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RSS dwp£3bn gov't IT contracts up for grabs
News Tech contracts worth a total of £3bn are up for grabs at the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) as part of plans for servicing and upgrading the organisation's entire infrastructure. Five IT contracts will be awarded over the next seven years... [01 Jul 2008]
Outsourcing - life after the contract
Comment With the recent news that the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has axed its £59m IT contract with Siemens - a contract that meant Siemens would have overseen the £110bn in payments made to 17 million people each year - the issue of public... [12 Mar 2008]
Computer says 'No' - lie detectors trap benefit cheats
News Only five per cent of people refused to use the VRA system when told of the pilot being run by the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP). A DWP spokesman said: "This technology will actually support customers and has the potential to improve the... [18 Feb 2008]
Can the government offshore with confidence?
Comment For example, as far as Joe Harley, CIO of the Department for Work & Pensions (DWP), is concerned, it is up to suppliers to decide how to deliver services and value to the client. He says: "DWP's job is to serve its customers and ensure that the... [14 Feb 2008]
BlackBerrys squashed by Whitehall data ban
News The Department of Health, Ministry of Justice, Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) and Ministry of Defence would not reveal how many portable devices were temporarily out of action but the Government Car and Despatch Agency has withdrawn 14 PDAs. [04 Feb 2008]
Lie detector beats benefit fraud
News A spokesman for the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) - which funded the pilot - told silicon.com the department will evaluate the technology when the trial is completed next May. He said the DWP will "look at the evaluation results and see if... [03 Sep 2007]
Child Support Agency IT woes continue
News The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP), to which the CSA belongs, is also criticised by the PAC for losing the ability to be an "intelligent customer" by outsourcing most of the CSA IT capability to EDS.silicon.com Public Sector [05 Jul 2007]
Failed: Seven out of 10 gov IT projects
News Seven in 10 government IT projects have failed, according to the chief information officer of the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP). Speaking at the Government IT Summit this week, Joe Harley called for projects to be completed at a lower cost... [18 May 2007]
Gov recruitment site gets record searches
News The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) is hailing the success of its recruitment website www.jobcentreplus.gov.uk after it received a record 6.5 million job searches in one week. According to the DWP, the site works with 275,000 employers to... [10 May 2007]
Private dicks fined for data 'blagging' from DWP
News A firm of private investigators has found itself on the wrong side of the law after pleading guilty to unlawfully obtaining data from the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP). The company, Infofind, "blagged" information on 250 individuals from... [24 Apr 2007]
Lie detector tech to snare benefit cheats?
News The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) today announced a pilot of the technology by Harrow Council which will use voice risk analysis on would-be claimants to identify suspicious cases. Benefit cheats could be caught out thanks to the... [05 Apr 2007]
Fraud-hit tax credits website to remain closed
News The HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) 'e-portal' was targeted by criminals who stole the identities and personal details of almost 13,000 staff at the DWP (Department for Work and Pensions) and Network Rail and exploited poor security and ID checks to... [19 Mar 2007]
DWP agrees £400m printing deal
News The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has agreed a £400m, seven-year printing contract with a group of companies including Accenture, EDS and Xerox. David Smith, DWP commercial director, said the deal will give the department "a streamlined... [02 Feb 2007]
How to slash £1bn from benefits bill - use IT
News In the 2005/06 financial year roughly £1.9bn was overpaid by the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) as a result of errors in the benefits system - with the complex nature of the rules governing the benefits system and poor IT integration among... [26 Jan 2007]
Biggest spenders on IT in government revealed
News The government spends more that £12bn per year on IT, with the NHS and the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) among the biggest spenders. The DWP spent £1.1bn on IT, more that HM Revenue & Customs, which spent £989m and the Ministry of Defence... [10 Jan 2007]
