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Tech Shortcomings Endanger Troops
News A report from the Commons Public Accounts Committee says that British soldiers are at risk of death and injury from "friendly fire" because the Ministry of Defence has failed to develop a technological solution to identify friend or foe.
[May 2, 2007, 10:55]
Capgemini Cashes In With Government IT Project
News Profits from its contract with HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) are providing Capgemini with an early Christmas present, according to a member of the Committee of Public Accounts The costs of HMRC's outsourced IT programme, known as Aspire, have...
[December 21, 2006, 7:22]
MPs Attack IT 'mess' At Asset Recovery Agency
News A failure to invest in IT left the Assets Recovery Agency unable to manage either its case load or staff resources adequately, a report from the Public Accounts Committee, published on Friday, has claimed.
[October 15, 2007, 16:19]
E-government: Must Try Harder
News The Public Accounts Committee said on Wednesday that government departments must do more than simply provide information on their Web sites. More rapid progress now needs to be made to enable people to carry out transactions with government such as...
[August 28, 2002, 13:33]
Inland Revenue May Miss Online Targets
News Fresh from lambasting the government for its faults in its approach to the Internet, the Public Accounts Committee has turned its attention to the Inland Revenue. In addition, potential users of the Inland Revenue's e-services will not be...
[August 29, 2002, 12:05]
Ministry Of Defence Criticised Over EDS Contract
News The union went on to say that it has "major concerns" about the contract and is writing to the Defence Select Committee and the Public Accounts Committee, calling for an investigation. We have major concerns about the contract and will be writing...
[January 11, 2007, 16:30]
Parliamentary Report Urges Action On NPfIT
News The success of the NHS National Programme for IT is precarious, with key projects running late and suppliers struggling to deliver, according to a long-awaited report from Parliament's influential Public Accounts Committee.
[April 17, 2007, 10:17]
Government Urged To Cut Consultancy Costs
News Parliament's all-party Public Accounts Committee has hit out at the government's "profligacy" for spending nearly £3bn on consultants, without a clear idea of the benefits. It is impossible to believe that the public are receiving anything like...
[June 19, 2007, 13:38]
'Inept' IT Planning Behind UK Farm-subsidy Chaos
News A report into the fiasco by Whitehall spending watchdog the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) has found implementation of the project started before the final specification and regulations for the subsidy scheme were agreed by the European Commission.
[September 6, 2007, 15:57]
DWP Attacked Over Delays To Benefit-fraud IT System
News The accusation was made in a report by Parliament's Public Accounts Committee (PAC), which said the department's new management-information system, known as Fraims, was only introduced in February this year.
[July 8, 2008, 11:51]
NHS IT Report Was Watered Down
Talkback The reason given for the long delay and the approval process is that the Public Accounts Committee will not be confused by arguments over the facts. Perhaps the PAC should be renamed the Pathetic Accounts Committee.
[August 26, 2006, 10:33]
Rupert Goodwins' Diary
Blog A report from the Public Accounts Committee says that a huge project to replace benefit claims system paperwork with a magnetic stripe card -- one of the first Private Finance Initiatives -- has wasted a billion pounds of our hard-won cash.
[December 7, 2001, 16:37]
Gov't Urged To Prioritise Inclusive Web Services
News The government must ensure those without web access are not excluded from public services, according to the Public Accounts Committee. Edward Leigh, chair of the committee, said officials should guard against focusing on the "sunlit digital uplands...
[April 29, 2008, 9:37]
10 Years Of IT Failures, And What Has The Government Learned?
News The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) report, Achieving Value for Money in the Delivery of Public Services, says that despite the PAC's reviews of many high-profile IT failures over the last decade many departments still disregard common and well...
[December 7, 2005, 9:00]
MPs Call For Overhaul Of Jobcentre IT
News The Commons Public Accounts Committee found that many of the shortcomings in the IT system are simple but irritating for agency's jobs and benefits advisers: for example, by requiring them to re-key identical information for every new customer, or...
[October 9, 2007, 14:28]
MPs Warn Of 3G Mobile Price Sting
News The Public Accounts Committee published a report on Friday that warned that some 3G licence-holders may be forced to merge to avoid going out of business. The public accounts committee recommended that 3G operators should share networks wherever...
[April 26, 2002, 11:57]
Government IT Still In Dire Straits
News And eight have hit consecutive red reviews during the Office of Government Commerce Gateway Review process, highlighting "substantial difficulties", according to a report by the Public Accounts Committee (PAC).
[July 5, 2005, 15:35]
CSA IT 'a Turkey From Day One'
News The Public Accounts Committee has concluded that reforms of the troubled Child Support Agency (CSA) have been "one of the greatest public administration disasters of recent times". Despite £539m of taxpayers' money spent on a new IT system, and a...
[July 5, 2007, 15:15]
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]
Government Must Put More Forms Online - Watchdog
News Departments must show more commitment to making official forms available online by setting out clear strategies and targets, according to a Public Accounts Committee report published on 29 June, 2004.
[June 29, 2004, 12:25]
