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Local authorities lack transformation skills
News Many local governments are well under way implementing initiatives under the Transformation Agenda outlined in the Varney Review published in 2006, but the majority feel they lack the in-house skills to deliver that transformation. [30 Jul 2008]
Leading a horse to water
Comment Not all of them are fans, so he is going to need all his charm to push through the initiatives conceived in the Gershon and Varney reports. Suffolk has about another year to his tenure as government CIO and it would be impossible to bring the whole... [23 Jun 2008]
Data sharing 'could sap public confidence'
News However, Sir David Varney, the Prime Minister's adviser on public-service transformation, said the nature of the data to be shared between government departments was still under discussion. Varney said: "There has to be a lot of careful thought... [12 Nov 2007]
The CIO revolution in public sector IT: The next phase
Comment In terms of the overall government strategy, Sir David Varney's report on service transformation is a vital component. It was encouraging therefore to see Gordon Brown appoint Varney as his adviser on public service transformation. [31 Aug 2007]
The CIOs transforming government IT
Comment The Transformational Government report and Varney review have once again thrust IT up the government agenda, from big modernisation programmes such as NHS IT to the push for shared services. There is also more pressure on public sector efficiency... [27 Jun 2007]
A litany of disasters has made shared services easy to swallow
Comment Whereas the Gershon report was about cost reduction, the Varney update focuses on the improvement of public services, in addition to reducing cost. So there's little wonder that following public relations disasters like these and the drives for... [20 Jun 2007]
The CIOs transforming government IT
CIO Analysis The Transformational Government report and Varney review have once again thrust IT up the government agenda, from big modernisation programmes such as NHS IT to the push for shared services. There is also more pressure on public sector efficiency... [06 Jun 2007]
The Varney Report: An ideal or a blueprint?
Comment The Varney Report will encourage the public sector to become a more service-oriented animal but it will still need outside expertise to accomplish this task, says Paul Bentham. Merely from the title of the report: Service transformation - a better... [29 May 2007]
Taxman credits IT upgrade for online filing success
News HMRC chairman Sir David Varney said in a statement: "By managing the filing peak closely, enhancing our IT infrastructure and improving our system monitoring, we have successfully ensured that taxpayers have been able to file in time for the... [03 Feb 2006]
Tax credit ID theft to be probed by Info Commissioner
News HMRC executive director David Varney told MPs before Christmas that he believed criminals had somehow obtained staff payroll records from the DWP. The UK's data protection watchdog has launched an investigation into the tax credit fraud fiasco that... [24 Jan 2006]
Taxman admits to "virulent" mass ID fraud
News HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) executive director David Varney told MPs at a Public Accounts Committee meeting this week that the online tax credits claim service had been targeted by "virulent" organised criminal gangs from the first day it was... [16 Dec 2005]
EDS coughs up £71m for tax credit IT fiasco
News HMRC chairman, David Varney in a statement: "We have achieved a settlement of this complex dispute with EDS agreeing to pay compensation. EDS is to shell out £71.25m to the UK government to settle the dispute over problems with the IT systems... [22 Nov 2005]
BBC wants £200m savings from £2bn outsourcing deal
News But BBC Technology CTO John Varney said it was about a good cultural fit with a supplier who "got what the BBC is" and not just about driving them down to unrealistic levels of savings. Varney was speaking at an SBS event at BBC TV Centre in London... [25 Feb 2005]
HM Revenue and Customs CIO named
News David Varney, HMRC executive chairman and until not long ago chairman of mobile operator mmO2, said in a statement: "IT will play a critical role in our ability to build an efficient new department. The CIO of the imminent HM Revenue and Customs... [02 Sep 2004]
Auntie Beeb announces outsourcing winners and losers
News The second-round shortlist of eight has now been sliced to three, with John Varney, the BBC's CTO, saying in a statement that the shortlisted companies were picked because they have "shown [the] cultural alignment with the BBC that is one of the... [06 May 2004]
