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News A National Audit Office (NAO) report into the £7.1bn Tim Burr, head of the NAO, said in a statement: "The programme has run into difficulties and further concerted action will be needed to increase the rate of roll out of terminals and to deliver... [04 Jul 2008]
Reports in full: HMRC and MoD data breaches
News The inquiry focused on two National Audit Office (NAO) audits that took place between December 2006 and March 2007 and between September and October 2007 relating to two separate audits of the department's £10bn expenditure on child benefit. [26 Jun 2008]
Timeline: HM Revenue & Customs data blunder
News An earlier audit by the National Audit Office (NAO) in March 2007 identified many of the issues that would contribute to the loss of the discs, and in October four copies of the data discs were produced before a set managed to get through to the NAO. [26 Jun 2008]
HMRC and MoD face action over data blunders
News The Poynter report said: "The data loss incident arose following a sequence of communications failures between junior HMRC officials and between them and the National Audit Office (NAO). Increased scrutiny: Departments will report on their... [25 Jun 2008]
£81m cost of botched gov't shared services
News The figures were revealed in a scathing report by public sector spending watchdog the National Audit Office (NAO), which slammed government efforts to introduce shared services. The NAO report points to inadequate contract management and poor... [23 May 2008]
Health care records service delayed
News According to a spokeswoman for the NAO, patient care will not be affected, as the regions' health authorities have their own records systems up and running and will have to use an interim application until Lorenzo is completed. [16 May 2008]
IT at fault: Millions pay wrong tax amount
News The report by the National Audit Office (NAO) found that up to £880m in pay as you earn (Paye) taxes had not been collected each year, while other taxpayers had overpaid by up to £340m. He pointed to the NAO's findings that the HMRC calculates the... [02 Apr 2008]
Driver e-services save £33m
News The online services for the DVLA, Driving Standards Agency (DSA) and the Vehicle and Operator Services Agency were singled out for praise in a report by public spending watchdog the National Audit Office (NAO). [16 Jan 2008]
Police seek full costs of HMRC CD search
News At the investigation's peak, 47 detectives from the Met's Specialist and Economic Crime Command were charged with searching for the two CDs that went missing in October last year after a junior official at the HMRC sent them unrecorded in the post... [14 Jan 2008]
A third of gov't data systems need improvement
News A report by the National Audit Office (NAO) into the quality of government data systems said although these systems were broadly appropriate, 35 per cent need strengthening to be resilient enough for purpose. [20 Dec 2007]
HMRC email rejected filtering of sensitive data
News Emails released by the National Audit Office (NAO) reveal HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) did not strip out bank account and other sensitive details contained on the two CDs that have gone missing because of the extra cost it could have incurred. [23 Nov 2007]
HMRC data blunder to sink ID cards?
News They were posted by a junior HMRC official through its internal mail provider TNT to the National Audit Office (NAO) on 18 October. An anonymous silicon.com reader from Hove said the episode involves "procedural and supervision failures" both at... [22 Nov 2007]
How did 25 million records get 'lost in the post'?
News The timeline of events shows the National Audit Office (NAO) requested the National Insurance numbers of everyone on the child benefit database from HMRC in March and a junior HMRC official - ignoring standing procedures relating to the security... [21 Nov 2007]
Public sector wastes millions on IT disposal
News Public sector bodies are wasting around £70m each year by failing to regularly replace their IT equipment, according to a National Audit Office (NAO) report. Head of the NAO, John Bourn, said the government needs to better understand the trade-offs... [31 Jul 2007]
Why do public sector projects fail?
Comment An investigation by the National Audit Office (NAO) found that 'go live' of the system had been authorised, despite the CSA and its supplier being aware that there were 52 defects within the system. The NAO branded the project, "one of the worst... [24 Jul 2007]
