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Defra IT - blowing budgets and showing up late
...to two years on its large tech projects Defra is the latest government department with a poor IT track record. A string of failed IT... Read more
Feb 7, 2008
silicon.com > Management > CIO Insights
...24.4m written off on government IT project
...The government has written off millions of pounds on the second part of a... Read more
Jul 17, 2009
silicon.com > Technology > IT Services
Indian tech giants to transform UK government
India's tech giants are in the running to manage major new government IT projects in the UK. Outsourcer TCS is one of three companies... Read more
Feb 16, 2009
silicon.com > Management > Public Sector
£273m in IT projects axed by UK
...the taxpayer gives us. "That high a rate of cancellation suggests the government has not thought enough about what the IT project was for before... Read more
Oct 20, 2008
silicon.com > Management > Public Sector
Spiralling costs derail £500m offender-tracking system
...of a £500m IT system to manage UK offenders have forced the government to scale it back. Ambitious plans by the National Offender Management Service... Read more
Jan 9, 2008
silicon.com > Management > Public Sector
Westminster insiders on why gov't IT is doomed
...the modernisation of the House of Commons, said reports into projects by government agencies and parliamentary committees are often little more than post-mortems. "The... Read more
Mar 26, 2009
silicon.com > Management > Public Sector
Self-assessment tax site crashes out on deadline day
...submit their tax return self assessments. The system is part of the government ecommerce service, Government Gateway, which was updated last October to cope with... Read more
Jan 31, 2008
silicon.com > Management > Public Sector
Photos: The Tories' techiest MPs
...former chairman of defence technology group QinetiQ and a critic of the government's use of surveillance technology and databases to keep tabs on citizens... Read more
Dec 16, 2009
silicon.com > White Papers > IT Management > Business Functions
BT Consulting and Systems Integration: Creating Positive News From Government IT
...new way of managing and delivering public services. At a time when government IT projects were two a penny, and the only ones gaining media... Read more
Apr 16, 2009
silicon.com > White Papers > Software and Web Development > Internet and Web
Service Oriented Architecture: What It Means for the Insurance Market?
...of a CRM system to get the address details and an external government database to get details of vehicle taxation, drivers' licenses or driving convictions... Read more
Mar 1, 2008
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