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Government continues to stonewall over ID card costs
News The two government departments that are likely to be the biggest users of ID cards have completed an assessment of the costs of integrating the technology into their IT systems - but are refusing to release the figures on grounds of commercial...
[February 20, 2006, 11:30]
Government hack attacks dropping
News In response to a series of parliamentary questions by Liberal Democrat Paul Burstow, government departments have revealed the level of hacking attempts against them in recent years. But other departments insist they have managed to stop hackers...
[July 12, 2005, 9:15]
Cabinet Office heads government 'green' IT drive
News Government departments have been asked to take 18 steps to reduce the carbon emissions generated by ICT. Other departments will be asked to base their environmental action plans around the steps and will be expected to report on implementation in...
[July 17, 2008, 13:09]
MPs reveal how to save £100m on Microsoft licences
News Government departments are on track to save £100m over three years through a combination of market intelligence and a more coordinated approach to licensing, according to a cross-party group of MPs. In its report, titled Purchasing and Managing...
[February 27, 2004, 11:05]
Govt ponders CIO role
News The UK government is looking at appointing a CIO to crack down on public sector IT failures and bring stronger IT leadership and strategic direction across departments. Pinder hit out at the tendency for government departments and local authorities...
[September 4, 2003, 11:40]
'Default' open-source licensing plans under fire
Talkback If they are serious about banning government departments from using "products that do not support open standards and specifications" and requiring that they "seek to avoid lock-in to proprietary products and services" this means that government...
[March 14, 2004, 23:42]
Gov't writes off £24m on failed IT project
News The £24.4m write-off on the Scope programme — a secure electronic comms network aimed at improving information sharing across 10 government departments and security and intelligence agencies — was approved by the Treasury after phase two of the...
[July 20, 2009, 8:29]
National Archives considers shared data service
News The National Archives is to look at the possibility of a shared service for government departments to take, migrate and preserve digital data. Making sure that information remains accessible despite the rapid pace of changes in technology is a...
[June 15, 2007, 16:30]
Britain to appoint head of e-government
News The UK government has confirmed speculation that it will appoint a head of e-government next year as part of its drive to improve the deployment of IT within departments. A key responsibility of the job will be to improve the government's delivery...
[December 15, 2003, 13:55]
Government database security breached
News Computer security breaches at a number of central government departments in the last year have led to confidential database records being compromised. Other government departments that have claimed there have been no security breaches of their...
[November 1, 2006, 10:07]
Computer Sciences, DynCorp to merge
News Computer Sciences is to acquire DynCorp, a consultant to many US government departments. According to the company's Web site, DynCorp's clients include more than 40 federal agencies, including the departments of defence, state, agriculture, energy...
[December 13, 2002, 14:10]
Tasmanian Government Commits to IBM and Lotus Notes
White Papers The Tasmanian Government has extended its commitment to using Lotus Notes and Domino Server software, renewing 3,000 existing Lotus Notes licences for five years, and purchasing an additional 1,000 for future use across other Departments.
[August 9, 2006, 0:00]
Government loses 122 computers
News The Home Office was hit hardest of all government departments, with 95 computer thefts since January 2005. If government departments that have lost these laptops followed policies all data on the machine would be protected as it would be encrypted...
[July 14, 2005, 10:15]
Gov't agencies fall short on data accuracy
News Most government departments lack basic data-protection and error-correction policies, responses to a series of Freedom of Information requests have revealed. The FoI requests asked 30 government departments four questions about their handling of...
[January 22, 2009, 16:09]
E-government: Must try harder
News The Public Accounts Committee said on Wednesday that government departments must do more than simply provide information on their Web sites. To make sure that they provide the right kind of e-services, departments have been advised to work closely...
[August 28, 2002, 13:33]
IBM: 'Inertia' holding back government desktop Linux adoption
News Senior IBM executives have signalled that a few key government departments moving to Linux on the desktop will have a domino-like effect on the rest of the public sector. Speaking at an IBM round-table event in London on Thursday, IBM's public...
[November 18, 2004, 14:55]
Parliament to get an 'electronic community'
News The UK government has set up a new system for transferring information between Parliament and Whitehall departments. Peter Hain, the leader of the House of Commons, has launched a system for electronically transferring information between...
[November 25, 2004, 11:50]
China poised to impose limits on overseas software
News China is about to issue rules about the extent to which government departments must favour local software, according to a report by The Financial Times. The draft policy details issued this month imply that government procurement departments will...
[November 26, 2004, 12:35]
Tech-savvy governments to embrace 'Gov 2.0'
News New research has indicated that tech-savvy government departments will begin to adopt Web 2.0 applications this year. The report concluded that chief information officers themselves would move away from being technocrats as IT becomes more closely...
[January 10, 2008, 8:30]
Government admits to 200 more stolen laptops
News The government has admitted almost 200 laptops have been stolen from various departments, including the Ministry of Justice, since 2001. The figures for phone, laptop and PDA loss and theft across government departments reveal the MoJ has had 135...
[February 20, 2008, 7:13]
