Public sector
Vodafone awarded Government quality mark for remote worker security
Mobile operator becomes the first to be awarded CCTM certification by CESG for its Vodafone Secure Remote Access system.
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Suffolk challenges Socitms G-Cloud "misgivings"
The Governments CIO, John Suffolk defends the Cloud Computing strategy following a sceptical response from the Society of IT Managers.
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Blackpool telehealth pilot sees significant reduction in hospital admissions
Blackpool Councils Vitaline and NHS Blackpool report the successful use of telehealth home monitoring, allowing independent living to people with long-term conditions.
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'Father of the web' launches government data site
After months in development, Sir Tim Berners-Lee delivers the data.gov.uk website, designed as an online point of access for government-held non-personal data.
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Local councils pressed to reconsider staff pay freeze
Unions are urging local councils to reconsider a decision to impose a pay freeze on their 1.5 million workers, which they claim was made without negotiation.
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EC clears Oracle/Sun acquisition
The European Commission has cleared Oracles acquisition of Sun Microsystems, following a five month investigation into the deal.
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Public service technology innovators praised at the e-Government National Awards
The sixth annual e-Government National Awards took place this week at the London Guildhall.
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The e-Government National Awards 2009: Summary of winners and highly commended
The Prime Minister joined a high profile list of ministers and key public sector figures on hand at the e-Government National Awards, on the evening of 20th January at the City of London's Guildhall, to congratulate the winners and other highly commended entries this week.
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UK fourth in UN e-government development report
The United Nations releases initial results of a survey, revealing the UK has jumped several places up the table of e-government development.
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Gartner: The future is bright but its a long haul ahead for public sector CIOs
Gartner surveyed nearly 1,600 CIOs worldwide in Q4, 2009, to examine the 2010 agenda for leading CIOs - of which just over 20% operate in the public sector CIOs.
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Think Tank calls for greater coordination within government IT
Institute of Government report says OEP challenges require a more organised IT strategy at the core of government.
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Unisys offloads health information management to Molina
The $135m deal is expected to close within the next six months; HIM business unit helps state government clients manage Medicaid programmes.
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Tata's consulting subsidiary beats turnover forecasts
Sole remaining bidder for the governments national pensions scheme reports a 33% rise in profit for the previous quarter.
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e-Borders coverage levels revealed
Immigration minister acknowledges the current coverage levels of the e-Borders immigration system.
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Challenges to Effective Collaboration in US Intelligence Community
The US Intelligence Community struggles to collaborate when managing information and knowledge among its network partners.
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Islingtons Integrated Health and Social Care System Reaches 200,000 Milestone
Social workers, district nurses and community nurses across Islington have together completed their 200,000th shared electronic assessment of clients.
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Northern Irelands health service realises big savings in switch to CRYPTOCard for authentication
Health & Social Care in Northern Ireland reported significant cost savings through moving to CRYPTOCard for protection against unauthorised network access.
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HMG breaks its own 10 day payment pledge to SMEs
Despite a government promise that the public sector will pay small business suppliers within 10 days, the government is being slammed for failing to deliver.
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Sogeti survey highlights the need for investment in testing
Survey reveals IT professionals feel testing is underfunded
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Socitm report fires a social media warning shot to the public sector
Failure to harness the social media trend is tantamount to ignoring the telephone at the end of the 19th Century.
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