local government cio
Westminster computing put on size-zero diet
News Chant, who is also the CIO for the Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS), believes the government has now laid the groundwork to trim the 460,000 tonnes of CO2 pumped out by Whitehall IT each year. [13 Nov 2009]
John Suffolk
AS Profile As the man with the burden of overseeing the annual public sector IT spend of £16bn, the importance of government CIO John Suffolk cannot be overstated. Suffolk and the CIO Council are... [30 Sep 2009]
Let's shine a light into the public sector IT money pit
Comment In his blog, government CIO John Suffolk echoes Read's calls for increased oversight. With such systemic failures of project management at the heart of local and central... [17 Aug 2009]
Offshoring: Is resistance weakening at Whitehall?
News Jos Creese, who sits on the government's CIO Council - a group of CIOs from across central and local government that discuss IT issues affecting the public sector - told... [03 Aug 2009]
Naked CIO: We need an offshoring tax
Comment The Naked CIO explains how. As a CIO I always hate when people argue against something without a solution from which to steer towards an alternative. I believe this places me in a situation where I can... [20 Jul 2009]
Naked CIO: Speak up for British jobs
Comment The Naked CIO says it's time to stop this trend before it permanently harms Britain. If you believe that what is happening to British jobs through increased offshoring in a time of economic stress is wrong, then please... [14 Jul 2009]
Naked CIO: The board must follow corporate policy
Comment Board members should be held accountable for email and internet usage, just as other staff are, says the Naked CIO. This will shield the CIO singularly from potential conflict in the case of senior staff... [06 Jul 2009]
How the £12.7bn NHS IT revamp came off the rails
News Fast forward to 2009, and the National Programme for IT (NPfIT) is facing a number of difficulties: key projects to digitise patient records are running four years late, two major suppliers have walked away from the NPfIT and the... [19 Jun 2009]
G-Cloud in the sky: The future home for gov't apps
News The CIO Council and UK IT trade association Intellect are currently developing a business case for funding the G-Cloud. In the government's Digital Britain report published yesterday, Carter said the... [17 Jun 2009]
Revealed: The UK's top technology executive
News John Suffolk, CIO, UK government Doran pulled in the most votes in the annual silicon.com CIO50, which is shaped by the UK's top business and technology executives voting for their CIO... [10 Jun 2009]
The silicon.com CIO50 2009 - how we did it
News This year, the list was shaped using the ballots of nearly three dozen of the UK's most prominent IT chiefs, including CIOs and IT executives who have featured in the list in previous years, as well as votes from members of silicon.com's... [10 Jun 2009]
Steve Palmer
CIO Profile As well as appearing in the CIO50 twice, Palmer also won the Public Sector CIO of the Year in the 2006 UK Technology, Innovation and Growth awards. Palmer has spent 20 years in senior direct service management positions... [03 Jun 2009]
Richard Steel
CIO Profile Steel has been with Newham since 1989 and as CIO oversees an IT infrastructure that supports services from housing to taxation. A key figure in local government IT, as well as having... [03 Jun 2009]
Kay Brown
CIO Profile She has also been a member of the Scottish Socitm committee for 10 years, as well as the British Computer Society and CITP and represents Scotland on the Local Government CIO Council.... [03 Jun 2009]
Joe Harley
CIO Profile He also sits on the UK government's CIO Council. Joe Harley, IT director general and CIO at the Department for Work and Pensions, is responsible for one of the largest IT systems in the... [03 Jun 2009]
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