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All IT Governance and Risk Management News - May 2008

Newham council tests for Vista compatibility

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Author: Cliff Saran
Date: 22 May 2008

Newham Borough Council has tested its core business applications for compatibility with Windows Vista six months in advance of a council-wide rollout across 5,000 desktop PCs.

Revealed - Government plans to tap phone and internet use

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Author: Cath Jennings
Date: 22 May 2008

The Home Office is considering radical plans to develop a centralised surveillance system to track in real-time every kind of electronic activity undertaken by citizens.

Executives divided over pros and cons of social networking

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Author: Bill Goodwin
Date: 21 May 2008

Should staff be allowed to use social networking sites such as Facebook at work, or should they be banned?

West Midlands council tenants get free web access via electrical power lines

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Author: Antony Savvas
Date: 21 May 2008

West Midlands residents are to get free or subsidised web access via power lines. Solihull Community...

NHS IT scheme now four years behind schedule

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Author: Tony Collins
Date: 16 May 2008

Plans for the NHS's national IT scheme are feasible - but the main software is running four years behind, and may not be fully rolled out until 2015, according to a report published today by the National Audit Office.

NAO report reveals NPfIT's benefits and flaws

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Author: Tony Collins
Date: 16 May 2008

This is a strong report by the NAO - factual and clear. There have been some achievements - the NPfIT has improved the profile, importance and training of IT staff in the NHS. It has made IT and its potential benefits a talking point at board level. A later add-on to the NPfIT, PACS digital x-ray technology, has been a success, making diagnoses quicker and reducing the need for unnecessary x-rays. The N3 broadband network is a success.

Shaky IT fatal for government's shared services savings claims

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Author: Cath Jennings
Date: 08 May 2008

It is unclear how a move to shared services would benefit government departments because of the government's inability to measure...

Red faces at White House after e-mail archiving blunder

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Author: Antony Savvas
Date: 02 May 2008

The IT department at the White House has come under fire after a Congressional report detailed how it lost thousands of e-mails that were supposed to be archived...

All IT Governance and Risk Management News - May 2008

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