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Whitehall IT to be carbon neutral by 2020
News The government has announced plans to make Whitehall's computer systems wholly carbon neutral by 2020 by adopting various green IT strategies, including automatically powering down PCs, configuring virtual servers and selective deployments of thin... [17 Jul 2008]
Whitehall leaves e-councils £1.8bn short
News Local councils are being short-changed by Whitehall in the run up to the 2005 target for fully-fledged e-government services. Although Whitehall has pledged £350m to local councils so that they can bring all government services online, the figure... [05 Nov 2001]
BlackBerrys squashed by Whitehall data ban
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]
Whitehall staff banned from removing laptops
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]
Green dream fuels shift in Whitehall
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]
'Sloppy data' clouds Whitehall performance targets
News Whitehall is unable to say whether it has hit three-year performance targets because of poor data management. They are negotiated between Whitehall departments and the Treasury. The National Audit Office today reported that while many government... [23 Mar 2006]
Virus protection sucks £1m from the Whitehall coffers
News The deal covers most departments throughout Whitehall, such as the Treasury, the Prime Minister's Office, the Department of Trade and Industry and the Ministry of Defence. The UK government has bought anti-virus protection from MessageLabs in a... [21 May 2002]
SMEs winning more Whitehall business
News But Whitehall is trying to boost the number of SMEs that provide technology to the public sector in a bid to cut the dominance of large companies. Small businesses are winning a larger proportion of central government contracts than last year. [07 Dec 2005]
Now Whitehall signs up to desktop Linux trials
News Whitehall has again turned up the heat on Microsoft by announcing it will now trial Sun Microsystems' open source desktop package in a number of pilots across the public sector. Public spending watchdog the Office of Government Commerce (OGC) has... [09 Dec 2003]
£4.7bn Whitehall efficiency savings questioned
News The government's claims that it has achieved £4.7bn of efficiency savings have little evidence to back them up and should be taken "with a large pinch of salt", according to MPs. The government's efficiency and cost-cutting programme that came out... [20 Jul 2006]
Lack of "balls" in Whitehall will hinder ID cards
News Dame Pauline Neville-Jones, former chairwoman of defence technology and security company QinetiQ, has questioned the wisdom of the UK ID card scheme, saying the current government lacks "the balls" to make the scheme mandatory. [18 Oct 2005]
Whitehall laptop ban hits driving agency performance
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]
'Compulsory' e-government part of £15bn Whitehall review
News Plans to squeeze efficiency gains of up to £15bn out of the workings of government could see people forced to use e-government services, and an overhaul in the way departments and local authorities use and buy IT. [16 Feb 2004]
Linux loses out in Whitehall tech tussle
News As of last month, the Central Computer and Telecommunications Agency (CCTA), which oversaw the transfer of many government websites from Solaris to Linux in 1999, folded into the Office of Government Commerce (OGC). [16 May 2001]
100,000 hacker hits per day - Whitehall under siege
News The source, a former government intelligence expert, said that around 30 per cent of these are classified as "serious". These 30,000 attempted hacks involve an intelligent attempt to access government databases. [23 Mar 2001]
