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Gov.uk public service portal goes live in beta

...The first beta of Gov.uk has gone live, pushing forward the government's attempt to provide... Read more

2 February, 2012 by Staff Writers

Data.gov.uk releases open-source code

...Comprehensive Knowledge Access Network (CKAN), the back-end system used by Data.gov.uk to store information about all the data released by government. Code... Read more

25 August, 2010 by Kable

Data.gov.uk redesign opens data access

...government data has been redesigned to improve functionality and navigation. The Data.gov.uk team said one of the main changes is a "significant design... Read more

23 August, 2010 by Kable

Government tests single e-gov web portal

...government has unveiled a prototype of a unified e-government website, Alpha.gov.uk. On Wednesday, Cabinet Office minister Francis Maude said the prototype website... Read more

11 May, 2011 by David Meyer

UK government tests radical new alpha.gov.uk site

...for a single UK government public service site. The site at alpha.gov.uk was developed in response to the Race Online 2012 challenge issued... Read more

11 May, 2011

Anonymous to launch attacks on gov't, McDonald's

Groups of Anonymous hacktivists from around the world plan to focus distributed denial-of-service attacks on... Read more

18 April, 2012

Gov?t and business to pool clients' personal data

Government departments such as the DWP and private sector bodies will share the information they hold in order to detect tax, welfare and insurance fraud, Cabinet Office minister Francis Maude has said Read more

7 February, 2012 by Tom Espiner

GCHQ: Significant attack against UK gov't systems failed

A significant but unsuccessful cyberattack was launched on the Foreign Office and other government departments this... Read more

31 October, 2011

Nearly £500m up in smoke: Four failures that wrecked another gov't IT project

Why did FiReControl spiral out of control? The Public Accounts Committee gives its verdict... Read more

20 September, 2011 by Natasha Lomas

Skunkworks boss hails success of e-gov petition site

The head of the Cabinet Office skunkworks team, Mark O'Neill, has declared the government's new e-petition site a success, with two million visitors in its first five days Read more

18 August, 2011 by Mark Say
How skunkworks and SME will shift <endeca_term>gov</endeca_term>'t IT

How skunkworks and SME will shift gov't IT

The government will take inspiration from 'Dragon's Den' and skunkworks projects and tackle desktop strategy with 'passion' as it overhauls its IT, deputy info chief Bill McCluggage tells ZDNet UK Read more

1 April, 2011 by Tom Espiner

Cyber agency: Gov't contracts hinder threat response

Existing long-term government contracts are too unwieldy to allow adequate responses to rapidly evolving cyberthreats, according to the Office of Cyber Security Read more

19 November, 2010 by Tom Espiner

Cyberthreats among top threats to UK, gov't says

Cyberattacks rank alongside terrorism and pandemics as major threats to the UK, according to the UK National Security Strategy Read more

18 October, 2010 by Tom Espiner

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

If you work for the Government or write software for government services, bad news - you're going to be stuck with IE6... Read more

31 July, 2010

Superfast broadband: We want UK to lead Europe by 2015, says gov't

Coalition also supports 2Mbps universal service across the country Read more

9 June, 2010 by Natasha Lomas

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