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RSS customsAACB Reverses Storage Growth, Reclaims Close to 70% Capacity for Microsoft Hyper-V and Backup Data
White Paper Canadian company A & A Contract Customs Brokers Ltd. AACB) has come far from its humble 1979 start in a trailer near one of the crossings along the British Columbia, Canada, and United States borders. [01 May 2009]
Inside the government's Facebook monitoring plans
News Speaking at the launch of a consultation entitled Protecting the Public in a Changing Communications Environment, Jacqui Smith said it is essential for such information to be easily accessible by public authorities, including the police,... [27 Apr 2009]
A public sector romance and 10 per cent UK headcount cut
News The company has also been bidding to deliver systems for the Department for Work and Pensions, HM Revenue and Customs, the Home Office and Ministry of Justice. Indian outsourcer TCS has cut its UK headcount by around 10... [07 Apr 2009]
1980s computers hold up taxman's hunt
News The NIRS system will decrease the number of PAYE cases that have to be checked manually, by allowing all information on individuals to be shown alongside their national insurance record and providing HM Revenue and... [24 Mar 2009]
Web Gateway Strategies for Government: Moving Beyond the TIC Deadline
White Paper Listen to this podcast to learn how Blue Coat customers like the Department of Homeland Security's US Customs & Border Protection (CBP) agency recently consolidated its gateways to comply with TIC. What are government... [18 Mar 2009]
Indian tech giants to transform UK government?
News After years of having a small government IT footprint, TCS revealed it is bidding on contracts to work on IT systems in the Department for Work and Pensions, HM Revenue and Customs, the Home Office and Ministry of Justice. [16 Feb 2009]
"We must not allow ourselves to become a Big Brother society"
News Already e-Borders has screened over 75 million passengers against immigration, customs and police watch-lists, leading to over 2,700 arrests for crimes such as murder, rape and assault. Both the Conservative and Liberal... [10 Feb 2009]
CIO Job Report: Movers and shakers
News Former Tesco CIO Colin Cobain joined HM Revenue and Customs as a non-executive director this month. Let silicon.com keep you up to date with all the latest CIO job moves and changes with our regular CIO Job Report. [27 Jan 2009]
Credit crunch sees UK firms send techies to cops
News Sarah Draper, head of the knowledge economy group at the CBI, said its members have already seconded staff to work with HM Revenue & Customs alongside tax officers. The credit crunch could push more UK firms to pledge... [19 Jan 2009]
U.S. Customs and Border Protection - Protecting Our Southern Border Against the Terrorist Threat
White Paper Customs and Border Protection (CBP) is the unified border agency within the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). Customs and Border Protection have taken a number of steps to increase security across... [14 Jan 2009]
Taxman hunts for new CIO for £1bn IT dept
News HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) is now advertising the £180,000 per year position, heading up 1,400 staff and a budget of £1bn in one of the largest IT departments in Europe. The taxman is looking for a CIO to complete the... [13 Jan 2009]
HMRC: Data lockdown complete by 2011
News HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) has promised to have the recommendations of the Poynter Review implemented within the next two years. The review was designed to prevent another data debacle like the one that saw HMRC lose... [08 Jan 2009]
Are you talking to the real taxman?
News HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) warned that fraudsters are flooding the UK with emails pretending to be from the taxman in the run up to the 31 January deadline for filing tax returns online. The UK is being targeted by... [08 Jan 2009]
£71m clawed back from IT tax credits chaos
News In a settlement first announced in 2005, EDS agreed to pay £71.25m to HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) over problems with the tax credit computer system it designed.silicon.com Financial Services Outsourcing giant EDS has... [06 Jan 2009]
Former Tesco CIO joins HMRC
News HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) has snapped up former Tesco CIO Colin Cobain as a non-executive director. Cobain, who stepped down from Tesco in 2007 after six years with the retail giant, will sit on the HMRC board. [06 Jan 2009]
