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Government IT projects 'running 17 years late'
News Other delays affect implementation of BS7799 compliance for information security in the Government's Actuary department, which is over three years behind schedule, and eContact Exploitation, which is expected to be five months late.
[October 16, 2006, 9:30]
Government IT briefs still up in the air
News The e-government agenda, NHS IT programme and ID cards schemes are all to be assigned to ministers over the next few days following the completion of the reshuffle. Nothing has been confirmed so far," a DoH spokesperson told Government Computing News.
[May 10, 2005, 15:30]
Government IT 'unfairly slated'
News In fact, I wonder whether there are any successful IT projects within government. Extensive research done on US government IT projects found that the average success rate is 30 percent -- measured against whether they came in on time, to budget and...
[February 4, 2005, 15:05]
Government IT system is a sitting duck
News Flaws within the government's email infrastructure highlight wider security concerns, according to the security firm charged with testing its IT infrastructure. NTA Monitor suggests the weaknesses may even make the government vulnerable to "fake...
[July 24, 2000, 14:30]
Government IT projects 'running 17 years late'
Talkback I was interested, but not at all surprised to read that government IT projects are running late by 17 years. It is imperative that the government focus on pre-deployment and preventing issues early - not finding and fixing later on - to ensure that...
[October 20, 2006, 9:43]
Government IT 'failing the socially excluded'
News E-government is failing to reach socially excluded groups, and a clearer vision from Whitehall is needed to fix this, according to new research from the Improvement and Development Agency (IDeA). The organisation said that while the UK e-government...
[September 21, 2005, 15:35]
Government revamps IT-project delivery
News The Office of Government Commerce is introducing measures which could significantly influence the execution of large IT projects. The move, outlined in the Office of Government Commerce's (OGC's) newly published annual report, is part of an effort...
[October 31, 2008, 11:43]
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]
Government rejects IT recommendations
News MPs have slammed the government's response to a report into the failings of the £456m Child Support Agency (CSA) system, which criticised the use of "commercial confidentiality" to prevent Parliament gaining access to key information about the...
[October 22, 2004, 10:10]
Government delays IT recycling directive
News The Government has received many representations from businesses and others saying more time should be taken on the practical implementation in order to get it right. We are looking for the government to sort out the system so that when it does...
[March 29, 2005, 16:25]
Government launches IT security kitemark
News The government has launched a scheme it claims will ensure that off-the-shelf IT security products actually do what they claim. The CSIA, the government's IT security watchdog, is recommending that the mark - CSIA Claims Tested (CCT) - should be...
[September 9, 2005, 16:15]
Government removes IT skills from visa list
News The government has removed C++ and Javascript from the list of IT skills in shortest supply after a campaign from the Professional Contractors Group (PCG) pointed out that there was no skills shortage in these areas.
[May 14, 2002, 17:33]
Government denies it is demonising the Web
News Home Office minister Hilary Benn has denied that the government's new campaign warning of the dangers of online paedophiles is an attempt to demonise the Internet. As well as these adverts, the government has also issued guidelines about online...
[January 6, 2003, 16:21]
Government strategy pushes IT professionalism
News The head of the e-Government Unit has staged the first meeting of government's Chief Information Officer Council Ian Watmore told Government Computing News that the first meeting had taken place on 8 January, 2005.
[January 14, 2005, 15:15]
Government seeks new IT spending supremo
News Headhunters have started the search to replace the influential Peter Gershon as CEO of the government's procurement watchdog the Office of Government Commerce (OGC). Such was his influence in the corridors of power and high-profile successes such...
[October 6, 2003, 14:10]
Government approach to IT recycling under fire
News And, although the NAO claims that cost savings could be realised from reducing upgrade times, one of the report's authors, Daniel Varey, said that the NAO was not recommending that government should definitely adopt a shorter-timescale approach to...
[August 1, 2007, 8:50]
IT consultants: your government needs you
News The move is part of the Catalist programme, a single purchasing system to replace the government IT catalogues run by OGCbuying.solutions, an executive agency of the Office of Government Commerce. Treasury purchasing agency OCGbuying.solutions is...
[June 6, 2005, 15:55]
IT Consolidation for Government Agencies
White Papers Taming server sprawl and co-locating infrastructure resources are important steps in simplifying IT environments and decreasing TCO, but it can be a much tougher sell in government agencies, where red tape often surrounds purchase decisions.
[April 24, 2006, 16:03]
Government pushes for tougher IT security
News E-commerce minister Stephen Timms on Thursday launched tough new security guidelines, which the government claims could make businesses much more secure against computer viruses and malicious hackers.
[September 5, 2002, 9:00]
Government to launch 'Green IT Strategy'
News The government is to lead the way in green IT by launching a national strategy to cut computer-related carbon emissions. Government chief information officer John Suffolk announced the "Green IT Strategy", saying it would be scrutinised by...
[May 9, 2008, 9:21]
