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Spending watchdog attacks Government's record on IT
News If one lesson stands out from the work of the PAC over the years, it is that government departments are masters at spending public money but often far less proficient at ensuring that this translates into better public services.
[February 17, 2006, 13:55]
OFT to shake up government IT spending
News In what could lead to a wide-ranging shake-up of government purchasing processes, the Office of Fair Trading has launched an economic analysis of government procurement and the affects it has on competition and innovation.
[February 6, 2004, 16:55]
US government IT spending jumps 50 per cent
News Federal government IT awards for the same period last year totalled $15.5bn. Information technology-related contracts awarded by the federal government jumped to more than $23bn (£12.7bn) in the second quarter of 2004.
[July 29, 2004, 14:30]
Government seeks new IT spending supremo
News A spokesman for the OGC said there will be a lot of competition for what will be a key role in the government's Common Systems Strategy for standardising IT across the public sector. Headhunters have started the search to replace the influential...
[October 6, 2003, 14:10]
Government 'must increase spending' on cybercrime fight
News The Government should be providing more money to fund the skills and infrastructure needed to police the Internet effectively. But not everyone at the meeting was convinced that the government would inject more money into policing the Internet.
[January 19, 2005, 16:45]
Minister presses for green government IT
News The government is by far the biggest user of IT in the UK, spending around £12bn a year. Speaking at the European Ministerial eGovernment Conference in Lisbon on Thursday, Cabinet Office minister Gillian Merron called on the UK Chief Information...
[September 21, 2007, 7:46]
Government seeks IT industry feedback over ID cards
News The government's ID cards programme has started a "market sounding" exercise in order to get the views of the IT industry on design of key systems. The publication of the consultation document comes amid concerns in the IT industry that the...
[October 21, 2005, 15:10]
Eurim looks into government IT strategy
News The European Information Society Group will formally launch an inquiry into the transformational government strategy next Wednesday, with a call for evidence and plans to hold three hearings in October and November, after the publication of the...
[July 12, 2007, 15:01]
UK government IT spend to top £12bn
News UK public sector IT spend is up 4 percent on last year and will rise to $22bn in 2005, largely driven by the need to meet e-government deadlines for putting services online, according to Gartner. Just last month e-envoy Andrew Pinder proposed the...
[October 20, 2003, 14:30]
Public sector IT spending climb to continue
News Government IT spending will grow at an average 5.3 percent until 2009, compared with 4.5 percent growth for the wider IT market. Government spending on technology will continue to grow for at least the next four years, with local authority spending...
[August 3, 2005, 16:50]
US government to boost IT spending
News At a time when many industries are still curtailing spending on high technology, there's one industry that's helping out IT companies: the federal government. US government IT spending is projected to top $63bn in 2007, providing at least some...
[May 16, 2002, 7:31]
Sharp rise predicted in local gov't tech spend
News Local government IT spending is predicted to hit £3bn during 2007/8 — a nine percent increase on the previous year. According to the Society of IT Management's (Socitm) annual IT Trends survey, spending on local government IT will rise again as...
[January 4, 2008, 9:29]
Government shared-services spending to rocket
News The Outsourcing and Shared Services in Government IT Management report predicts spending on shared services across the US and Europe combined will hit $76bn by 2012, compared to $57.4bn this year. UK government spending on shared services is...
[September 6, 2007, 15:29]
Socitm calls for increased council IT spend
News The public-sector IT organisation has made the case for new investment to coincide with the publication of its IT Trends in Local Government 2008-09 report. He pointed to the fact that the last economic downturn coincided with the start of the e...
[January 26, 2009, 8:27]
Gov't told: Cut IT projects and save public cash
News A report by the Institute of Directors and the TaxPayers' Alliance says that cutting government IT projects could save millions from public spending. The report claimed that because the government's costs for the scheme, estimated to reach £175m by...
[September 15, 2009, 8:57]
Government consultancy spend criticised
News The National Audit Office (NAO) has criticised the UK government's approach to employing consultancies to assist with work such as IT projects. The NAO, which scrutinises public spending on behalf of Parliament, slammed the government in a report...
[December 18, 2006, 13:13]
Doubt cast on £26bn IT savings claim
News The committee report also said the government has repeatedly failed to properly measure spending and performance before launching efficiency programmes, making it difficult to verify reported savings.
[July 30, 2009, 9:53]
Government urged to cut consultancy costs
News MPs and unions have lambasted the government for spending £3bn on external advice in areas such as IT. Parliament's all-party Public Accounts Committee has hit out at the government's "profligacy" for spending nearly £3bn on consultants, without a...
[June 19, 2007, 13:38]
Treasury pledges IT efficiency
News The Treasury has called for IT projects to be run more efficiently, as it makes more money available for central Government-run technology programmes. The Government has come under fire since the Liberal Democrats exposed last week that it had...
[May 14, 2007, 16:50]
Brown won't tamper with government IT
News Gordon Brown will not substantially alter current government IT projects, analyst firm Ovum said on Thursday, the first full day of office for the new prime minister. As part of the Comprehensive Spending Review (CSR), which is expected to identify...
[June 29, 2007, 7:44]
