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News A national geographical electronic database is now available for commercial use after all 376 English and Welsh local authorities signed up to supply data. Speaking to silicon.com Steve Brandwood, programme manager at the IDeA, said: "We've been...
[30 Apr 2008]
News Three-quarters of respondents said they are more worried about the safety of their personal information than before, with 53 per cent no longer confident in the ability of banks, local authorities or government departments to handle personal...
[19 Mar 2008]
News The government's snooping watchdog has issued its latest report revealing there were more than 253,000 requests to eavesdrop on individuals' communications in the last nine months of 2006 - including 1,694 requests by local authorities.
[30 Jan 2008]
News The survey covered 468 local authorities in England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales, along with a number of police forces. Local government IT spending is predicted to hit £3bn during 2007/8 - a nine per cent increase on the previous year.
[03 Jan 2008]
News The OS data takes into account the preferred haulage routes of local authorities, meaning drivers don't exacerbate local congestion problems. The data will be used in Tele Atlas' logistics system, which highlights the most appropriate routes for...
[21 Dec 2007]
News The consortium is made up of four local authorities - Dudley, Sandwell, Walsall and Wolverhampton - and co-ordinates various public, private and voluntary groups. The Black Country Consortium (BCC) is making technology a central part of its efforts...
[05 Dec 2007]
News In an EU-wide investigation - involving 15 national authorities - more than half of websites showed 'irregularities' relating to pricing, contract terms and clarity of conditions. The sweep checks were followed by an enforcement phase in which the...
[15 Nov 2007]
News The specifics of waste minimisation schemes would be up to local authorities, said the Defra spokeswoman. At present, local authorities are banned from doing any charging on waste, she said - so the aim of the bill is to give councils in England...
[31 Oct 2007]
News Two southwestern local authorities have signed a £400m deal to create a shared services joint venture with IBM. Jill Shortland, leader of Somerset County Council said the joint venture will help ease pressure on local government budgets.
[02 Oct 2007]
News So far, the council has saved £110,000 by catching out benefit cheats and it is possible the tech could be rolled out to other local authorities next year. Futuristic technologies and data security really grabbed the attention of readers in...
[28 Sep 2007]
News The DWP is arranging for other local authorities to trial the technology in the coming months. A Harrow Council statement said local authorities have a duty to catch fraudsters due to the financial restraints they face and the lie detector...
[03 Sep 2007]
News Meanwhile IT consultant John Wilson pointed out the government might be going after the wrong target: "It's about time the authorities stopped picking on the easy targets (the public) and got serious about the big polluters (industry).
[28 Aug 2007]
News UK households could soon be throwing their rubbish into high tech wheelie bins if local authorities are given the go-ahead to charge for the amount of waste produced. Using this information, local authorities could then charge households according...
[23 Aug 2007]
News According to the recruiter, another reason why some UK regions are bumping up their share of the new IT jobs is because local authorities and regional NHS trusts are increasing spending on external IT consultants, whereas central government...
[14 Aug 2007]
News Two UK local authorities have signed managed service contracts with Civica to support their respective education programmes. The local Partnerships for Schools will also work with Civica on the Sheffield BSF programme with the software company...
[08 Aug 2007]
News Thirteen local authorities - including Sheffield, Shrewsbury, Stratford-on-Avon and Warwick - ran trials for electronic voting, vote counting and voting in advance.silicon.com Public Sector The election watchdog made the recommendations as part of...
[02 Aug 2007]
News Plans for Atos Healthcare to operate a number of diagnostic services for Strategic Health Authorities (SHA) in the South West and North West of England have been halted. The Department of Health has given assurances that patients will not be...
[26 Jul 2007]
News It is expected that the total cost of implementing the system throughout all of the local authorities will cost the government £224m over three years and will involve each of them setting up teams to support data migration, matching and cleansing...
[17 Jul 2007]
News The survey covers details of software used by 343 local authorities - 78 per cent of the total in England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales, alongside information for 33 fire authorities, 28 police forces and 35 housing associations.
[13 Jul 2007]
News The Government Connect platform on which local authorities are developing online services for citizens should be canned because the benefits have not been sold to local authorities, added the local council IT director, and connections are...
[28 Jun 2007]
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