central government
Home Office CIO on taming tech and why ID cards are good news
Comment The Home Office's role in safeguarding national security means Vernon has oversight of the most high profile and controversial IT projects in the UK, ranging from organising IT security at the London 2012 Olympic Games to the Impact... [10 Jul 2009]
NHS records, Google and Microsoft: Where do you want your data?
Comment Under the proposals reported in The Times yesterday, the Conservatives suggest an alternative to the Labour government's plan to create a central Summary Care Record for every patient within the NHS, a... [07 Jul 2009]
IT security training now the 'substantial' task of GCHQ
News In the past, all government IT security training has been the charge of the Cabinet Office, through the office of the Central Sponsor for Information Assurance (CSIA). The government is... [01 Jul 2009]
Parliamentary tech boss backs call for £1bn IT fund
News MP Andrew Miller, chairman of the Parliamentary Information Technology Committee (Pitcom), supported calls for the government to establish the fund, which would be used to loan money to central and local... [29 Jun 2009]
SMEs on target list for UK cyber attack group
News Daniels said that getting large private providers of government services engaged in the effort is a central feature of the government's Cyber Security Strategy. The UK's new cyber... [29 Jun 2009]
Britain to get official cyber attack dogs
News Other government agencies involved include the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills; the Central Sponsor for Information Assurance; CESG, the information-assurance arm of GCHC; and the Centre... [25 Jun 2009]
Whitehall IT to pack its bags for pastures new?
News Asked how much scope there is to increase offshoring within central government, Cleveland said: "With legacy systems and a lot of back room operations it could be a fairly high proportion. With... [24 Jun 2009]
Four years on, which NHS projects have failed to hit their targets?
News In a series of gateway reviews published between 2002 and 2007, and released to the public for the first time last week, the Office of Government Commerce (OGC) set out the difficulties that have faced the National... [23 Jun 2009]
How the £12.7bn NHS IT revamp came off the rails
News The government was warned back in 2004 that immediate action was needed to fix problems in the £12.7bn programme to revamp NHS IT, official reports have revealed. The root of the difficulties now facing the NPfIT were... [19 Jun 2009]
Tube mobile coverage in time for 2012 Olympics?
News Communications minister Lord Carter has put the idea of mobile coverage on the London Underground back on the government agenda - only months after it emerged a planned Tube mobile trial had been shelved indefinitely. [17 Jun 2009]
G-Cloud in the sky: The future home for gov't apps
News In the government's Digital Britain report published yesterday, Carter said the so-called "G-Cloud" should be created within the next three years, to allow local and central government... [17 Jun 2009]
Revealed: The UK's top technology executive
News The CIOs who voted this year include executives from some of the largest organisations in the UK, from retail and financial services companies through to central and local government bodies. John... [10 Jun 2009]
The silicon.com CIO50 2009 - how we did it
News The CIOs who voted this year include executives from some of the largest organisations in the UK, from retail and financial services companies through to central and local government bodies. Every year,... [10 Jun 2009]
Photos: What Brown's reshuffle means for tech
Photo Following a week of political turmoil culminating in a cabinet reshuffle, silicon.com takes a look at the changes wrought in the top tiers of government and how they might impact on the technology industry. [10 Jun 2009]
Public sector CIOs: It's your time to shine
Comment An upcoming government efficiency charge could be public sector CIOs' big chance to emerge from the back room, says Gary Bettis. For those involved in public sector IT delivery, the government's recently... [08 Jun 2009]
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