if local authorities start to rethink procurement and become more transparent in their efforts... Read more

14 September, 2010 by Kable

Council staff pry into DWP database

...last year. A Freedom of Information request by GC News revealed that local authorities dismissed 26 employees during 2009-10 for breaching data security. That... Read more

16 August, 2010 by Kable

Government to curb council 'snooping' powers

...The coalition government will cut down the powers of local authorities to put citizens under surveillance, security minister Baroness Pauline Neville-Jones... Read more

5 July, 2010 by Tom Espiner

Superfast broadband: Gov't aims for 90 per cent access by 2015

But local authorities will have to get a move on and make it happen... Read more

12 May, 2011 by Natasha Lomas

Add shared services, subtract CIOs: David Wilde's recipe for a better public sector

...cloud platform Westminster is looking to establish. "We have a lot of local authorities watching what [Westminster is] doing and they're very interested in... Read more

12 July, 2011 by Nick Heath

CIO tips on how to survive losing your budget

...shared services, saying there is room for greater collaboration between the 450 local authorities in the UK, in addition to the central government, fire, health... Read more

1 June, 2011 by Nick Heath

Government IT: Sacrificial lamb or public service saviour?

...save their time," Roberts said. When moving services online the challenge for local authorities is not isolating their most vulnerable customers, he said. "It is... Read more

31 May, 2011 by Nick Heath
Super-fast broadband for UK? Get creative, say ministers

Super-fast broadband for UK? Get creative, say ministers

...into play makes can dramatically change the potential for rural rollout. Thirdly, local authorities, employers, statutory agencies and communities themselves have a big role to... Read more

13 August, 2010 by Malcolm Corbett

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