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Treasury to scrutinise gov't IT spending
News Government spending on IT is to come under scrutiny as part of a wider Treasury review of national projects. Chief secretary to the Treasury, Yvette Cooper, will examine how the state delivers about a dozen major projects in areas ranging from NHS...
[February 4, 2008, 7:37]
Treasury pledges IT efficiency
News The Treasury has called for IT projects to be run more efficiently, as it makes more money available for central Government-run technology programmes. Stephen Timms, chief secretary to the Treasury and the former minister for e-commerce, told ZDNet...
[May 14, 2007, 16:50]
Treasury suffers email gaffe
News The curse of the email blunder has struck once again, leaving red faces at the Treasury. According to reports on Wednesday, a junior clerical officer at the Treasury attempted to send his friends an email with the subject line "Advantage of being...
[January 25, 2006, 16:45]
Treasury denies new tax on PCs
News The Treasury has denied reports that the current Finance Bill contains proposals to impose a stealth tax on businesses and employees for computer use at work. However, the Treasury has categorically denied the bill includes any such change.
[May 3, 2006, 11:05]
Treasury looks to replace HCI
News The Treasury could replace the Home Computing Initiative - a scheme to give employees access to cheap computers - after a number of business groups objected to government plans to scrap the scheme. But following criticism from business leaders, the...
[April 3, 2006, 17:30]
At Treasury Shared-Services Center, Eight People Manage Cash and Risk in 11 Currencies for 50 Subsidiaries
White Papers Fujitsu Siemens Computers wanted to manage short- and long-term liquidity and market risk in volatile global financial environment and centralize treasury (to function as service center for 50 worldwide subsidiaries).
[February 9, 2008, 0:17]
US Treasury breaks privacy promise
News The US Treasury Department plans to publish nearly 10,000 email addresses on the Web, violating its privacy promise to Americans who used email to comment on a government proceeding. In March 2003, the Treasury Department's Alcohol and Tobacco Tax...
[January 9, 2004, 8:50]
E-commerce minister reshuffled to Treasury
News The UK's e-commerce minister, Stephen Timms, has been moved to a role in the Treasury as a result of last week's Cabinet reshuffle by the prime minister, Tony Blair. Last week's reshuffle has now seen Timms replacing Ruth Kelly in the role of...
[September 15, 2004, 13:55]
Government From Chile General Treasury of the Republic: Taxpayer Portal Implemented on Service-Oriented Architecture
White Papers The General treasury of the Republic of Chile has built a self-service portal for taxpayers on BEA WebLogic Platform 8.1.The portal's service-oriented architecture (SOA) is allowing the government to add new citizen services continuously and adapt...
[September 16, 2004, 0:00]
Online Treasury Tool Helps Microsoft Improve Efficiency and User Satisfaction While Saving Money
White Papers The Administration IT Treasury Product Group (EAS-TPG), a part of Microsoft IT, used smart client technology to develop key tools to support internal treasury operations. The group built a unified collection tool, MS Collect, that both third-party...
[February 23, 2007, 0:00]
Treasury looks to replace HCI
Talkback The Governement has no idea about how to train our population in IT skills. They think that an NVQ is a pretty neat idea. The problem in the UK is that the lowest common denominator is seen as the level to aim for.
[April 4, 2006, 10:19]
US Treasury breaks privacy promise
Talkback Have you ever known a government to keep any promise that it made and that is not just the US but all of them, as they say "there are liars damn liars and then there are polititions"
[January 13, 2004, 22:23]
Treasury suffers email gaffe
Talkback For crying out loud! The e-mail contains a visual illusion, and the instruction is: "If you cannot decipher anything, then try pulling the corner of your eyes as if you were Chinese. It works! Anybody who thinks these simple instructions are...
[January 26, 2006, 11:32]
Treasury denies new tax on PCs
Talkback That would be a good way for the Government to get more email and Web usage data from people. If the ISP's can't record it all, make their employers supply it 'for tax reasons'. Next will be to make sure it's available for the Police to access as...
[May 3, 2006, 17:39]
Treasury denies new tax on PCs
Talkback Unenforceable in practice. How can an employer determine whether or not an employee has used the Internet for "personal use" if that employee is home-based using a company provided laptop, and provides his own broadband connection?
[May 4, 2006, 16:16]
Rupert Goodwins' Diary
Blog My grasp of international finance is not quite up to Treasury standards, and you’ll have to wait a while if you’re expecting me to concoct a cogent explanation of how unpegging the yuan from the dollar will affect the bond market.
[July 29, 2005, 18:30]
Government hopes ex-gas regulator can kick-start Broadband Britain
News Clare Spottiswoode, formerly the UK gas industry regulator, has been asked by the Treasury to advise how the take-up of broadband Internet services in the UK can be increased. Spottiswoode, who played a key role in the break-up of British Gas and...
[December 3, 2001, 11:32]
Industry cautious over 4G auctions
News Spectrum auctions for so-called 4G telecommunications will not raise anywhere near the amount of money that the Treasury made from 3G in 2000. That’s according to a variety of industry players, speaking following weekend reports that Ofcom’s...
[June 27, 2006, 11:15]
Government attacked over document shredding
News The Liberal Democrats have slammed the Treasury's record for transparency in government IT project spending, saying its opacity leads to a lack of public accountability. The Office of Government Commerce (OGC), a Treasury body, has issued guidance...
[June 5, 2007, 17:02]
Government IT projects 'running 17 years late'
News The Treasury has responded to accusations that its IT projects are running a total of 17 years and three months late The list was compiled after the financial secretary for the Treasury, John Healy, answered a question on IT projects from Liberal...
[October 16, 2006, 9:30]
