May 27, 2011 6:41 PM
Government IT, IT legal developments, Open Standards & Open Source, standards
EC concludes backroom deal with Microsoft
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The European Commission has renewed software licences worth up to €50m with Microsoft for another three years after opting not to open the business to competition.
The Commission is expected to announce the deal next week in written answers to questions raised by members of the...
May 25, 2011 9:48 AM
Government IT, NPfIT, Outsourcing, project failures
Suppliers tell parliament NHSIT stories
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May 20, 2011 6:33 PM
G-Cloud, Government IT, NPfIT, Open Standards & Open Source, politics, standardization of Government IT, standards, transparency and accountability
Spanner jams data centre mergers
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May 18, 2011 12:05 PM
Agile, Government IT, NPfIT, Open Standards & Open Source, Outsourcing, project failures, standardization of Government IT
NHS IT system condemned
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May 17, 2011 4:56 PM
Agile, Government IT, Outsourcing, politics, project failures, SMEs
MPs pooh-pooh happy clappy ICT strategy
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May 13, 2011 3:36 PM
Government IT, IT legal developments, local government, Open Standards & Open Source, politics, standardization of Government IT, standards, transparency and accountability
International alarm rings over UK ICT policy
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May 12, 2011 6:00 AM
Agile, dwp, Government IT, HMRC, Project management, social inclusion, standardization of Government IT, Technology, Universal Credit
Universal Credit possible if politicians don’t interfere, says IT chief
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DWP can manage the massive reorganisation of computer...
May 5, 2011 11:00 AM
Agile, Government IT, HMRC, Outsourcing, Project management, SMEs, transparency and accountability
HMRC orders supply chain to heel
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May 4, 2011 3:43 PM
Government IT, HMRC, social inclusion, standardization of Government IT
500 rogue Gov websites nabbed four years after Varney
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The Cabinet Office has discovered another 500 government websites it needs to shut down as part of the Varney review launched in 2006.
One of the biggest websites for the chop might even be the gargantuan DirectGov itself.
The rogue sites...