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'Chip and Bin' dumped by council
News Councils wishing to participate will propose schemes and methods that they have devised, not us. A spokeswoman for the Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs said that it was South Norfolk's decision to adopt the microchip approach... [17 Jun 2008]
The Weekly Round-Up: 09.05.08
Round-Up The Voice Risk Analyser system will be piloted by another 15 councils following its success in seven areas of the country. A spokesman for the Department for Work and Pensions said the decision on whether to roll out the scheme nationwide would... [09 May 2008]
Lie detectors to hunt out benefit cheats
News The Voice Risk Analyser (VRA) system will be piloted by another 15 councils following its success in seven areas of the country. In Harrow, one of the first councils to trial the technology from May last year, it has already helped the council save... [07 May 2008]
Computer says 'No' - lie detectors trap benefit cheats
News The Capita VRA system is being trialled by 12 UK councils and works by detecting stress patterns - such as hesitation or changing of answers - in the voice of callers to indicate whether they might be lying. [18 Feb 2008]
UK's fastest supercomputer unveiled
News The procurement was managed by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council on behalf of UK Research Councils with some of the money coming from the Department of Innovation, Universities and Skills. [15 Jan 2008]
Chip and bin to combat climate change?
News At present, local authorities are banned from doing any charging on waste, she said - so the aim of the bill is to give councils in England the power to pilot schemes if they want to. Councils would have to meet certain criteria before being able... [31 Oct 2007]
City of Onkaparinga Reaps Rewards From IBM Global Financing
White Paper In July 1997, three councils merged to form South Australia's largest local government organisation. The new city's IT department wanted to deliver a platform that would provide a consistent level of service throughout the newly created... [06 Sep 2007]
Lie detector beats benefit fraud
News He said the DWP will "look at the evaluation results and see if it's viable, see if it's something to work on and see if other councils are interested in doing it". A spokesman for the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) - which funded the pilot... [03 Sep 2007]
Greater Manchester Councils Adopt Portal Solution to Extend Collaboration
White Paper The Association of Greater Manchester Authorities (AGMA) is a partnership between the 10 councils within the Greater Manchester Area and two associate members. In common with other councils throughout the U.K. [31 Oct 2006]
E-voting pilots on the way
News Some technologies, such as electronic counting, were trialled in 15 pilot schemes in 21 councils at this year's local elections but e-voting was ruled out because of security concerns. The Department for Constitutional Affairs is looking for local... [17 Oct 2006]
Funding holds back public sector mobile working
News But Nomad has only received £4m funding, which means cash-strapped councils are struggling to justify a business case for mobile working projects beyond very small scale pilots. Now there are 10 staff in the council's revenue and benefits... [12 Oct 2006]
Public sector IT chiefs back shared services push
News Meanwhile Sir Chris Clarke, implementation manager at the Improvement and Development Agency, warned: "For councils, I would say learn to co-operate, collaborate and share - or quite a few of you will be got rid of. [08 May 2006]
'Councils to be "local police" for ID card database'
News The Tories said: "This could mean that councils end up acting as the local police for the ID card agency, and track down those who fail to inform the state of their new address or new family circumstances. [09 Jan 2006]
Radioactive: Mobile email - get it right
Comment Billions of pounds have been spent on bespoke systems in countless councils, quangos and support agencies up and down the land. It's a scary job for any IT department but it will need to be faced sooner or later. [21 Dec 2005]
Cheat Sheet: E-government deadlines
Cheat Sheet John Prescott's department (the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister) has set a date of 15 December 2005 for councils to finish. Not only the internet - punters can sign up for text messaging services to find out about local authority housing for... [01 Dec 2005]
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