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Met police in web 2.0 crime map mash up
News Southwark comes out as the most crime-ridden borough, with Hackney, Newham, Waltham Forest and Westminster all above average, according to the stats, while outlying suburban areas Bexley, Harrow, Merton, Kingston,... [18 Aug 2008]
Lie detectors to hunt out benefit cheats
News In Harrow, one of the first councils to trial the technology from May last year, it has already helped the council save more than £330,000 by exposing about 43 people on the wrong benefits. A lie detector test that has... [07 May 2008]
Computer says 'No' - lie detectors trap benefit cheats
News The Voice Risk Analysis (VRA) system has helped Harrow Council save £336,711 in benefit pay outs and stop 43 incorrect payments. Since Harrow began the £63,000 trial in May last year, more than a quarter... [18 Feb 2008]
Top 10 government IT stories of the year
News Harrow Council trialled voice recognition technology to test benefit claimers and saved £110,000 of benefit payments in three months. The year was dominated by stories about government-held personal data, whether that... [19 Dec 2007]
Stories of the Month - September 2007
News News that a successful pilot of lie detector voice recognition technology is being used to combat benefit fraud by Harrow Council in Greater London, was an example of innovative use of tech to tackle a common problem. [28 Sep 2007]
Lie detector beats benefit fraud
News Harrow Council in Greater London has been running the £63,000, year-long pilot of the voice recognition analysis (VRA) system since May to identify potentially fraudulent housing benefit or council tax discount claims. [03 Sep 2007]
London: Capital of laptop theft
News Harrow (247); 24= Enfield (237); 24= Waltham Forest (237); 26= Croydon (230); 26= Greenwich (230); 28. Worst London boroughs for laptop robberies Brent (23) Lambeth (22) Westminster (21) Newham (20) Southwark (20) [15 May 2007]
'Scrap lie detectors for benefit claimants'
News The Department for Work and Pensions last month announced a pilot of lie-detecting tech at Harrow Council, using voice risk analysis on would-be claimants to identify suspicious cases. Benefit claimants should not be... [04 May 2007]
Lie detector tech to snare benefit cheats?
News The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) today announced a pilot of the technology by Harrow Council which will use voice risk analysis on would-be claimants to identify suspicious cases. Benefit cheats could be caught... [05 Apr 2007]
Capita bags £100m Harrow council IT deal
News Capita has won a £100m deal with the London Borough of Harrow for a major overhaul of the council's IT systems as part of an ambitious business transformation initiative. Harrow insists it is not an... [29 Jul 2005]
Public sector going mad for outsourced IT spend
News The London Borough of Harrow has provided a recent example of this trend. New research shows that public-sector buying of outsourcing is concentrated more on IT outsourcing than business processes. The latest research... [29 Jun 2004]
Harrow set for £100m IT deal
News The London Borough of Harrow is looking for an IT partner to develop major new systems in a deal worth £100m over 10 years - but insists it is not looking to outsource the IT function. Harrow has issued... [18 Jun 2004]
Say Harrow to paying your council tax online
News Residents in Harrow, North London, will be able to review and pay their council tax bill online from today. Harrow Borough Council is claiming to be the first local authority in the UK to e-enable its... [28 Jan 2002]
Is your local authority an e-laggard?
News London Borough of Harrow Adur District Council Amber Valley Borough Council Aylesbury Vale District Council Barrow-in-Furness Borough Council Bracknell Forest Borough Council Brentwood Borough Council [05 Nov 2000]
British legal system goes automatic for the people
News Harrow Crown Court went live with the system yesterday, following pilot schemes in Bradford and Woolwich conducted over the past year. Harrow court manager, Stuart Hill, said: "We've had no problems with... [05 Sep 2000]
