central government
Richard Steel
CIO Profile He is passionate about the importance of robust IT infrastructure and while at the helm of Socitm continued its support for the continued rollout of Government Connect, a secure network linking central... [03 Jun 2009]
When will organisations pay for data breaches?
Comment The government commissioned various investigations and reports and brought into force certain changes designed to improve internal procedures, including mandatory rules on data security provisions in... [02 Jun 2009]
Museum of Computing gets new home
News The good news follows last week's blow to Bletchley Park, home to The National Museum of Computing, after the government refused a request for more funding to support the site while restoration work is carried out. [26 May 2009]
Bad tech suppliers not getting hit where it hurts
News The failure to enforce financial penalties whenever suppliers under-perform increases the risk that relationships between central government and suppliers are too cosy. Central... [28 Apr 2009]
£7.2bn savings: IT and back office feel the Treasury knife
News Part of the review tackling IT, authored by ex-Logica CEO Martin Read, said that the key to delivering these savings will be sharing and standardising the back office and IT systems used across central and local... [22 Apr 2009]
Inbox: Chip and PIN latest big IDea - and still no readers
Comment And this is mainly because no one outside government can access either the chip on the card or the central database, so these details cannot be used to verify your identity and are a completely useless... [20 Apr 2009]
The Energy Crops Company - Changing Minds About Renewable Energy
White Paper Aspectus had to explain the benefits of biomass to a range of different audiences, from central government to local planners, and architects to plumbers, and prove that not every plant-derived fuel was... [16 Apr 2009]
£75m police database: "A major weapon in crime fight"
News It has taken five years since the Bichard Inquiry to start work on the PND and the government has previously watered down targets for its delivery, changing a pledge that the database would be fully operational by 2010,... [06 Apr 2009]
Police launch £1bn-worth of e-crime investigations
News The PCeU is already working with government agencies, businesses and banks on investigations into "top end" cyber attacks, including distributed denial of service and malware attacks on key systems, Metropolitan Police... [25 Mar 2009]
'Fundamentally flawed, almost certainly illegal': Gov't databases
News A group of privacy and security experts has charted the proliferation of UK government databases and concluded that some of them could be illegal. The government has put forward plans to monitor all UK... [23 Mar 2009]
£8.5bn: Local government's outsourcing bill
News In central government, the largest outsourcing deals set to be signed this year feature the ID card scheme, including the application and enrolment contract and the national biometric identity service... [18 Mar 2009]
Improving Security in the Enterprise Command and Control Centers
White Paper A Command and Control Center is traditionally a secure room or building in a government, military or correctional facility that operates as the central monitoring and dispatch station for the facility. [14 Mar 2009]
Greenwich puts PCs on a diet
News Ian Henderson, interim head of e-government services at the council, said replacing its old desktop PCs had reduced its power usage by cutting running costs and CO2 emissions, it has also standardised security across its... [12 Mar 2009]
Thin clients find slim pickings at Defra
News One of Whitehall's largest departments has rejected thin client technology - less than a year after it was identified as a way of greening government IT. Replacing power hungry desktop PCs with thin clients was flagged... [03 Mar 2009]
"We must not allow ourselves to become a Big Brother society"
News Both the Conservative and Liberal Democrat parties have attacked the UK government over the retention of travel data. The government plans to retain all travel data for everyone entering and leaving the... [10 Feb 2009]
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