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MoD IT - late and over budget
News A Ministry of Defence (MoD) programme to replace hundreds of IT systems with a single infrastructure is running more than a year late and is £182m over... [04 Jul 2008]
MoD plans telepresence trial
News The Ministry of Defence (MoD) is considering a telepresence pilot, as part of its plans to tackle its travel budget.silicon.com Public Sector According... [03 Jul 2008]
MoD to save £35m with online travel service
News The Ministry of Defence (MoD) expects to save £35m per year through an online travel service set up and managed by Capgemini. The online service significantly simplifies... [19 Jun 2008]
Taxpayer "lost" £90m on QinetiQ sell-off
News The sell-off of the former Ministry of Defence (MoD) tech research firm, QinetiQ, saw the taxpayer missing out on almost £100m, a public spending watchdog has found.... [10 Jun 2008]
MoD to advance its tech plans
News The Ministry of Defence (MoD) has unveiled its Defence Technology Plan (DTP) aimed at providing a clear direction to the R&D community. The MoD's R&D staff work in a... [15 Nov 2007]
Gov blasted over budget-bloating IT projects
News The Ministry of Defence (MoD) has gone the furthest over budget, overspending by £785m. According to the Liberals, Defra is the department with the least control over... [14 May 2007]
Web software to save schools time and money
News The Ministry of Defence has also signed up to use G2 in its schools - which cater for the children of service workers located abroad, a total of around... [11 Jan 2007]
Security 'network' to speed up anti-hacker tools
News The DTI, Home Office, Ministry of Defence and universities are also represented. The committee will allocate funds from an initial £1.8m budget for... [12 Apr 2006]
MPs probe £900m overspend on late submarines
News Adam Ingram, a minister for the Ministry of Defence (MoD), said on Monday that the CAD system chosen to design the submarines was not up to scratch, after Lib Dem Mike Hancock quizzed... [15 Mar 2006]
MoD: Technology key to future of defence
News The Ministry of Defence (MOD) has rejected opposition claims that its planned investment in new technology is actually a "smokescreen" for cost-cutting. In a speech on Thursday to... [11 Dec 2003]
MoD writes off £118m on ditched IT system
News The Ministry of Defence (MoD) has overhauled project management procedures after writing off £118m on a ditched IT system. The Defence Logistics Organisation (DLO) - the... [03 Nov 2003]
The MoD and the 'missing' £33m...
News The Ministry of Defence was last night unable to explain why it spent £33m of taxpayers' money on obsolete computer hardware as part of the now infamous... [22 Nov 2001]
False claim of MoD's surplus spectrum billions
News A spokeswoman for the agency told silicon.com that although the Chancellor announced a review on the efficiency of the use of spectrum in his pre-budget statement last week, such a... [13 Nov 2000]
MoD goes online in £45m procurement manoeuvre
News The Ministry of Defence (MoD) is to invest £45m in an online trading platform as part of a ten-year ecommerce strategy. That way we will be able to get our platforms... [24 Jul 2000]
MoD fails to make ends meet
News The UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) is set to go £2.8bn over budget on its top 25 procurement projects - pushing total costs up to £38bn, according to a report by the... [01 Jul 1999]
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