online office government services
£68m 'snooping' database: Little impact on serious crime
News Powers to snoop on the UK's email and internet records will be of limited use in tackling serious crime, the government has admitted. Consultation papers released this week show the government wants to keep the "who", "when" and "where" of... [13 Aug 2008]
Microsoft readies online apps for business
News For $15 per month per person, the business productivity suite offers an Outlook-integrated Exchange Online for email and calendars, Office SharePoint Online collaboration, messaging via Office Communications Online, and Office Live Meeting video... [09 Jul 2008]
Revealed: Cyber crimefighting successes
News E-crime is not explicitly identified as one of Soca's priority areas - drug trafficking, organised immigration crime and fraud - as set by the government. Soca has also sent out 46 alerts to UK business, which included 11 alerts to UK financial... [15 May 2008]
Increased Online Revenues With Secure and User-Friendly e-Commerce Shopping Site for the Largest Retail Network in the UK
White Paper MindTree Consulting built a robust online shopping basket and an integrated Travel Money Card product for the largest post office network in Europe. Leveraging its competency in building e-commerce applications, MindTree designed a shopping basket... [28 Mar 2008]
Coventry City Council Cuts Overhead by US$414,000 by Migrating 24% of Spend to Online Purchasing
White Paper Coventry City Council provides local government services to 306,000 residents and businesses in the United Kingdom's eleventh largest city. The challenge was to cut back-office purchasing costs and leverage best value for US$258 million annual... [25 Mar 2008]
ID cards chief defends u-turn
News The head of Britain's ID cards project and national identity database has defended the government's revised ID card plans in the face of allegations of a u-turn after the project was scaled back. G is for Government IT [10 Mar 2008]
Suffolk Councils join up IT to save costs
Case Study CSD CEO Bridget Taylor said: "Effectively, we have two levels of government delivering services to the customer, who doesn't really care or understand which council delivers what. Clearly there are areas where the two organisations' services... [05 Feb 2008]
Driver e-services save £33m
News The online services for the DVLA, Driving Standards Agency (DSA) and the Vehicle and Operator Services Agency were singled out for praise in a report by public spending watchdog the National Audit Office (NAO). [16 Jan 2008]
Government deal for 'best buy' telecoms suppliers
News Mark Quartermaine, managing director of BT Government Services said in a statement: "It also benefits our customers, who will be able to select BT products and services from an online catalogue where the value for money credentials of the... [02 Jan 2008]
Debate ID cards 'or scrap them'
News Each government department using personal information should say how they are accessing personal information, while the powers of the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) should be strengthened, for example to include the ability to audit... [07 Dec 2007]
Web 2.0 and the public sector
Comment The move towards citizen-centric government takes on a new meaning when we have the facility for large-scale feedback and dialogue on government policies or on the quality of services. As we have seen with e-government services, public sector... [11 Oct 2007]
Government Gateway 2.0 looks to fatter future
News The online platform aims to promote joined-up government and help deliver e-services by enabling citizens and businesses to conduct transactions, such as filing tax returns and making driving licence applications, with government departments via... [03 Oct 2007]
ID cards-based criminal record checks 'are A-OK'
News The volunteers piloted two potential online services developed by the Identity and Passport Service (IPS) and the Criminal Records Bureau (CRB) which could be used to authenticate the identities and information of job applicants.silicon.com's A to... [01 Oct 2007]
Escape the data management minefield
Comment This increased volume of data coupled with a growing pressure to share services is simply part of the joined-up government ethos. And one that is getting increasingly difficult as more and more services go online and more data is stored. [13 Sep 2007]
BBC iPlayer row: The government speaks
News The response from the Prime Minister's office said: "The BBC Trust made it a condition of approval for the BBC's on-demand services that the iPlayer is available to users of a range of operating systems, and has given a commitment that it will... [07 Sep 2007]
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