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NHS IT: Lib Dems promise major surgery
Connecting for Health, Choose and Book and centralised medical records on the chopping block Read more
By Nick Heath on 8 February 2010 15:13 | 3 comments
Police on the hunt for perfect PC crime breathalyser
UK e-crime cops turn to tech to boost frontline forensics Read more »
By Nick Heath on 5 February 2010 15:34 | Post a comment
It's time to kill big IT contracts, says taxman's CIO
"I've met many programme directors who've said 'I'm doing a £100m programme', I say 'I feel very sorry for you'" Read more »
By Nick Heath on 4 February 2010 15:10 | 1 comment
From Labour's IT blunders to the Tories' grand tech plans
Round-up: The state of Whitehall IT under the microscope Read more »
By silicon.com staff on 4 February 2010 12:43 | Post a comment
£1.5bn saved as DWP cuts software, networks
Department for Work and Pensions reveals how tech revamp has helped it slim down Read more »
By Nick Heath on 3 February 2010 11:20 | Post a comment
The best commute? Planning applications? There's an app for that
Photos: Turning government data into useful graphics Read more »
By Nick Heath on 1 February 2010 15:39 | 1 comment
G-Cloud-hosted app store trial launches this week
Will plan for public sector apps save taxpayers' cash? Read more »
By Nick Heath on 1 February 2010 11:53 | Post a comment
Inside the G-Cloud: Whitehall's grand cloud computing plan unveiled
Government CIO on adding SaaS to public sector IT Read more »
By Nick Heath on 28 January 2010 12:40 | 4 comments
How cloud computing will help government save taxpayer £3.2bn
Whitehall puts sharing at the top of the agenda with new ICT strategy Read more »
By Nick Heath on 27 January 2010 16:24 | 6 comments
Public sector CIOs: Top tips on surviving a new government
Listen, build trust and deliver quick wins... Read more »
By Tim Ferguson on 27 January 2010 13:13 | Post a comment
BBC sets out tech future: Small suppliers, simple systems and standards
Auntie reveals the roadmap that will govern its IT decisions for years to come... Read more »
By Tim Ferguson on 26 January 2010 15:48 | Post a comment
The Tory IT masterplan: As good as it looks?
Can the Conservatives' reforms tackle the real Achilles' heel of government IT? Read more »
By Nick Heath on 26 January 2010 15:12 | 3 comments
ID cards: Available to everyone from next month
Want an ID card? I'd go direct, guv - 0.03 per cent of the population already have Read more »
By Jo Best on 25 January 2010 17:16 | 6 comments
Facebook and iPhone apps: The future of UK data
How the data.gov.uk website will trigger an apps revolution Read more »
By Nick Heath on 22 January 2010 17:22 | Post a comment
Which of Labour's big IT projects will survive the Tory axe?
What a Conservative government would mean for everything from ID cards to the National Programme for IT Read more »
By Nick Heath on 22 January 2010 15:57 | 2 comments
ID cards: Should Britain stop protesting and embrace the inevitable?
Despite legal and practical hurdles, electronic ID cards have a lot to offer Read more »
By Patrick Van Eecke on 21 January 2010 09:00 | 35 comments
HMRC self assessment site taxed by user complaints
Back to paper as tax return system lets users down Read more »
By Nick Heath on 18 January 2010 17:10 | 6 comments
How BBC R&D is laying the foundations for the broadcasting future
Interview: Controller of BBC Research and Development, Matthew Postgate Read more »
By Tim Ferguson on 13 January 2010 11:35 | Post a comment
Labour's worst IT disasters
Why repeated mistakes have cost the taxpayer billions Read more »
By Nick Heath on 12 January 2010 16:23 | 13 comments
Gordon Brown's free PC giveaway for school kids is go
270,000 low-income families getting internet access at home courtesy of the government... Read more »
By Natasha Lomas on 12 January 2010 12:40 | 4 comments
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