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Reducing Non-Marital Births
White Paper Reducing non-marital births remains the unfinished part of the 1996 welfare reform law. This paper examines why non-marital births happen, the effort states have made to address the problem, and what additional steps could be taken to reduce non... [03 Jul 2008]
The Varney Report: An ideal or a blueprint?
Comment The recommendations include the development of centralised services, such as a 'change of circumstance' service, so citizens will not have to notify multiple public services about bereavements, marriages and births. [29 May 2007]
IP Telephony Boosts Contact Centre Efficiency
White Paper The General Register Office for England and Wales (GRO) manages the registration of all births, marriages and deaths by the local registration service. Its dedicated contact centre handles 20,000 inbound queries a month, many of which concern... [10 Aug 2006]
Government services miss online deadline
News Registration of Births, Deaths and Marriages at the Office of National Statistics. A list of the government services that are still not available electronically has been revealed. The government's aim had been that all of its services would be... [12 Apr 2006]
Wrong sort of computers leave lovers frustrated
News It added there is a need for better interoperability over "life-time events" such as births and marriages. A lack of communication between government IT systems across Europe is leaving lovers - and businesses - frustrated. [24 Feb 2006]
UK births, deaths, marriages records to be digitised
News The Office of National Statistics (ONS) has signed a contract with Siemens Business Services (SBS) to digitise 250 million births, deaths and marriages records dating back to 1837. The three-year Digitisation of Vital Events (DoVE) project will... [02 Aug 2005]
UK births, marriages, deaths records to move to India
News The Office of National Statistics (ONS) is to outsource a new database containing 250 million births, marriages and deaths records to India as part of a deal with Siemens Business Services (SBS). The database will be created by digitising paper... [23 Jun 2005]
3Com XRN Technology Tames Data Network, Bolsters Animal Care at World Renowned Columbus Zoo
White Paper This is enabling the zoo to better utilize high technology, such as IP cameras, to monitor animals' births process and enrich customers' experience. Columbus Zoo's legacy 10/100 Mbps network was faltering as its multi-faceted business grew. [04 May 2004]
Devil's Advocate: The book of the dead
Comment Changes would be needed in the procedure for registering births but they could surely be managed. But there is one more, says Martin Brampton, all of us could really benefit from. The government is now being quizzed over its plan for a deaths... [23 Mar 2004]
Births, deaths and marriages database eroding privacy
News Privacy advocates have warned that government plans for an electronic database of births, deaths and marriages could form the basis for a comprehensive dossier on all UK citizens and lead to further erosion of privacy. [30 Oct 2003]
East Coast power cuts shouldn't be termed a disaster
Comment Remember, these things do just happen (and, most famously, in the New York area on one night in the late 1970s - with a consequent spike in births nine months later). Let's hope that by Monday morning the power cut in the US seems distant. [18 Aug 2003]
Peter Cochrane's Uncommon Sense: Education that doesn't fit
Comment Natural disasters come in clusters, as do births, deaths, marriages, car accidents and electrical appliance failures in our homes. Soemtimes it is. But other times, Peter Cohrane warns, think about what you're dealing with. [17 Oct 2002]
Government puts hatches and dispatches online
News For example, the LifeEvents service allows users to find information about making a will or registering births and deaths - though there is no actual service which enables users to do any of these things online as yet. [19 Feb 2001]
Records of births, deaths and marriage to go online
News Citizens in England and Wales might soon be able to register births, deaths and marriages online if plans to modernise the registration service go ahead. The Office for National Statistics has launched a consultation document aimed to be the first... [20 Sep 1999]
Sun executive urges UK government to appoint IT chief
News Speaking at a conference in London yesterday, Trivedi called on the government to create a single point of contact online, where citizens can conduct transactions such as registering births, filing tax returns and applying for housing benefit. [10 Sep 1999]
