Public Sector IT

Met Police To Replace Core IT System

The Metropolitan Police Service is set to begin procurement of an integrated system to replace its core IT functions

10 years ago

Labour Manifesto Makes Broadband, Open Data And Mobile Coverage Pledges

Labour says the UK's strengths in digital technology can help economic growth and revamp public services

10 years ago

UK Conservative Party Forks Out £100k A Month On Facebook

Money can’t buy you happiness, but the UK Conservative party seems to think it can buy voter confidence.

10 years ago

Department Of Work And Pensions Seeks New CTO

The Department for Work and Pensions is seeking a leader to take leadership on all technology delivering services to citizens

10 years ago

Staffordshire Cops To Get Tablets In £500,000 Rollout

The devices are intended to reduce the time spent in police stations filling out paperwork

10 years ago

Home Office Locked Into £330m Oracle Contract

The Home Office is obliged to continue paying Oracle for ERP services until 2016, even as it signs a cost-cutting…

10 years ago

MPs Withdraw Backing From Post Office Fraud Row Mediation Scheme

More than 140 MPs said they can no longer support the Post Office's mediation scheme for sub-postmasters who say computer…

10 years ago

Liverpool Looks To Renew ICT Services After BT Joint Venture Cancelled

After deciding to take back control of the services previously outsourced under Liverpool Direct Limited, the City Council has advertised…

10 years ago

Government Launches Digital Marketplace And G-Cloud 6

The government is looking to streamline all public-sector procurement into a single tool with Digital Marketplace

10 years ago

Defra Responds To Farmers’ Anger Over Verification Scheme

GOV.UK Verify is proving difficult to use for the farmers upon which Defra is testing it

10 years ago

Government Gives Job Centres Digital Facelift

Signing-on will be carried out using digital biometric pads, with free Internet access to be provided at Job Centre Plus…

10 years ago

G-Cloud Sales Pass £314m

Central government continues to drive G-Cloud sales, but local authorities are making more purchases

10 years ago

TechNorth Aims To Repeat Tech City UK Success

The Deputy Prime Minister has launched TechNorth, an extension of Tech City UK that will aim to coordinate existing ICT…

10 years ago

British Teens ‘Being Short-Changed’ When It Comes To Digital Skills

Two thirds of students feel that the current curriculum is not developing their digital skills for the workplace

10 years ago

NHS Data-Sharing Programme Set For Pilot

Controversial care.data programme is to be tested in four areas to help allay confidentiality fears

10 years ago

Lloyds Set To Axe ‘Thousands Of Jobs’

The taxpayer-owned banking group is to reduce staff through greater automation, in a plan to be announced at the end…

10 years ago

IET: Local Authorities Can Use IT To Cut Transport Costs

Connected devices, cloud computing and big data can all help improve transport systems and cut costs, according to the Institution…

10 years ago

Tech Firms Call For Broad Government Reforms

The IT industry's trade body is urging the government to bring in sweeping measures to safeguard the country's digital economy

10 years ago

Bristol In Cost-Cutting Cloud Shift

Bristol City Council is to shift its infrastructure to the cloud as part of a £90m cost-cutting plan

10 years ago

Met Police To Go Mobile With Tablet Rollout

The Metropolitan Police Service has released its IT transformation plan, which includes a broad tablet deployment and increased use of…

11 years ago

Study Finds US Government Running Insecure Systems

A report compiled by a US senator has discovered serious security shortcomings in US government agencies, including weak passwords and…

11 years ago

Ex-BBC Director General Mark Thompson Apologises To Commons For DMI Blunder

Former BBC director general Mark Thompson has publicly apologised for DMI's £100m failure

11 years ago

Ex-BBC CTO To Sue Over Digital Media Initiative Sacking

John Linwood, sacked last year, says the BBC's digital production project debacle was a result of changing requirements and business…

11 years ago

BBC Lacked Proper Grip On Its Digital Media Initiative Programme – NAO

National Audit Office report paints a grim picture of the Beeb’s grasp of digital media project

11 years ago

BBC CTO Sacked Over Failed Digital Project

John Linwood was fired from the BBC without a payoff over the failure of the BBC's digital production scheme

11 years ago

Public Sector Struggles To Achieve IT Savings

The government's £3.6bn IT spending cuts are leaving public sector financial directors in a tizzy

14 years ago

Government IT Projects Cost Taxpayers £16bn Per Year

The Institute for Government says costs can be reduced by taking a more flexible approach to IT

14 years ago

Council Website Failings Hit With Both Barrels

Socitm says many council websites are underperforming, while Eric Pickles hits out at Nottingham rebels

14 years ago