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DWP cancels identity services tender

...and making them available for other parts of central government. But the DWP has now issued a cancellation notice in the Official Journal of the... Read more

22 December, 2011 by Mark Say

DWP to run open-source trials

...proof of concept for open source," a Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) spokeswoman told Guardian Government Computing.In 2010-22 it spent £275m on... Read more

7 December, 2011 by Gill Hitchcock

Joe Harley to step down as government and DWP CIO

...most senior IT leader, UK government and Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) CIO Joe Harley, is to retire next year. Harley will retire in... Read more

22 November, 2011 by Nick Heath

DWP asks suppliers for subcontractor lists

...The department is in discussions with IT suppliers about subcontractor numbers, a DWP spokeswoman said on Friday. "The DWP is speaking to systems integrators about... Read more

22 July, 2011 by Tom Espiner

DWP ends Fujitsu thin-client contract

...the deal, Fujitsu was to provide the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) with thin-client machines to replace its desktop PCs, a move Fujitsu... Read more

16 March, 2011 by Nick Heath

DWP hampered by poor IT, says report

...benefit system, published on Thursday, says the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has 140 core processing systems, with many of its computer systems being... Read more

25 November, 2010 by Kable

DWP spreads out IT spending

...goes through IT vendors outside of HP supports our view that the DWP is increasingly looking to expand the use of alternative providers and is... Read more

19 November, 2010 by Kable

DWP kills funding for benefit fraud-finding tech

...pilots since 2007 but results inconclusive The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has spent £2.4m funding voice risk analysis (VRA) pilots for benefits... Read more

11 November, 2010 by Natasha Lomas

DWP to centralise client contact in one network

...by state pensions in June 2011. The Departure for Work and Pensions (DWP) also plans to centralise its human resources and finance sections, as part... Read more

10 November, 2010 by Kable

DWP plans to ramp up data matching

...steps outlined is to improve the Department for Work and Pensions's (DWP) data-matching capability by acquiring a much wider range of data on... Read more

20 October, 2010 by Kable

Tribunal: DWP must release Gateway contract details

...FOI) requests, ruled on Monday that the Department of Work and Pensions (DWP) must reveal details of the Gateway contract, which is held by Atos... Read more

24 September, 2010 by Tom Espiner

DWP lays out £1m on search engine marketing

...was spent respectively. Grayling said the figures represented the total cost of DWP search-engine biasing work. This includes spending on 'pay per click' and... Read more

7 September, 2010 by Kable

Council staff pry into DWP database

...System (CIS) and staff accessing sensitive or celebrity accounts. According to the DWP, in 43 of the 124 breaches reported during 2009-10, no action... Read more

16 August, 2010 by Kable

DWP plugs up electronic data leaks

...under the Data Protection Act," said a Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) spokesperson. "Over the last few years, the department has significantly improved its... Read more

11 August, 2010 by Kable

Government IT staff numbers drop nine percent

...s a more mixed picture at the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP). While its corporate information technology (CIT) team headcount fell from 2,002... Read more

11 April, 2012 by Sade Laja

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