customs & excise
RSS customs & exciseReports in full: HMRC and MoD data breaches
News Problems of this nature arose out of the merger of the Inland Revenue (IR) and Her Majesty's Customs and Excise (HMCE). The IPCC was looking into events leading up to the loss of data and considering whether any criminal conduct or disciplinary... [26 Jun 2008]
Government reveals snooping figures
News He wrote: "It has played a key role in numerous operations including, for example, the prevention of murders, tackling large-scale drug importations, evasion of Excise duty, people smuggling, gathering intelligence both within the United Kingdom... [30 Jan 2008]
Taxman gets new CIO
News Lamey, who was named one of the UK's top CIOs in the silicon.com CIO50 2007, joined HMRC in October 2004 from British Gas and oversaw the integration of the IT operations of Customs & Excise and the Inland Revenue into the newly merged government... [18 Oct 2007]
Steve Lamey
CIO Profile Steve Lamey took on one of the biggest and most challenging IT jobs in government when he became CIO of the newly merged HM Customs and Excise and Inland Revenue departments in October 2004. What they say about him: "Steve has a great style which I... [06 Jun 2007]
Tax office CIO gets 20 per cent pay rise
News Lamey, previously a director at BOC and CIO at British Gas, took over the HMRC job from the Inland Revenue's previous IT director John Yard just after the department's £3bn IT Aspire outsourcing contract was switched from EDS to Capgemini, and... [15 Aug 2006]
Revenue and Customs merge IT contracts
News HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) has integrated the two separate IT contracts that were in place before the merger of the Customs & Excise and Inland Revenue departments last year. The old Customs & Excise IT contract held by Fujitsu Services will now... [06 Apr 2006]
CBEC Improves Efficiency and Productivity
White Paper The Central Board of Excise and Customs (CBEC) is part of the Department of Revenue under the Ministry of Finance in India. CBEC wanted to reduce the number of manual tasks associated with processing import and export documents and lower costs. [09 Mar 2006]
Iris scans and passenger databases to protect UK borders
News The data will be matched against 'watch lists' held by the Immigration Service, Police and Customs and Excise. As a result of this massive increase in travel, coupled with the fear of international terrorism, the government wants to tighten and... [16 Feb 2006]
Taxman threatens to sue EDS for credits 'bodge job'
News HM Revenue and Customs, formerly the Inland Revenue and Customs & Excise, has repeated threats to take legal action against IT supplier EDS following further reports of tax credit botches and software errors amounting to £961m worth of write-offs. [11 Oct 2005]
"Nightmare" tax credits system slammed by MPs
News HM Revenue & Customs, the recently-merged Inland Revenue and Customs & Excise department, is considering its legal options after previous IT supplier EDS rejected a compensation claim for unsatisfactory system performance. [08 Sep 2005]
Balancing and Optimizing Trade Facilitation and Border Integrity: Strategies and Options for the Global Customs Agency Community
White Paper In addition to the normal roles, many Customs agencies have been given responsibility to administer all indirect taxes, including value-added tax (VAT) and excise duties. The dynamic, global economic, political and security setting creates... [23 Aug 2005]
IT not the only key to government efficiency
News He has identified a long list of challenges facing the combined tax entity, which came together from the merger of Customs & Excise and the Inland Revenue. HM Revenue & Customs CIO Steve Lamey, appointed to that post last September, said he was... [23 May 2005]
Lorry road-charging scheme pushed back to 2008
News The government had hoped to introduce the charging system by 2006 but the last progress report by HM Customs & Excise, which is running the project, said this has been pushed back to allow for a "comprehensive testing phase with thorough... [03 Mar 2005]
Government IT gets 'unfair' kicking
News Gershon said examples of success could be found in the rollout of new technology in JobCentre Plus, Customs and Excise undertaking one of the most complex IT projects in the world, and the development of NHS Direct. [07 Feb 2005]
BT lands £28.7m Customs IT contract extension
News BT has won a £28.7m extension to its contract to manage the HM Customs and Excise (HMCE) import and export system until said system is replaced in 2010. BT built the Customs Handling of Import and Export Freight (Chief) system back in 1989 and the... [06 Jan 2005]
