government and information
Ministry of Justice loses 45,000 records
News The MoJ didn't notify more than 30,000 of the 45,016 affected by the data breaches, first when MoJ supplier records were compromised in June 2007 and then when the names, addresses, birth dates and alleged offences relating to 3,648 people were... [25 Jul 2008]
Leveraging Content Integration for Improved Customer Service
White Paper In an increasingly online world, customers, partners and other constituencies are demanding more and better customer service from vendors and government institutions. Yet, these organizations have found that despite significant investments in... [23 Jul 2008]
Police to get thousands more mobiles
News Richard Earland, CIO of the NPIA, said reducing the bureaucracy burden on police officers is a key theme of the government's policing Green Paper, published last week, and of the independent Flanagan Review of Policing which, among other things... [22 Jul 2008]
FileVision Makes Document Management Elementary for Cholmondeley Children's Home in New Zealand
White Paper Verifying applications for funding, particularly to Government agencies, requires much higher levels of flexibility and accountability than Cholmondeley could provide from the existing paper-based system. [18 Jul 2008]
FileVision Paves the Way for Hart County Roads
White Paper With a population of 23,000, the Hart County Georgia Government has approximately 160 employees to run the county's municipal system, manage public works and maintain a safe environment for the beautiful town set in the foothills of northeast... [18 Jul 2008]
Bulletproof Security Without Compromising Functionality
White Paper For over 50 years PinkRoccade has provided ICT (Information & Communication Technology) services in information intensive sectors, such as finance, government, health care and manufacturing. They wanted to provide a brand new kind of service, which... [18 Jul 2008]
Questys Solutions Case Study: Mariposa County Building Department
White Paper The Department looked at several leading vendors and chose Questys Solutions based on its user-friendly interface and the ease of integration with their existing H.T.E.government information technology systems. [18 Jul 2008]
Privacy watchdog to get power to raid
News The government launched its consultation on the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) powers and funding following the Data Sharing Review, which recommended that the ICO be given more money and authority to fine organisations for "reckless... [17 Jul 2008]
Photos: How to destroy your hard drive
Photo This method is recommended by the National Security Agency in the US for military and government hardware. Military and security service personnel wanting to avoid information getting into the wrong hands are able to make their hard drives explode. [17 Jul 2008]
Defra to ditch desktops and PDAs
News Government CIO John Suffolk is expected to launch a national green IT strategy at the end of this month. A Whitehall department wants to scrap desktop and handheld computers in favour of lone laptops. [16 Jul 2008]
Privacy chief fights UK-wide database
News A database of all calls, emails and internet traffic, to be stored by the Home Office for at least 12 months, is thought to be included under proposals for "modifying procedures for acquiring communications data" in the draft Communications Data... [15 Jul 2008]
UK failing to respect computing heritage
News John Suffolk UK government IT chiefs have hit out at the lack of respect the UK as a nation gives to its computing heritage following the mothballing of the Museum of Computing in Swindon.silicon.com asked a number of CIOs whether the UK made the... [15 Jul 2008]
iPhone 3G, terrorists and tech, file sharers vs ISP
Comment With Data and information leaks from secure and government facilities being highlighted continually, do we really think this data will remain any more secure? Is this just another way to try and justify the government's wish to monitor all email... [15 Jul 2008]
UK must overhaul data sharing rules
News Whitehall has neither the framework nor the leadership to properly protect the public's personal data, a review by Information Commissioner Richard Thomas and Mark Walport, director of the Wellcome Trust has found.silicon.com's Full Disclosure... [11 Jul 2008]
Borland Software Case Study: Cybersoft Information Technologies
White Paper Cybersoft is the leading software house in Turkey, specializing in enterprise-scale information system development projects for e-government and financial services. The company wanted to increase the quality of services presented to taxpayers and... [11 Jul 2008]
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