Central Government

Central government's ICT projects have been a mixed bag of successes, bloated big-ticket programmes, and cancelled failures. The last 12 months have already seen the publication of the Digital Britain report, and more recently the launch of the Government CIO's strategy for ICT, which includes the online-based Government Cloud initiative.

However, in a general election year and a massive deficit to cut, how will the powers that be in Westminster and Whitehall choose to leverage ICT?

£50m boost for renewables technology

2012-02-09 14:28

Part of programme of investment in promising industrial technologies out of BIS.

Three new regional e-crime hubs set up to battle cybercrime

2012-02-09 13:37

ACPO to help regions battle threat of online crime with a £30m extension over England of the Met's e-Crime work.

Viewpoint: Gail Adams, Achilles

2012-02-09 11:36

More and more procurement spats are going to court, worries the Services Director of this procurement advisory body.

Public say security needs can trump personal data integrity

2012-02-09 11:03

Interesting poll by data specialists SAS says punters trust law enforcement specialists with their data to boost safety. Note; they don't feel that confident about Whitehall doing the same.

Intellect calls for 'bootstrap' recovery based on technology

2012-02-09 10:57

Of which public sector technology 'excellence' is a major strand.

Do you know what 'operational efficiency' is?

2012-02-08 14:59

Check out our special video discussion with the perspectives of users, CIOs and industry giant Cisco and see if your vision tallies with theirs.

The CloudStore - ready to open its doors

2012-02-08 14:28

The App Store is The CloudStore - and it's coming soon.

CSC grabs new leader from banking software sector

2012-02-08 11:55

Appointment welcomed; could it lead to the kind of structural reform many see as the struggling firm's only way forward, though?

MPs may all get their own iPads

2012-02-07 15:43 - 1 comment

Pilot says tablets could save public money by slashing printing costs for MPs, as well as speed up access of data.

New high-level training for Whitehall buyers and project managers

2012-02-07 13:23

New 'Major Projects Leadership Academy' will open its doors this October, offering mandarins world-class project skills - and hopefully, some street-smarts too?

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