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Blair names new IT supremo
News Macdonald replaces Ian McCartney as minister for the Cabinet Office and Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, reporting directly to the Prime Minister on the reform of public services, regulatory changes and the progress being made in e-government. [12 Jul 2001]
Cabinet-level minister a must for modern e-government
News Currently the responsibility for rolling out e-government is split between Cabinet Office minister Ian McCartney, e-envoy Andrew Pinder and DTI minister Patricia Hewitt, all of whom have other responsibilities vying for their time. [06 Mar 2001]
E-government chiefs moved up north
News Government CIO Ian Watmore is not one of the officials moving but a Cabinet Office spokeswoman said that he will use the offices. Part of the business plans is to move more people over time, a Cabinet Office spokeswoman told silicon.com. [18 Nov 2005]
Hunt is on for new government CIO
News A Cabinet Office spokesman said a replacement for Watmore would be discussed at the next CIO Council meeting in early January. He will continue to report directly to the cabinet secretary, Sir Gus O'Donnell, and will continue to have managerial... [15 Dec 2005]
Shared services 'about more than cost savings'
News As a first move, Watmore said the Cabinet Office will join services with another big department as an example and the hope is that the rest of Whitehall will follow the departments' lead. In the case of the Cabinet Office, if it were to merge back... [30 Apr 2007]
Your data at risk from 'Big Brother' Blair
News A Cabinet Office spokesman said: "We're not arguing for this as the only solution here. FIPR's Andersen criticised the government for deliberately not publicising the publication of the report, an allegation the Cabinet Office firmly rejected as... [12 Apr 2002]
Can new strategy stop government IT disasters?
News This month, the Cabinet Office unveiled new plans to transform all IT in the public sector. This is all part of chief government CIO Ian Watmore's plan, in which work will continue well into next decade to modernise the public sector. [17 Nov 2005]
Application rejected: Siemens blamed for Immigration Office fiasco
News Only six weeks ago Cabinet Office minister Ian McCartney hailed the government's success at improving its IT record. As far back as March 1999, the National Audit Office (NAO) criticised the project for being "too ambitious", claiming the... [15 Feb 2001]
The McCue Interview: UK Government CIO Ian Watmore
Comment Watmore has moved into the space vacated by the outgoing e-Envoy, Andrew Pinder, at the Cabinet Office's e-Government unit in London. In particular what I want to do at the centre is to get a small team of heavy hitters in to join the Cabinet... [16 Feb 2005]
BT loses flagship contract for second time
News The telco was forced to re-tender for the contract after its original deal expired in September and renewal negotiations with the Cabinet Office broke down. But in a bitter blow the Cabinet Office announced today that it has chosen Loudcloud instead. [15 Nov 2001]
Eurim calls for cabinet level e-government paragon
News Launching Eurim's report - A Shock to the System - Joined Up Electronic Government - at the House of Commons today, Ian Bruce MP, chairman of Eurim, said that without a cabinet minister driving change at the highest level, the office of the e... [24 Oct 2000]
Wanted: Government CIO
News A spokeswoman for the Cabinet Office told silicon.com: "The shortlist interviews will be in late February and early March. The Cabinet Office denied rumours that David Myers, director of the government's Shared Services Programme, was ready to take... [30 Jan 2006]
£1.8m injection for e-government one-stop-shop
News The Cabinet Office has launched a £1.8m marketing campaign to promote its one-stop-shop public services website, direct.gov.uk. The move comes as the Cabinet Office released its own research that said despite there being more than 75 million... [06 Mar 2006]
Whitehall culls call centres for digital push
News Digital television and text messaging are to replace a large number of government call centres and websites in a bid to improve public services, the Cabinet Office announced today. The Cabinet Office (CO) said the changes would provide better... [02 Nov 2005]
Confusion 2000: The betrayal of Gwynneth Flower
Comment The Cabinet Office has also distanced itself from Flower's comments. The varied predictions from Action 2000, the Cabinet Office and Taskforce 2000 simply don't add up. Ian Hugo, editor of Millennium Watch, reported on the state of the government's... [18 Dec 1998]
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