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Westminster computing put on size-zero diet
News With the government hoping to offset or reduce all the CO2 emissions produced by its fleet of half a million computers by 2012, IT is under more pressure than ever to go green. As a result, the public sector has "stopped eating pies and... [13 Nov 2009]
Parking in the West End goes contactless
News The three-month pilot, which is being conducted by Westminster City Council, will see around 20 parking meters equipped with the contactless readers. Photo credit: Westminster City Council) According to... [29 Oct 2009]
Who's afraid of malware? Four in 10 have never had a virus
News Conficker has in the past infected several public sector computer networks, including computer systems at Westminster. Despite an ever-increasing amount of malware in the wild, almost four in ten respondents to a... [05 Oct 2009]
Tom Steinberg
AS Profile Steinberg still dabbles in the Westminster affairs, recently co-authoring The Power of Information Review, on how the UK government can throw open official data to the public. Tom Steinberg's name might not immediately... [30 Sep 2009]
Is open source software finding a home in Whitehall?
News The policy has been attacked in some quarters for failing to provoke a shift to open source but Westminster insiders and some open source vendors claim that changes are starting to take place. The... [29 Sep 2009]
Westminster Dashboard for Child Protection Reduces Monitoring Time to Seconds
White Paper Westminster City Council has a national reputation in the United Kingdom for innovation in delivering services to a diverse community in central London. Its Children's Services Department wanted to improve performance... [01 Sep 2009]
Code red: Cash pleas for struggling home of codebreakers
News Bletchley Park is "only just managing to operate" at current staffing levels, according to Sue Black, head of the University of Westminster computing department, who campaigns for Bletchley Park. A Liberal Democrat MP... [24 Jul 2009]
Is it 999 for emergency services comms?
News They're delivered on the street and not just the high street - they're delivered from remote areas, in extreme conditions, we're mobilised 24/7 365 in all sorts of conditions whether it be weather, storm, flood, snow," Olaf Baars, the... [15 Jun 2009]
David Wilde
CIO Profile Before David Wilde joined Westminster City Council as CIO, he held a number of public sector roles, including head of ebusiness and head of internal and electronic communications for the Office of the Deputy Prime... [01 Jun 2009]
Microstrip Filters and Diplexers for WiMAX Applications
White Paper A broadband wireless access communications system is a rapidly expanding market. Such systems commonly employ filters and diplexers in microwave and mm-wave transceivers as channel separators. Hence there is an increasing demand for low... [23 Apr 2009]
£7.2bn savings: IT and back office feel the Treasury knife
News As well as backing increased use of outsourcing and shared services, the report recommends much tighter governance of IT projects, with ministers given regular updates on high risk projects, addressing recent concerns from... [22 Apr 2009]
Google Street View, dirty mobiles, Gen Y and a new iPhone
News Westminster insiders on why gov't IT is doomed It was also revealed this month that Westminster insiders believe government IT is doomed. A panel of chief civil servants and MPs concluded that... [03 Apr 2009]
Inbox: Government IT ignoring red lights?
Comment Westminster insiders on why gov't IT is doomed Westminster's approach to running large tech projects is akin to "trying to avoid a car crash by looking in the rear view mirror", a panel of chief civil... [30 Mar 2009]
Conficker virus hits Parliament PCs
News Computer systems at Westminster have been infected by the Conficker virus. The outbreak first came to light after an email by the parliamentary director of ICT was leaked online last night. Engineers at Parliament are... [27 Mar 2009]
Westminster insiders on why gov't IT is doomed
News Westminster's approach to running large tech projects is akin to "trying to avoid a car crash by looking in the rear view mirror", a panel of chief civil servants and MPs concluded today. John Hemming, member of the... [26 Mar 2009]
