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Public Sector 'lags Private Outsourcers'
News He said vendors bidding for business take very different approaches to the public and private sector, with the cost-down approach the biggest priority for government IT directors. The UK is ahead of the rest of Europe when it comes to outsourcing...
[November 10, 2003, 8:15]
US Report: Gov't Hands Domain-name Reins To Private Sector
News Department of Commerce on Friday said it will hand over nearly all major decisions for the next generation of Internet addressing systems to a corporation to be formed by the private sector. We hope that the private sector can get the new...
[June 8, 1998, 8:24]
Government Trails Private Sector In IT Wages
News Government IT staff are still being paid less than their private-sector counterparts, according to research from the National Computing Centre. However, they are still paid much less than those in the financial sector, who pull in £62,841.
[February 12, 2008, 14:47]
Washington Gets Tough: What Can The Private Sector Learn From The Government's Ramped-Up IT Security?
White Papers Many of the lessons learned from this process can be directly applied to help organizations in the private sector. The federal government has spent billions of dollars over the past two decades to improve the security of its information systems.
[September 1, 2005, 0:00]
Military VoIP Plans To Benefit Private Sector
News BT and the Defence Communications Services Administration (DCSA), the operator of the wider DFTS project, plan to use the lab as a showcase for any work to emerge from the project that could have benefits for the private sector.
[June 1, 2005, 17:30]
Homeland Security And The Private Sector
White Papers The private sector generates the vast majority of the nation's economic output, and businesses may find it in their interest to undertake measures that can help reduce the nation's vulnerability to attack and the subsequent potential losses.
[January 20, 2005, 23:00]
Council IT Staff Close In On Private Sector
News Salaries paid to council IT staff are approaching private-sector levels, says new research Local authority IT staff are closing the salary gap on their private sector counterparts, according to a survey published on 24 May, 2004.
[May 24, 2004, 12:10]
Social Security Numbers: Private Sector Entities Routinely Obtain And Use SSNs, And Laws Limit The Disclosure Of This Information
White Papers This is particularly true of information resellers, who amass personal information, including SSNs, from public and private sources, and provide their products and services to a variety of customers. It was found that information resellers, CRAs...
[July 12, 2005, 0:00]
Best Practices In Information Lifecycle Management For Private Sector Compliance
White Papers Compliance is a significant component of a successful information lifecycle management (ILM) strategy. An ILM approach to addressing compliance can help you meet compliance requirements at the lowest possible cost.
[August 4, 2005, 0:00]
State/Local/Private Sector Collaboration
White Papers It is important to understand that homeland security is not a solution, but rather a situation, within the confines of which, the United States Government must learn to adapt. Formerly acceptable IT practices can now lead to critical information...
[August 30, 2005, 0:00]
Geographic Database Opens Up To Business
News The NLPG has been used by public-sector organisations — such as the police, fire services and county councils — for the past four years but is now available for private-sector groups to subscribe to. Brandwood added that the centralising of address...
[May 1, 2008, 10:14]
The Hidden Threat To E-Government: Avoiding Large Government IT Failures
White Papers Most governments choose to procure large IT systems from private sector providers. Notwithstanding the many good arguments for letting the private sector provide complex IT systems, outsourcing does give rise to a number of issues that must be...
[April 29, 2005, 0:00]
Privacy Watchdog Warns Of Data-sharing Dangers
News Richard Thomas, the information commissioner, has warned public- and private-sector organisations of the dangers of an information-sharing "free-for-all". I think we're all aware how much information the private sector collects on us," said Thomas.
[November 16, 2007, 11:10]
Homeland Security's High Tech Conundrum
News A preliminary report released by the Department of Homeland Security seems to scatter cybersecurity responsibilities across the government and the private sector, while sticking to generalities about future plans.
[November 8, 2005, 14:30]
Industry Connection
White Papers Public and private sector pioneers in the field of disaster recovery, emergency management, and business continuity management have established a host of new initiatives. The ever-increasing challenge to produce, implement, train, exercise, fund...
[August 9, 2006, 0:00]
E-Recruiting For Government And Non-Profits
White Papers A common misperception is that the public and non-profit sectors are not in competition with the private sector for talent. Public sector non-profits have the opportunity to take lessons from the best private sector practices, and attain a real...
[January 11, 2005, 23:00]
UK Government And IBM Trial Secure Linux
News The Cabinet Office and IBM are working together on a secure open source environment for public and private sector organisations. CSIA affirmed its commitment to encourage the development of secure open source architecture for public sector...
[April 27, 2006, 13:05]
ICANN On The Verge Of Financial Collapse
News The group has asked for and received an offer of private sector fund-raising support from a White House official; if those solicitations were actually made, the actions might violate federal law. In a 15 June email, Joe Sims, ICANN's attorney, says...
[August 19, 1999, 16:16]
Military Spectrum Eyes Civvy Street
News Large swathes of radio spectrum bandwidth currently managed by the military and other key services should be opened up to other departments and even the private sector, according to the Bandsharing Forum.
[September 18, 2006, 17:20]
The Role Of Private Security In Combating Terrorism
White Papers After the World Trade Center attack on 9/11 America faces a challenge to examine and change, if necessary, a mindset to allow the public and private protection sector to accomplish its mission through recognition of the merits of shared assistance...
[December 27, 2004, 23:00]
