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RSS govUK ID cards rollout hit by delay as launch date revealed
News The missed deadline is laid out on the ID cards section of the government's public information website, Direct.gov.uk, which reads: "Identity cards will be issued in selected locations first, starting in the Greater... [16 Nov 2009]
UK web snooping plans: Full steam ahead
News For more on the outcome of the consultation, and the government's plans, see Gov't stands firm on web-monitoring plans on ZDNet UK. The UK government has confirmed it intends to push ahead with plans to monitor the UK's... [11 Nov 2009]
Tax-refund phishing scams hit an all-time high
News Anyone who receives a tax refund phishing email is encouraged not to open it, send it to phishing@hmrc.gsi.gov.uk for investigation and then delete it from their computer. The number of scam emails offering fake tax... [16 Oct 2009]
Barack Obama
AS Profile Obama and his tech team are committed to several challenging tasks, including the upgrading of out-of-date White House computer systems and making official data available on the data.gov website. US President Barack... [08 Oct 2009]
Preparing for IPv6 - Assuring the Self-Defending Network: Today and Tomorrow
White Paper Building a Self-Defending Network to reduce risk through greater automation of information security is critical to delivering next generation e-gov solutions while improving FISMA scores. Yet organizations often lack... [01 Oct 2009]
Vivek Kundra
AS Profile To this end the administration has begun building a cloud infrastructure for IT services with the launch of the new Apps.gov site, which is a clearing house for business, social media and productivity applications, as... [30 Sep 2009]
White House looks to the cloud for IT cost-cutting
News That is why the administration is now committed to a policy of reducing infrastructure spending and instead relying on existing systems, at least as much as is possible given security considerations, Kundra said.photo credit:... [17 Sep 2009]
Code red: Cash pleas for struggling home of codebreakers
News A Liberal Democrat MP has asked the government for funding for Bletchley Park, the home of UK codebreaking during World War II. In an early day motion filed on Monday, MP Phil Willis called on the government "to provide operational... [24 Jul 2009]
Voice, video, data: £1bn gov't telecoms contract up for grabs
News A £1bn contract to provide telecoms equipment across the public sector has been put out to tender. Central and local government departments, NHS organisations and other public bodies will be provided with telecoms goods, services and... [10 Jul 2009]
'Get the raw data out there ASAP': Berners-Lee
News World wide web inventor Sir Tim Berners-Lee has published advice as to how more government data can be made available online. In a paper on Thursday, Berners-Lee said the government should "start with low-hanging fruit", by publishing... [26 Jun 2009]
Whitehall IT to pack its bags for pastures new?
News With predictions that a £50bn cut in public services spending is needed by 2020, senior Whitehall figures have indicated that they're open to an increased offshoring of government IT. According to Alexis Cleveland, director of... [24 Jun 2009]
Food and Drug Administration and the Google Search Appliance
White Paper The FDA was running an older search engine for its public site at www.fda.gov with mixed results. The FDA is a scientific, regulatory and public health agency that works to ensure the safety, efficacy, and security of... [22 Jun 2009]
G-Cloud in the sky: The future home for gov't apps
News Communications minister Lord Carter has said that "substantial savings" can be made in public spending by building a government-wide cloud computing platform. In the government's Digital Britain report published yesterday, Carter said... [17 Jun 2009]
Signing off a gov't IT contract? Don't move a muscle
News All major public sector IT purchases should receive the government CIO's stamp of approval before being signed off, according to the government Digital Britain report. The report, published today, comes after a series of government... [16 Jun 2009]
3Com Global Services Bolsters Network Infrastructure at Scottish Schools
White Paper Dumfries and Galloway (D&G: http://www.dumgal.gov.uk) is a rural Education Authority in southwest Scotland. To rectify the situation, D&G sought a robust, reliable, fully integrated network capable of delivering Gigabit... [12 Jun 2009]
