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MoD wastes £30m on failed IT projects
News Already under fire from its own accounts department for scrapping 25 major IT projects, the National Audit Office reveals today that the Ministry of Defence (MoD) has wasted nearly £30m on two IT projects.
[January 19, 2000, 16:06]
IT fails to staunch DWP fraud losses
News About £2.5bn was lost to fraud and error in benefit payments over the last year, according to the National Audit Office. The figure is down from £2.7bn over the Department for Work and Pensions' (DWP) previous financial year, but was still deemed...
[July 26, 2007, 12:12]
Government approach to IT recycling under fire
News Public-sector bodies could raise an extra £70m each year on the resale costs of IT equipment according to a National Audit Office report released on Tuesday. In the 2005/06 financial year, public bodies bought 1.7 million units of IT equipment, at...
[August 1, 2007, 8:50]
HMRC data not filtered due to cost
News Emails released by the National Audit Office reveal HM Revenue & Customs did not strip out bank account and other sensitive details contained on the two CDs that have gone missing because of the extra cost it could have incurred.
[November 23, 2007, 14:57]
MoD tech scheme hit by major delays
News In a report published on Thursday, the National Audit Office said that the late running of the Ministry of Defence's programme to replace hundreds of computer systems with a single, secure infrastructure has so far deprived the department of...
[July 4, 2008, 10:16]
BBC slipped up over outsourcing savings
News The National Audit Office (NAO) has revealed that the BBC miscalculated the savings it would make through its outsourcing deal with Siemens Business Services (SBS). The National Audit Office also criticised the BBC for saying it could "guarantee...
[July 12, 2006, 12:25]
NHS IT leaving doctors 'thoroughly disillusioned'
News An unachievable timetable for electronic patient records has damaged confidence in the National Programme for IT, according to the National Audit Office. The National Audit Office (NAO) has published a report that includes some sharp criticisms of...
[May 19, 2008, 9:01]
Highways Agency tech management criticised
News The National Audit Office report says that the agency has installed the Motorway Incident Detection and Automated Signalling (MIDAS) system to cover stretches of the M1, the M6 and "major conurbations" in the North and Midlands.
[November 29, 2004, 15:30]
Government clashes with Lords over ID Cards
News The House of Lords voted 237 votes against 156 votes in favour of an amendment to the bill that would force ministers to reveal the full ID card costs to the National Audit Office for scrutiny. The National Audit Office is the ideal place to review...
[January 17, 2006, 15:50]
HMRC data loss blamed on targets
News The CDs are assumed to have been lost while in transit to the National Audit Office. In the case of the missing HMRC data, it emerged soon after the loss occurred that sensitive information, such as bank details, was supposed to have been stripped...
[April 23, 2008, 13:25]
HMRC appoints data guardians
News In response to another written question connected to the child-benefit data loss, the Department for Work and Pensions said it provides data to the National Audit Office using "rigorous courier arrangements and a requirement that physical...
[February 29, 2008, 9:18]
ID Cards: A Titanic project waiting for its iceberg
News That's like saying 'To hell with the National Audit Office — they can find out we've been overcharged after the event. The National Audit Office is the ideal place to review the figures. Obviously there are no guarantees for costs, but the Home...
[January 18, 2006, 11:25]
Watchdog: Protecting data is not 'rocket science'
News For auditing purposes, [the National Audit Office] didn't need the names of the people. It emerged in Parliament on Tuesday that the National Audit Office had not in fact requested the names, addresses, dates of birth, national insurance numbers...
[November 22, 2007, 13:43]
Public should benefit from e-government savings
News The National Audit Office (NAO) has recommended that some of the cost savings that the government will make by providing its services online should be passed on to users. If implemented, this could mean it would be significantly cheaper to buy a...
[April 5, 2002, 11:57]
IT failings cost MoD almost £300m
News Failings in computer systems used by the Ministry of Defence led to the loss of almost £300m in payments and equipment, the National Audit Office (NAO) has found. The MoD's problems are the latest blot on Whitehall's troubled track record when it...
[July 22, 2009, 14:00]
IT delays hampered gov't training scheme
News Late delivery of IT has caused delays and financial problems for a government training scheme, says the National Audit Office. Contract management for the Train to Gain scheme was damaged because IT to support a new demand-led funding model was not...
[July 21, 2009, 9:01]
Complex IT raises rural payments costs, says NAO
News Complex IT systems have contributed to the high cost of administering government subsidies to farmers, according to a report from the National Audit Office. In a report on the EU Single Payment Scheme, the NAO said the Rural Payments Agency spends...
[October 16, 2009, 14:40]
Third of government data systems not up to scratch
News A report by the National Audit Office (NAO) into the quality of government data systems said that, although the systems were broadly appropriate, 35 percent need strengthening to be resilient enough for purpose.
[December 20, 2007, 16:37]
ONS paints an increasingly wired picture of Britain
Talkback The National Audit Office has nothing to do with the Office for National Statistics which published the UK Yearbook.
[November 30, 2004, 22:24]
BBC pledges software-licensing shake-up
News The BBC has said it has removed 780 licences, costing £150 each, from staff using its SAP electronic-purchasing system after it faced criticism from the National Audit Office for spending money on unused licences.
[November 3, 2008, 14:38]
