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Green dream fuels shift in Whitehall
News Two government departments - Her Majesty's Revenue & Customs (HMRC) and the Highways Agency showcased their environmental credentials at the Green IT 08 event. A is for AbroadB is for BladesC is for Carbon footprintD is for Data centresE is for... [09 May 2008]
IT at fault: Millions pay wrong tax amount
News Her Majesty's Revenue & Customs has promised to fix its computer systems after it was found to have incorrectly taxed up to five million UK citizens. The NAO said in its report that IT systems were "not well suited to the efficient administration... [02 Apr 2008]
Stories of the month - January 2008
News HM Revenue & Customs admitted it was forced to cough up £2.25m to send out letters of apology to the 25 million people whose records it lost on two CDs and the theft of a Ministry of Defence laptop containing 600,000 records prompted a ban on all... [30 Jan 2008]
Whitehall staff banned from removing laptops
News Sir Edmund Burton, chairman of the Information Advisory Council, is examining weaknesses in the MoD data security procedures and there is an ongoing cross-government review of data handling following HM Revenue and Customs' loss of 25 million... [22 Jan 2008]
Top 10 security stories of the year
News After losing an unencrypted CD containing the personal pension details of 15,000 people, HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) went on to lose the details of 25 million child benefit recipients after two password-protected CDs were sent unrecorded and... [13 Dec 2007]
Stories of the month - November 2007
News This month started with an iPhone bang and ended on a data-loss whimper as the UK suffered its largest-ever data breach thanks to Her Majesty's Revenue & Customs (HMRC) misplacing 25 million child benefit claimants' records. [29 Nov 2007]
Are UK data laws fit for purpose?
News The UK's data protection laws have been branded 'unfit for purpose' in the wake of the loss of CDs containing 25 million records by HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC). He said: "Every organisation has the same concern over access to data - how little... [23 Nov 2007]
Steve Lamey
CIO Profile Steve Lamey took on one of the biggest and most challenging IT jobs in government when he became CIO of the newly merged HM Customs and Excise and Inland Revenue departments in October 2004. What they say about him: "Steve has a great style which I... [06 Jun 2007]
Contractor rates to be hit by tax changes?
News The consultation also proposes that when HM Revenue & Customs can't recover unpaid tax from the MSC then third parties such as recruitment agencies would be liable for the bill. A separate study by RM claims almost half (44 per cent) of IT workers... [18 Jan 2007]
£75m IT bill for Customs and Inland Revenue merger
News The merger of HM Customs & Excise and the Inland Revenue will cost an initial £75m over the next two years, with a large chunk taken up by the IT integration. The government has formally published the Commissioners for Revenue and Customs Bill... [25 Nov 2004]
'Compulsory' e-government part of £15bn Whitehall review
News An awful lot of these systems, with regard to trying to communicate with the Inland Revenue and Customs & Excise, need to be sorted out. IT functions could also be brought across government departments with common interests; and thousands of junior... [16 Feb 2004]
Chinese "slaves" forced to counterfeit software
News The US Customs Service has arrested front man, Hung Lin Wu, who allegedly ran two Los Angeles businesses that were part of a major software piracy operation. The US economy loses 130,000 jobs annually to piracy, and costs developers and resellers... [13 Sep 1999]
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