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NHS names top tech tag team
News The Department of Health has named the new leadership team that will direct the future of the NHS National Programme for IT. Christine Connelly will become CIO for Health, focusing on developing and... [07 Aug 2008]
£18m National Identity Register deal awarded
News But a spokesman for the Identity and Passport Service said the department had confidence in the system that would be fully functional by the second half of 2009. A prototype of the UK ID card biometric database will be... [04 Aug 2008]
Flexible working: Gov't 'must do better'
News The Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills is leading the way with 100 per cent of staff given laptops for home working, but the Ministry of Justice has just four per cent of staff able to work from home,... [30 Jul 2008]
Leeds Council puts faith in Microsoft
News The agreement is already delivering benefits with a pilot project underway in the Children's Services department around secure joint working on document and case management files. Leeds City Council (LCC) is hoping to... [28 Jul 2008]
Ministry of Justice loses 45,000 records
News The MoJ has lost laptops, portable storage devices and papers containing information on recruits, offenders, court appellants and suppliers, the department's annual resource accounts have revealed. The details of 45,000... [25 Jul 2008]
First students graduate from IT 'business' degree
News McKibbin has secured a place on British Airways' IT Graduate Programme in Newcastle, to start this September; while Broom will take up a post with the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs,... [24 Jul 2008]
ISPs join file sharing crackdown
News The deal between ISPs and the music industry was reached under the guidance of the Department for Business Enterprise and Regulatory Reform and also includes the Motion Pictures Association of America. [24 Jul 2008]
Does open source pose a security risk?
News A May study funded by the US Department of Homeland Security praised improvements in open-source security. The security practices of open-source IT developers should lead enterprises to think twice... [22 Jul 2008]
UK youths going mobile web crazy
News Professor Leslie Haddon of the Media and Communication Department at LSE said the lower figure for mobile social networking use compared to email reflects the latter's longer established presence in the market. [17 Jul 2008]
Defra to ditch desktops and PDAs
News A Whitehall department wants to scrap desktop and handheld computers in favour of lone laptops. The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) hopes to cut power bills and CO2 emissions... [16 Jul 2008]
'Greedy' appliances to power one million homes
News Efficiency improvements to the greediest home appliances - including power supplies for laptops, mobile phones and printers - can save enough energy to power 1.5 million homes, according to the Department for... [14 Jul 2008]
Businesses have mixed feelings on IM
News These include the potential for confidential information to be sent out of the company as well as users downloading software without the knowledge of the IT department. Businesses are shying away from... [11 Jul 2008]
3G iPhone - the business perspective
News Email is the lifeblood of businesses so Exchange support certainly removes a major barrier preventing many senior execs from clipping iPhones to their belts - at least, provided they can talk their IT... [10 Jul 2008]
NHS data handling: Calls for independent audits
News She said the Department of Health had issued guidance to the local strategic health authorities urging them to consider bringing in independent auditors to examine health trusts. The department has asked... [07 Jul 2008]
ICO: Data breach law moves closer
News The Department of Health recently revealed that many trusts were unlikely to complete encryption of personal data for several months. The UK's privacy watchdog says the country is a step closer to getting a law forcing... [03 Jul 2008]
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