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RSS tax 1bnExclusive: HMRC names new CIO
News In the new role Pavitt, who featured on silicon.com's CIO50 list of the UK's most influential CIOs last year, will be expected to "transform customer service and improve compliance with the tax system, as well as enhance... [02 Jun 2009]
Taxman hunts for new CIO for £1bn IT dept
News Paye, National Insurance, child benefit and tax credits, which the Poynter report found increased the security risk by duplicating information. The new CIO will also be expected to "transform customer service and improve... [13 Jan 2009]
2008: The year in numbers
News The amount a government shared services initiative was supposed to save the public purse.m the amount it ended up costing the tax payer $1bn The value Steve Jobs reckons the iPhone App store will achieve [02 Jan 2009]
UK lines up £1bn in outsourcing despite downturn
News Productivity gains driving IT outsourcing Tax payer still owed millions by EDS Cheat Sheet: Offshoring Special Report: Inside India Outsourcing giant Satyam could close up to £1bn in deals in the... [20 Oct 2008]
Just one mega-deal as outsourcing contracts plummet
News Productivity gains driving IT outsourcing Tax payer still owed millions by EDS Cheat Sheet: Offshoring Special Report: Inside India The value of outsourcing deals has dropped two-thirds in Europe as demand from... [17 Oct 2008]
Indian outsource giants feeling the pinch
News Productivity gains driving IT outsourcing Tax payer still owed millions by EDS Cheat Sheet: Offshoring Special Report: Inside India India's outsourcing giants are suffering sluggish growth in contrast to record... [18 Jul 2008]
Aviva strikes $1bn BPO deal
News Productivity gains driving IT outsourcing Tax payer still owed millions by EDS Cheat Sheet: Offshoring Special Report: Inside India Insurance giant Aviva is to sell off its offshore operations and outsource... [11 Jul 2008]
"Mega" outsourcing deals decline
News Productivity gains driving IT outsourcing Tax payer still owed millions by EDS Cheat Sheet: Offshoring Special Report: Inside India Companies are shying away from outsourcing "megadeals" in favour of spreading... [11 Jun 2008]
HMRC tax credit system: Lost "almost £10bn"
News The cost of flaws in the UK's tax credit system has increased to almost £10bn according to the Liberal Democrats. The Her Majesty's Revenue & Custom's (HMRC) system to give a tax break to families has... [22 May 2008]
Tax payer still owed millions by EDS
News MPs have called on the government to take legal action against outsourcing giant EDS to recoup the millions of pounds the company still owes over the tax credits IT fiasco.silicon.com Public Sector In a settlement EDS... [05 Feb 2008]
Citigroup overhauls tech plans
News The banking firm expects to generate total savings of $10.4bn over the next three years as a result of the revamp, with the restructure estimated to cost over $1bn before tax in the first quarter of... [12 Apr 2007]
Leader: Heads should roll when gov't IT goes wrong
Leader And the stakes are high - just a two per cent improvement in the use of resources could save £8bn per year, the same as 2p off the basic rate of tax. In the old days, the saying was 'nobody ever got fired for buying IBM'. [07 Dec 2005]
Whitehall failing to learn from decade of IT disasters
News That is the same as 2p off the basic rate of tax or could buy 15 large hospitals. Government departments are failing to learn the lessons from previous failed IT projects and continuing to repeat the same mistakes,... [06 Dec 2005]
Councils could save £140m per year, says report
News The report said English councils annually collect around £18bn in council tax and pay £13bn in benefits, spending £1bn in the process. A government watchdog has said councils that share services and use... [10 Nov 2005]
Taxman threatens to sue EDS for credits 'bodge job'
News HM Revenue and Customs, formerly the Inland Revenue and Customs & Excise, has repeated threats to take legal action against IT supplier EDS following further reports of tax credit botches and software errors amounting to... [11 Oct 2005]
