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Local authorities lack transformation skills
News Many local governments are well under way implementing initiatives under the Transformation Agenda outlined in the Varney Review published in 2006, but the majority feel they lack the in-house skills to deliver that... [30 Jul 2008]
Data sharing 'could sap public confidence'
News However, Sir David Varney, the Prime Minister's adviser on public-service transformation, said the nature of the data to be shared between government departments was still under discussion. Varney said:... [12 Nov 2007]
Taxman credits IT upgrade for online filing success
News HMRC chairman Sir David Varney said in a statement: "By managing the filing peak closely, enhancing our IT infrastructure and improving our system monitoring, we have successfully ensured that taxpayers have been able to... [03 Feb 2006]
Tax credit ID theft to be probed by Info Commissioner
News HMRC executive director David Varney told MPs before Christmas that he believed criminals had somehow obtained staff payroll records from the DWP. The UK's data protection watchdog has launched an investigation into the... [24 Jan 2006]
Taxman admits to "virulent" mass ID fraud
News HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) executive director David Varney told MPs at a Public Accounts Committee meeting this week that the online tax credits claim service had been targeted by "virulent" organised criminal gangs... [16 Dec 2005]
EDS coughs up £71m for tax credit IT fiasco
News HMRC chairman, David Varney in a statement: "We have achieved a settlement of this complex dispute with EDS agreeing to pay compensation. EDS is to shell out £71.25m to the UK government to settle the dispute over... [22 Nov 2005]
BBC wants £200m savings from £2bn outsourcing deal
News But BBC Technology CTO John Varney said it was about a good cultural fit with a supplier who "got what the BBC is" and not just about driving them down to unrealistic levels of savings. Varney was... [25 Feb 2005]
HM Revenue and Customs CIO named
News David Varney, HMRC executive chairman and until not long ago chairman of mobile operator mmO2, said in a statement: "IT will play a critical role in our ability to build an efficient new department. The CIO of the... [02 Sep 2004]
Auntie Beeb announces outsourcing winners and losers
News The second-round shortlist of eight has now been sliced to three, with John Varney, the BBC's CTO, saying in a statement that the shortlisted companies were picked because they have "shown [the] cultural alignment with... [06 May 2004]
£2bn BBC IT outsourcing race hots up
News John Varney, CTO of the BBC, said in a statement that the next stage of evaluation will not be just about technology expertise but also about "culture and fit" with the BBC. The BBC has revealed a shortlist containing... [06 Feb 2004]
£220m BBC tech ops up for sale
News John Varney, the BBC's CTO, told silicon.com's sister site ZDNet UK that the winning bidder will have to buy BBC Technology as part of the deal. This isn't a reflection on the quality of BBC Technology's work,"... [28 Nov 2003]
mmO2 bosses in £4m pay day
News Chairman David Varney and CEO Peter Erskine will both receive 1.72 million shares. The awards will be closely reviewed by shareholders, who have slammed the company's decision to award Varney and Erskine... [27 Nov 2001]
New bodies brought in to man BT spin-off
News Sukawaty joins chairman David Varney at the head of the compnay as it prepares to be spun-off later this year as part of BT's reorganisation. BT Wireless, the mobile phone unit of the UK incumbent telco, incorporating BT... [09 Jul 2001]
BT sells off the 'family silver'
News In related news, David Varney, who oversaw the demerger of British Gas, is to become chairman designate of BT Wireless later this month to guide the mobile arm through its own demerger. Varney said in a... [13 Jun 2001]
US inches closer to EU corporate privacy policy
News Christine Varney, partner at US law firm, Hogan and Hartson, agreed, and she noted that in the US there is simply an obligation on the part of consumers to read the privacy policies of each site they give personal... [08 Oct 1999]
