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Watmore To Start In September
News The Cabinet Office announced the appointment of Ian Watmore, currently UK managing director of Accenture, on 25 May, 2004. Watmore holds a number of other positions, which include chair of the IT Industry Board of eSkills UK.
[May 26, 2004, 12:15]
Government CIO Moves On
News The search is on for a new government CIO, following the announcement that Ian Watmore is to be promoted to head of the Prime Minister's Delivery Unit. The move, effective from 9 January, will see Watmore leading the drive to deliver the PM's top...
[December 15, 2005, 14:00]
Wanted: New Government CIO
News The promotion of government CIO Ian Watmore to advisor to the Prime While the search is on for the new government CIO, Watmore's deputy Watmore has stepped up the career ladder to head the Prime And Jos Creese, a fellow member of the CIO Council...
[January 12, 2006, 14:40]
Government Strategy Pushes IT Professionalism
News Ian Watmore told Government Computing News that the first meeting had taken place on 8 January, 2005. Watmore said it aims to produce an IT strategy for government, hopefully to be published in November 2005.
[January 14, 2005, 15:15]
UK Government 'needs More CIOs'
News Ian Watmore made his first public speech in the role at the Oracle Open World Conference on Monday. We want to help the chief information officers of government," Watmore said. This reflects one of the differences Watmore said he sees between his...
[September 8, 2004, 11:30]
Blair Reaches Out To IT Staff
News Blair recorded the message, which was broadcast on 24 May, 2005, as part of a speech delivered by the head of e-government unit, Ian Watmore. Watmore was using Blair's message as part of a speech highlighting the work of Whitehall's CIO council...
[May 25, 2005, 16:05]
Government Seeks Chief Information Officer
News Recruiters are busy looking for candidates to fill the position, which became available when previous CIO, Ian Watmore, was promoted to lead the Prime Minister's Delivery Unit. According to the advert, the new recruit will report to Watmore and...
[January 30, 2006, 16:00]
Security Industry Doesn't Want A Cybersecurity Tsar
News MessageLabs, an email security vendor, pointed out cybersecurity already falls within the remit of Ian Watmore, head of the e-government unit of the Cabinet Office. It's difficult to understand what kind of role a cybersecurity tsar would have that...
[November 29, 2005, 17:25]
UK E-unit Web Site Goes Live
News A biography of Ian Watmore, the new head of e-government, is one addition to the site in a section giving information on the e-Government Unit Strategic Management Board. The home page still has a section on outgoing e-envoy Andrew Pinder, who is...
[June 2, 2004, 15:20]
Pinder Satisfied With UK's Progress
News Pinder's successor, Ian Watmore, is to play a "leading role" in bringing about the efficiency programme, and will be tasked with ensuring that benefits are delivered following the Treasury's investment in e-government.
[July 26, 2004, 15:00]
UK Turns To Accenture For Head Of E-government
News Ian Watmore's role will effectively be that of a chief information officer. Watmore, who replaces e-envoy Andrew Pinder, has already acknowledged that he's taking on a challenging role. Perhaps the most difficult part of Watmore's new job will be...
[May 25, 2004, 17:20]
UK Government 'needs More CIOs'
Talkback No, Ian Watmore is now classed as 'retired' within Accenture. Just for info, his hire date within the firm was Dec 15, 1980, and he had been promoted to Partner 16 months prior to his leaving the firm.
[October 8, 2004, 11:26]
UK Government 'needs More CIOs'
Talkback Is Ian Watmore still working for Accenture whilst being our E-Gov Head?
[September 8, 2004, 11:57]
E-commerce Needs A New Hero
Talkback Heard of Ian Watmore, the e-commerce government CIO who spoke at an event in London Recentlyrun by Information Age, he spoke well hand and described the MOT Online process and how it worked. O'Brien Huh?
[March 1, 2005, 12:47]
ID Card Bill Could Reach £30bn
News Watmore, the government's CIO, who said at the weekend that the rollout of ID cards could be delayed if the technology is not ready. In an interview with The Independent on Sunday, Watmore said: "Just because the date comes round, it does not mean...
[November 1, 2005, 9:40]
UK E-government To Shift North
News Government CIO Ian Watmore is not one of the officials moving but a Cabinet Office spokeswoman said that he will use the offices. Officials working on UK e-government policy are being relocated to Birchwood in the northwest of England to be closer...
[November 21, 2005, 8:55]
28th International Conference Of Data Protection And Privacy Commissioners
Blog The Director of Liberty, Shami Chakrabarti will give the human rights group's views on surveillance, while Stephen Lander and Ian Watmore will give the polive and government views respectively. The conference details, fittingly, aren't splashed...
[November 2, 2006, 9:11]
New Government CIO Appointed
News The previous government CIO, Ian Watmore, was promoted to lead the Prime Minister's Delivery Unit, meaning the vacant post was advertised from the end of January this year. John Suffolk has been appointed the new government CIO.
[April 27, 2006, 10:20]
Government IT Procurement Slammed
News Government CIO Ian Watmore reiterated his intention to make it easier for SMEs to bid for public sector work in a recent interview but admitted it is tricky balancing the need for innovation with the need for balance-sheet strength.
[February 22, 2005, 8:05]
UK Set To Just Miss E-government Deadline
News Ian Watmore, head of the e-Government Unit said: "These results show that departments have responded well to the breadth of the online delivery challenge set by the prime minister in 2000. The 2005 e-government target will be narrowly missed, but...
[December 13, 2004, 14:20]
