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Maude Says G-Cloud Costs £4.93m
Cabinet Minister Says G-Cloud is making "good progress"
Individual Government IT Projects To Be Capped At £100m
Francis Maude aims to cut IT spending by capping costs
Oracle: Cabinet Office Deal to Save Taxpayers £75m
Oracle aims to break government silos in reduced data contract with Cabinet Office
Public And Private Sectors To Share More Customer Data In Fraud Clampdown
The government is expected to announce plans for more efficient data sharing to prevent £21 billion fraud each year
Government CIO, Harley Steps Down
Joe Harley, Government CIO responsible for new strategy will retire in 2012
Government Plans To Save £1.4bn With Online Services
Half government departments will be on public clouds in Francis Maude's plan to boost services and cut costs
Cabinet Office Approves Bristol’s Open Source Plans
The government's cyber security arm has given Bristol council the go-ahead to use open source software
UK Government To Dismantle NHS IT Programme
The world's largest public sector IT project has officially failed, but experts say nothing has changed
Salesforce’s Benioff Slates Government Cloud Efforts
Salesforce CEO told a conference in London that the UK government's cloud strategy is not up to scratch
Government Wants Open Standards To Be Royalty-Free
Francis Maude has confirmed that it will adopt royalty-free standards, to deliver a level playing field for open source
Mike Bracken Appointed Government Digital Director
The government's so-called “digital czar” has been appointed to improve its online presence
Government Cost-Cutting Plan Embraces Open Source
Cabinet minister Francis Maude says his new ICT strategy will save the government millions
Cabinet Office To Create A Central Information Store
Cabinet Office minister Francis Maude is bringing together all government data in the Public Data Corporation
‘Digital By Default’ Is Directgov’s Aim For Services
The Cabinet Office foresees delivering services digitally but concerns are being voiced for those without Internet skills
British Government’s IT Chief To Quit
At the end of this year, John Suffolk, the government’s CIO will step down before major projects are launched
Cameron Pledges £650m To Cyber Defence Strategy
Prime Minster David Cameron kicked off national cyber security funding with the announcement of a £650 million budget
Government Commits To Open Source Route
The government has confirmed that when costs are similar, it will opt to purchase open source rather than proprietary software
Government Pledges End To Public ‘Vanity’ Sites
The Government will axe three quarters of its websites as part of a cost cutting review by the Cabinet Office