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Spending watchdog attacks Government's record on IT
News His findings were published in July 2004, and based on these results the Government announced an efficiency programme from April 2005 to cut spending by the £21.5bn target. If one lesson stands out from the work of the PAC over the years, it is...
[February 17, 2006, 13:55]
OFT to shake up government IT spending
News The Office of Fair Trading (OFT) has commissioned a general analysis of government spending habits to identify how they affect competition, create barriers to entry for new firms and encourage innovation.
[February 6, 2004, 16:55]
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]
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]
US government IT spending jumps 50 per cent
News Information technology-related contracts awarded by the federal government jumped to more than $23bn (£12.7bn) in the second quarter of 2004. That represents a 50 percent increase over the same period last year, according to a report released this...
[July 29, 2004, 14:30]
Government shared-services spending to rocket
News UK government spending on shared services is expected to rocket over the next five years as demand for centralised services increases. The Outsourcing and Shared Services in Government IT Management report predicts spending on shared services...
[September 6, 2007, 15:29]
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]
E-Commerce minister fleshes out rural broadband plans
News Douglas Alexander, the e-Commerce minister, will say on Tuesday evening that the government is looking to merge public sector telecommunications spending in an attempt to boost the availability of high-speed Internet services in rural areas.
[November 6, 2001, 17:30]
Doubt cast on £26bn IT savings claim
News The Treasury Committee's report calls for the government's spending watchdog, the National Audit Office, to examine how the savings were calculated to make sure they are an accurate reflection of the amount of money saved.
[July 30, 2009, 9:53]
Public sector IT spending climb to continue
News Government spending on technology will continue to grow for at least the next four years, with local authority spending outpacing that of central government. Government IT spending will grow at an average 5.3 percent until 2009, compared with 4.5...
[August 3, 2005, 16:50]
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]
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]
Tech suppliers not being penalised for failures
News Public-sector suppliers are not being penalised when they fail to deliver, according to the government's spending watchdog. Conversely, the spending watchdog also found that central government is only making "limited use" financial incentives to...
[April 29, 2009, 15:55]
Scandinavian countries take e-government lead
News Few European countries will be able to meet the region-wide goal of getting all government services online by 2005, according to a study by IDC released this week, which projected that e-government spending will nearly double in the next five years.
[December 17, 2003, 16:45]
UK lagging on innovation
News European Union, which accused government and businesses of not spending enough on research and development. This is entirely due to a low score for e-government. The European Innovation Scoreboard report rates member states in terms of R&D spending...
[January 16, 2006, 15:10]
Government consultancy spend criticised
News The NAO, which scrutinises public spending on behalf of Parliament, slammed the government in a report entitled "Central Government's Use of Consultants". The National Audit Office (NAO) has criticised the UK government's approach to employing...
[December 18, 2006, 13:13]
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]
Customs criticised for £100m spend
News The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) has criticised HM Customs & Excise for spending millions on its e-government programme without being confident of the benefits for either itself or for UK businesses.
[June 22, 2004, 11:25]
Gov't stung by 'poor value' outsourcing deals
News Lacklustre controls on spending over the full lifetime of government outsourcing contracts are leading to "poor value for money" because public-sector organisations are lured by low upfront costs, claims Compass Management Consulting.
[April 7, 2008, 9:20]
10 years of IT failures, and what has the government learned?
News Edward Leigh MP, chairman of the PAC, said in the report: "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...
[December 7, 2005, 9:00]
