pensions
RSS pensionsAccounting for Employee Benefits Under IFRS: An IFRS Publication
White Paper This paper highlights some of the significant differences between International Accounting Standard (IAS) 19 and US generally accepted accounting principles (US GAAP) for post-employment benefits, including pensions and... [13 Nov 2009]
National Pensions Office Improves Backup Processes With Automated Data Recovery Solution
White Paper National Pensions Office (NPO) wanted to guarantee permanent accessibility to pension data as a vital public service and optimize data backup times by providing the organization with a simple, secure, and fast process. [01 Oct 2009]
George Osborne
AS Profile Osborne's journey to the shadow cabinet saw him serve as a shadow minister in the Work and Pensions Department and a special adviser to Agriculture, Fisheries and Food under the John Major Conservative government in the... [29 Sep 2009]
Innovative Testing Academy Model for a Global Insurance Solutions Organization
White Paper The client needed a solution that would address the scalability and flexibility issues and would allow them to cope with the software development demands that are inherent in the life and pensions market. [22 Aug 2009]
Fujitsu techies may strike over pensions and pay
News IT workers at Fujitsu Services are being sounded out about a strike over pay and pensions, the UK's largest union said on Monday. Peter Skyte, Unite's national officer for IT and communications, said in the statement:... [04 Aug 2009]
IT security training now the 'substantial' task of GCHQ
News Twelve different government departments were represented [at the workshop], including the Department for Work and Pensions, the Home Office, HM Revenue & Customs, and the National Policing Improvements Agency," the... [01 Jul 2009]
HSBC brings business banking to iPhone
News Thanks to the new service, the bank's 325,000 business internet banking customers with an iPhone or iPod Touch can securely monitor their financial transactions, make payments of up to £100,000 per day, apply for overdrafts and set up... [24 Jun 2009]
Photos: What Brown's reshuffle means for tech
Photo Cooper will have her work cut out, after it was revealed earlier this year that nine major IT projects under the Department for Work and Pensions are collectively more than 15 years late. Yvette Cooper will oversee more... [10 Jun 2009]
Public sector CIOs: It's your time to shine
Comment In making their case to the board, CIOs should remember that public sector IT now has the benefit of a working model of standardised services, in the shape of the Department for Work and Pensions. An upcoming government... [08 Jun 2009]
Joe Harley
CIO Profile Joe Harley, IT director general and CIO at the Department for Work and Pensions, is responsible for one of the largest IT systems in the world. He also sits on the UK government's CIO Council. Harley has been CIO at the... [03 Jun 2009]
£650m ID card biometrics: IBM and CSC win contracts
News Biometric details for the National Identity Scheme will be held on the NBIS, while biographical details will be held on the Department for Work and Pensions database, a government source told silicon.com sister site... [08 Apr 2009]
ID cards to remain unreadable until next year
News We are in discussions with DWP [Department for Work and Pensions] about remote authentication for processing unemployment benefits and the like. The UK will have no way of reading the data stored on ID cards until next... [07 Apr 2009]
A public sector romance and 10 per cent UK headcount cut
News The company has also been bidding to deliver systems for the Department for Work and Pensions, HM Revenue and Customs, the Home Office and Ministry of Justice. Indian outsourcer TCS has cut its UK headcount by around 10... [07 Apr 2009]
"We don't need custom services, we don't need anything fancy"
Comment People and services are always on the mind of Joe Harley, the CIO of the Department for Work and Pensions. According to Harley, the latter transformation at least will be finished next year, even if wider Departmental... [06 Apr 2009]
Aviva slashes 1,100 jobs
News In recent years, the life and pensions provider has undertaken a series of major projects to simplify its operations and improve efficiency. Insurer Aviva is to cut IT jobs as it reduces its UK workforce by 1,100. [03 Apr 2009]
