local government in comment and analysis
Could hackspaces hold the key to business innovation?
Comment In March of this year, a friendly 'hackday' - called Rewired State, or 'National Hack the Government Day' - was held at The Guardian's London offices. The idea, according to the group is: "Government... [14 Oct 2009]
John Suffolk
AS Profile As the man with the burden of overseeing the annual public sector IT spend of £16bn, the importance of government CIO John Suffolk cannot be overstated. Suffolk and the CIO Council are working to strip the complexity and... [30 Sep 2009]
Tom Steinberg
AS Profile Steinberg still dabbles in the Westminster affairs, recently co-authoring The Power of Information Review, on how the UK government can throw open official data to the public. For silicon.com's panel Steinberg deserves... [30 Sep 2009]
George Osborne
AS Profile Shadow chancellor George Osborne has pledged to scale back major IT projects and end the government's track record of delays and overspend on tech. In February of this year Osborne backed the findings of a... [29 Sep 2009]
Let's shine a light into the public sector IT money pit
Comment With such systemic failures of project management at the heart of local and central government, is it any wonder that IT projects are so frequently haemorrhaging money? Government spends... [17 Aug 2009]
Naked CIO: We need an offshoring tax
Comment Offshoring is here to stay - but the government could help make sure it doesn't destroy British tech. I believe the government should set a tax on British corporations which choose to offshore labour and... [20 Jul 2009]
Naked CIO: Speak up for British jobs
Comment If you believe that what is happening to British jobs through increased offshoring in a time of economic stress is wrong, then please speak out about - as a comment to this article, to your local politicians, in the... [14 Jul 2009]
Naked CIO: The board must follow corporate policy
Comment The government has done nothing to stop the exportation of British ideas and innovations - this is the fundamental problem of the local tech industry. On a different note the government... [06 Jul 2009]
Steve Palmer
CIO Profile Palmer has spent 20 years in senior direct service management positions in local government. Steve Palmer was named in the CIO50 in its inaugural year in 2007 for his work as head of IT for the London... [03 Jun 2009]
Richard Steel
CIO Profile A key figure in local government IT, as well as having charge of overall IT strategy at Newham, Richard Steel is an important player in many different governmental working groups. He is passionate about... [03 Jun 2009]
Kay Brown
CIO Profile Brown has worked in local government since 1991, before which she held several IT management positions in the private sector for BOC, Cern, Alexander Stenhouse and Honeywell Bull. She has also been a... [03 Jun 2009]
Joe Harley
CIO Profile He has also worked for Britoil, IBM, Unisys and local government. He also sits on the UK government's CIO Council. The DWP's supplier management processes are now seen as 'best in class'... [03 Jun 2009]
Jos Creese
CIO Profile Creese's move into local government followed a stint at the Department of Health where he first became involved in IT. Creese is also vice president of Socitm and chair of the Local... [02 Jun 2009]
David Lister
CIO Profile Lister trained as an architect before moving into IT in local government and then the chemicals industry. David Lister joined the National Grid in March 2009 and is responsible for the vast IT... [01 Jun 2009]
David Tidey
CIO Profile A member of the local government technology body Socitm, Tidey has been a British Computer Society member for 15 years, sits on the BCS Professionalism Board, and chairs the BCS Elite group. David Tidey... [01 Jun 2009]
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