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More of a whimper than a bang: Whitehall's green tech drive
News According to an announcement by the Cabinet Office this week, the government has cut the carbon footprint of central government computers by 12,000 tonnes and saved at... [16 Sep 2009]
Offshoring: Is resistance weakening at Whitehall?
News Recently, senior civil servants in the Cabinet Office and the Ministry of Justice both told silicon.com that they are open to offshoring work such as software development. Jos Creese, who sits on the... [03 Aug 2009]
IT security training now the 'substantial' task of GCHQ
News In the past, all government IT security training has been the charge of the Cabinet Office, through the office of the Central Sponsor for Information Assurance (CSIA). However, the... [01 Jul 2009]
Parliamentary tech boss backs call for £1bn IT fund
News The need to cut IT costs is already high on the government's agenda following the recent Operational Efficiency Programme report which heralded a drive for £7.2bn-per-year savings through greater use of shared services... [29 Jun 2009]
SMEs on target list for UK cyber attack group
News The government has not finalised training budgets, a Cabinet Office spokesperson said. We'll have a formal role in introducing [the strategy], working closely with the Cabinet Office,"... [29 Jun 2009]
Britain to get official cyber attack dogs
News The Cabinet Office official said the government would try to respond to attacks on UK systems by recourse to the law: "Whenever we can, we will pursue criminals through legal frameworks, but that only... [25 Jun 2009]
Whitehall IT to pack its bags for pastures new?
News According to Alexis Cleveland, director of transformational government for the Cabinet Office, sending some areas of tech work abroad could result in cheaper and better-quality IT services. Asked how... [24 Jun 2009]
Photos: What Brown's reshuffle means for tech
Photo Following a week of political turmoil culminating in a cabinet reshuffle, silicon.com takes a look at the changes wrought in the top tiers of government and how they might impact on the technology industry. [10 Jun 2009]
Thin clients find slim pickings at Defra
News Replacing power hungry desktop PCs with thin clients was flagged as one way of reducing energy consumption in the government's Greening ICT Strategy, the recently published Cabinet Office guidelines on... [03 Mar 2009]
Two-thirds of UK's top IT security jobs unfilled
News Sharon Wiltshire is chairman of the Infosec Training Paths & Competencies (ITPC) scheme at the Central Sponsor for Information Assurance, a unit within the Cabinet Office. The ITPC is the... [03 Feb 2009]
How IT is helping the NHS save the planet
News Ferrar's team has been working with the Cabinet Office green delivery unit for 18 months focusing on initiatives such as how best to manage datacentres, implement wireless networks and recycle hardware. [29 Jan 2009]
Disaster fighters link up with £2m tool
News The Cabinet Office Civil Contingencies Secretariat and the Department of Communities and Local Government have commissioned BT and Ultra Electronics Datel to develop the NRE. A Cabinet... [10 Dec 2008]
Whitehall IT to be carbon neutral by 2020
News The Cabinet Office's Greening Government ICT report states energy consumption on the government estate has not been falling as much as expected, and IT is identified as a "certain... [17 Jul 2008]
Government racks up 100 data breaches
News The figures were revealed by justice minister Michael Wills in a written answer to Parliament in response to a question by shadow minister for the cabinet office Francis Maude. There have been 30 data losses in... [24 Jun 2008]
'Connected' UK vulnerable in face of cyber attack
News The national response to cyber attacks is co-ordinated by the Central Sponsor for Information Assurance, which is part of the Cabinet Office. We discussed the issue in a Cabinet meeting... [16 Jun 2008]
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