gov
RSS gov'Incompetent': The verdict on gov't prisoner database
News Parliamentary spending watchdog the Public Accounts Committee has branded the implementation of the National Offender Management Information System (C-Nomis) a failure. Chair of the PAC, Edward Leigh, said of the programme that was... [03 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AS Profile Obama and his tech team are committed to several challenging tasks, including the upgrading of out-of-date White House computer systems and making official data available on the data.gov website.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]
Brown enlists web father to open up gov't data
News Gordon Brown is bringing in the inventor of the web, Sir Tim Berners-Lee, to help open up government data. Brown made the announcement in Prime Minister's Questions on Wednesday, during a speech on constitutional reform. [10 Jun 2009]
