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DfT shared-services plan under fire
News The transport department's poor management of shared services is likely to cost, rather than save, tens of millions, says an National Audit Office report. Plans to improve human resources, payroll and finance services through new shared facilities...
[May 23, 2008, 11:24]
MPs condemn DfT shared-services failure
News Parliament's Public Accounts Committee has described the 'stupendous incompetence' of the Department for Transport's shared-services project. The committee said the project was "one of the worst" it has seen and blamed the Department for Transport...
[December 16, 2008, 9:13]
Gov't departments deny memory-stick risks
News In a report on 12 January, 2008, the Financial Times said that information obtained under the Freedom of Information Act and passed to the newspaper shows the Department of Health and the Department for Transport are still allowing employees to...
[January 13, 2009, 11:45]
Shared-services project makes DfT tech bill soar
News A late-running shared-services programme has raised the cost of the Department for Transport's IT projects from £300m to nearly £400m. The list suggests that the IT departments of the Department for Transport's agencies are fairly tight ships, with...
[December 29, 2008, 8:38]
Two UK intranets make global top 10
News London Underground and the Department of Transport have won praise for their internal communications networks The Department of Transport was praised for saving £130,000 by relocating its employee newsletter to the intranet.
[June 25, 2004, 11:35]
Gov't departments hike spending on IT upgrades
News The Department for Transport; the Department for Children, Schools and Families; the Department of Health; and the Department for Culture, Media and Sport collectively spent £59.4m on IT upgrades in 2007-08, compared with £42.2m in 2006-07.
[November 3, 2008, 8:35]
Manchester Airport launches staff biometrics
News HRS has been working on a number of security projects with Transec, the Department for Transport's team for ensuring the security of the travelling public and people employed in the transport sector, and Manchester Airport for five years.
[January 23, 2008, 11:55]
Government database security breached
News Two of the departments that have been hit by security breaches include the Department for Constitutional Affairs (DCA) and the Department for Transport (DfT). But transport minister Gillian Merron said there have been "no confirmed security...
[November 1, 2006, 10:07]
Angela Smith named as government IT minister
News She has campaigned on jobs for steel workers in Sheffield and for transport investment in the north of England. Before joining the Cabinet Office, Smith was parliamentary private secretary to Yvette Cooper at Communities and Local Government and...
[October 16, 2009, 12:13]
System design to help gov't curb security breaches
News Brian Collins, chief scientific adviser to the Department for Transport and the Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform described how monitoring technologies would protect the public's data.
[December 2, 2008, 8:37]
Failed gov't IT projects cost £273m
News Department for Transport m was spent on canned projects, including £7.9m on the DVLA's Tracking Vehicles Through the Trade system and the £853,899 Department for Transport electronic-documents and records-management system
[October 21, 2008, 8:31]
Gov't paves way for smart train and bus tickets
Blog Contactless cards, tap-and-go cards and barcodes on mobile phones could be used for tickets on public transportation, depending on the outcome of a consultation launched on Thursday by the Department of Transport.
[August 21, 2009, 11:45]
Satellite 'spies' could stop speeding cars
News These groups were commissioned to seek-out technologies that might enhance road safety in Britain by the Department for Environment, Transport and the Regions in 1997. A spokesman from the Department for Transport is keen to point out, however...
[January 5, 2000, 6:39]
Government injects funds into transport IT
News The Department for Transport has helped to provide £8m for three projects exploring how IT can be used to improve the UK's transport system. The department has made the awards in co-operation with the Technology Strategy Board and the Engineering...
[March 11, 2008, 13:20]
E-Service Vehicle Registration Certificate Process Cut From 15 Days to Three Days
White Papers The Dutch government's Department of Road Transport (RDW) aims to bring seamless, electronic services to citizens and businesses, and in 2007 won Computable Magazine's Innovation Award. With the help of Microsoft Services, the RDW built an...
[October 11, 2008, 1:01]
Building Trusted VPNs With Multi-VRF
White Papers Driving this need has been the requirement for secure transport of sensitive information, controlling information access to those who need it, etc. In large enterprises, particularly those distributed across disparate locations, sensitivity to...
[July 18, 2008, 1:01]
Experiments in Streaming Content in Java ME
White Papers One of the protocols that is widely requested by application developers is the Real Time Streaming Protocol (RTSP) and the associated Real-time Transport Protocol (RTP) for streaming audio/video content.
[December 9, 2006, 0:00]
RFID in Aviation: Airport Luggage Control
White Papers Major aviation industry players, such as IATA (International Air transport Association), Boeing or Airbus have recognized the potential huge savings and benefits of such technology being incorporated on a large scale basis.
[April 14, 2009, 0:00]
Defra running 13 projects worth £289m
News Its roster of 13 projects worth £1m-plus adds up to £289m, more than the Department for Transport and its agencies, which have six £1m-plus projects worth a total of £273m. The Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs has revealed a...
[November 17, 2008, 17:04]
Online travel portal nears departure
News The UK's online travel information service has completed the second stage of its development with enhanced features now available as a test portal, the Department for Transport (DfT) said. Nick Illsley chief executive of Transport Direct said the...
[August 4, 2004, 12:20]
