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News Government IT is undergoing a major shift as Whitehall attempts to revolutionise its approach to green computing. Two government departments - Her Majesty's Revenue & Customs (HMRC) and the Highways Agency showcased their environmental credentials...
[09 May 2008]
News The government ban on the movement of encrypted data triggered a performance slump at the UK's driving safety agency and forced it to temporarily revert from electronic to paper-based processes. The Vehicle and Operator Services Agency (Vosa) saw...
[04 Apr 2008]
News A Whitehall-wide ban on the movement of unencrypted data was imposed in the wake of the MoD losses. Scores of "data guardians" have been employed to protect HM Revenue & Customs from a repeat of the child benefit data scandal.
[29 Feb 2008]
News Governmental departments have suffered a spate of laptop thefts in recent years, recently leading to a Whitehall-wide ban on the movement of unencrypted data. Security from A to Z Click on the links below to find out more.
[29 Feb 2008]
News BlackBerrys squashed by Whitehall data ban Spring is almost in the air but something else taking off this month was news Nasa is planning to build a mobile phone network on the moon. Clearly current levels of demand for mobile coverage on the big...
[28 Feb 2008]
News Disappointed with Whitehall's response to its Personal Internet Security report of last year, the House of Lords Science and Technology Committee is following up with a new inquiry. The government has failed to address important concerns about...
[22 Feb 2008]
News He said nearly all MoJ laptops are now being encrypted in the wake of the Whitehall-wide ban on the movement of unencrypted data imposed following the Ministry of Defence data loss last month that resulted from a stolen laptop.
[19 Feb 2008]
News There is also an ongoing review of data-handling procedures in Whitehall, which the spokesperson said is exposing more data-loss incidents. Security from A to Z Click on the links below to find out more.
[18 Feb 2008]
News Government BlackBerrys and PDAs have been grounded by the Whitehall-wide ban on the movement of unencrypted personal data. The Cabinet Office confirmed that any government electronic device, even down to a mobile phone, would have to have any...
[04 Feb 2008]
News Whitehall staff banned from removing laptops HM Revenue & Customs admitted it was forced to cough up £2.25m to send out letters of apology to the 25 million people whose records it lost on two CDs and the theft of a Ministry of Defence laptop...
[30 Jan 2008]
News All Whitehall staff have been banned from removing laptops containing unencrypted personal data from offices in the wake of the Ministry of Defence (MoD) data loss.silicon.com's Full Disclosure campaign - what we are asking for.silicon.com wants...
[22 Jan 2008]
News The folk in Whitehall also launched a fast-track graduate scheme to unearth the next generation of IT leaders - to help deliver large scale IT-enabled business change. Age-old debates turning up the volume this year include the IT skills shortage...
[17 Dec 2007]
News Encryption certainly seems to be the buzzword of the month - it could have saved a lot of red faces in Whitehall if only those HMRC CDs had been encrypted. This month started with an iPhone bang and ended on a data-loss whimper as the UK suffered...
[29 Nov 2007]
News In the Cabinet Office building on Whitehall, the modern foyer soon gives way to older tiled corridors and offices looking out into Admiralty Arch and Horse Guards' Parade. And the department's CIO Peter Court has a similar task of bolting on a...
[25 Oct 2007]
News Gillian Merron, the minister for transformational government, said the scheme is designed to make sure the UK's best graduates have the chance to apply their skills to Whitehall's "complex and exciting" tech projects.
[18 Oct 2007]
News The Climate Change Bill has already been drafted by Whitehall and will create legislation that aims to reduce UK carbon dioxide emissions by 60 per cent through domestic and international action by 2050.
[12 Oct 2007]
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]
News Parliamentary scrutiny of ID cards and other technological and scientific issues could be seriously undermined by the new administration's reorganisation of governmental departments, according to members of a crucial committee.
[13 Jul 2007]
News A report by Whitehall spending watchdog the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) found the public sector spent £2.8bn on consultants for the financial year 2005/2006, a rise of £700m in just two years. The government's annual bill for using external...
[19 Jun 2007]
News The CIO council is headed by government CIO John Suffolk and includes senior board-level IT representatives of all major Whitehall departments. But in its Delivering successful IT-enabled business change report, Whitehall spending watchdog the...
[05 Jun 2007]
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