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RSS dwpDWP gets all Firefox friendly
News The Department for Work & Pensions (DWP) has pledged to make its websites compatible with as many browsers as possible, including the popular open source browser Firefox. Carl Mawson, the head of e-communications at the... [25 Aug 2005]
DWP to offshore IT jobs?
News According to a leaked government document dubbed "Offshoring Process", the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) is considering the use of private sector firms for jobs including IT, the Public and Commercial Services... [23 Jan 2006]
DWP CIO Joe Harley
Comment CIO jobs don't come much more challenging than at one of Whitehall's biggest central government departments, where staff refer to the work carried out by the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) as "the daily miracle". [27 Jul 2006]
DWP agrees £870m voice and data deal with BT
News The Department of Work and Pensions (DWP) is to spend £870m on voice and data networks over the next five years after consolidating the various historical deals it has with its supplier BT. This deal is the result of... [06 Dec 2005]
DWP agrees £400m printing deal
News The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has agreed a £400m, seven-year printing contract with a group of companies including Accenture, EDS and Xerox. David Smith, DWP commercial director, said the... [02 Feb 2007]
DWP to save millions from revamped EDS deal
News The Department of Work and Pensions (DWP) has slashed hundreds of millions of pounds from its IT spend through a "realigned" contract with EDS. The DWP said it will make substantial savings on its IT... [24 Aug 2005]
80,000 DWP computers fall over after upgrade
News Staff at the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) were unable to use their PCs this week after a routine software upgrade knocked out 80 percent of the PC in the sprawling department, which numbers some 100,000 employees. [26 Nov 2004]
The nine DWP projects that are 15 years behind schedule
News Nine major IT projects underway at the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) are collectively more than 15 years late. According to the DWP, the IT project with the longest hold-up is the Central... [21 Jan 2009]
The 11 IT projects costing DWP £1.6bn
News The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) is investing more than £1.6bn in various tech projects up to 2011. The DWP has revealed which IT projects are being worked on along with how much each one is... [24 Nov 2008]
Private dicks fined for data 'blagging' from DWP
News A firm of private investigators has found itself on the wrong side of the law after pleading guilty to unlawfully obtaining data from the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP). The company, Infofind, "blagged"... [24 Apr 2007]
"We don't need custom services, we don't need anything fancy"
Comment But the DWP is not without its share of tardy IT projects - a parliamentary question earlier this year revealed nine major IT projects are collectively more than 15 years late. The DWP deals with 20... [06 Apr 2009]
Mobile working project targets benefit fraud
News The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) is spending £4.1m in a project which could save £19m by slashing fraud and getting benefits to the needy faster. A new £3m in funding - on top of the £1.1m for phase one of the... [22 Mar 2006]
Government poaches top private-sector IT chief
News The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has snapped up the top IT executive from ICI Paints to head up its systems delivery group as director and CIO. Joe Harley is currently global CIO at ICI and will take over as... [07 May 2004]
New IT systems add to massive benefits losses
News New IT systems have increased the levels of benefit payments made in error by the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP). According to a 2003-04 report from the Public Accounts Committee (PAC), the DWP... [11 Oct 2005]
Whitehall fights to keep ID card cost report secret
News The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) is appealing against an order by the UK's data protection watchdog to release a secret report on the costs, benefits and risks of introducing ID cards in the UK. [06 Jul 2006]
