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NHS head defends major IT delays
News At a Public Accounts Committee hearing into the National Programme for IT committee member Richard Bacon MP questioned the extensive delays to Lorenzo. Six years into the national NHS IT programme (NPfIT) the Lorenzo care records systems have still... [18 Jun 2008]
Fujitsu to pay back NHS £67m
News The figure emerged during a Public Accounts Committee hearing into NPfIT, where there was disagreement between the NHS and Fujitsu over the reason for the collapse of its contract to deliver the care records systems in the south of England. [17 Jun 2008]
Taxpayer "lost" £90m on QinetiQ sell-off
News The taxpayer should have received another £90m following the deal, according to the parliamentary Public Accounts Committee (PAC), which backed the findings of a National Audit Office report criticising the way the MoD conducted the partial... [10 Jun 2008]
HMRC tax credit system: Lost "almost £10bn"
News The tax credit computer system, designed by EDS and now run by Capgemini, was recently condemned by spending watchdog the Public Accounts Committee for suffering "the highest rate of error and fraud in central government" and still losing about... [22 May 2008]
iPlayer: Download version coming to Macs
News Thompson admitted he had taken "quite a grilling" from MPs at a recent Public Accounts Committee over concerns that iPlayer focused on a Windows-based approach.iPlayer was initially launched in beta form last summer for Microsoft's Windows XP and... [08 Feb 2008]
Tax payer still owed millions by EDS
News EDS agreed it would pay £26.5m of the settlement when it was awarded new contracts by the government but a report by the parliamentary spending watchdog the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) has found the IT services company has repaid "little" of... [05 Feb 2008]
Government deal for 'best buy' telecoms suppliers
News Back in June, a Public Accounts Committee report criticised OGCbuying.solutions for not achieving better savings. The government has set up a bulk-buying framework agreement with key telecoms and networking suppliers aimed at securing discounts for... [02 Jan 2008]
Top 10 government IT stories of the year
News Spending watchdog, the Public Accounts Committee, raised concerns over the durability of these chips. Undoubtedly, the fall-out from HM Revenue & Customs' loss of two discs containing 25 million child benefit records has reverberated throughout the... [19 Dec 2007]
Doubts over £13.3bn government efficiency savings
News A report by the parliamentary spending watchdog the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) says there are question marks over £10bn - 74 per cent - of the £13.3bn savings claimed by the government. For example the Department for Work and Pensions claimed... [11 Oct 2007]
Gov't slammed for 'pro-Microsoft IT stance'
News John Pugh, who is MP for Southport and a member of the Public Accounts Committee, was speaking in an adjournment debate that he had called. A Liberal Democrat MP has launched a stinging attack on the government's IT strategy, saying it has given... [11 Oct 2007]
UK passports face massive price hike
News But a report by parliamentary spending watchdog the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) warns the cost could increase even more with the introduction of the second generation ePassports in 2009.silicon.com's A to Z of Biometrics [10 Oct 2007]
£1.5bn farm subsidy chaos: "Inept" planning blamed
News A report into the fiasco by Whitehall spending watchdog the Public Accounts Committee has found implementation of the project started before the final specification and regulations for the subsidy scheme were agreed by the European Commission... [06 Sep 2007]
Tech to suffer in Brown's new look Whitehall?
News The Public Accounts Committee could look at it from a cost point of view but from a science aspect? Parliamentary scrutiny of ID cards and other technological and scientific issues could be seriously undermined by the new administration's... [13 Jul 2007]
Child Support Agency IT woes continue
News The CSA is due to be replaced by the Child Maintenance and Enforcement Commission in 2008 but a report by parliamentary spending watchdog the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) has warned there will be no quick fix to the ongoing problems collecting... [05 Jul 2007]
BBC's £1.5bn outsourcing costs under fire
News In a report by parliamentary spending watchdog the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) it has now emerged the savings for the first year fell 38 per cent short of that figure at just £22m. The BBC's £1.5bn IT outsourcing deal with Siemens Business... [28 Jun 2007]
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