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Public Sector IT
Exploring the challenges involved in large-scale IT projects in the public sector.
December 2009
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The jargon officials want banned - this blog's most-viewed post in 2009
30 Dec 2009 -
Student Loans: the wrong resignations?
22 Dec 2009 -
Cover-up allegations after Cerner installation
16 Dec 2009
These were the articles that were viewed the most on this IT Projects blog in 2009:1) The jargon terms council leaders want banned2) Top tips for project managers3) Failed £234m C-Nomis IT project ...
The ICT director at the Student Loans Company, Wallace Gray, and a senior marketing and customer services official, Martin Herbert, have quit after a critical report into delays of grants and ...
There are allegations of a cover-up and mismanagement in Illinois after officials bought a $16.1m billing system from Cerner for Chicago's Public Health department. The claims are that officials ...
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How much can you trust what HMRC says?
14 Dec 2009 -
Another State IT-related disaster - Student Loans Company
09 Dec 2009 -
Excerpts from NPfIT debate in Commons yesterday
08 Dec 2009 -
Accenture loses 2 pre-trial judgments in dispute with Centrica
07 Dec 2009 -
Brown: we will publish all performance data online by 2011
07 Dec 2009 -
Is NPfIT essential to NHS frontline?
07 Dec 2009 -
What's happening with the NPfIT?
07 Dec 2009
It's easy to feel sorry for HM Revenue and Customs. For many years its back-office has been attractive only to curators of the Bletchley Park IT museum. In the last two years, though, there have ...
IT that sparked Student Loans chaos may still be faulty - ComputerWeekly.com
My pick of the best parts of yesterday's debate in the House of Commons on the NPfIT is below. Several things struck me: - £600m in savings is less than the increase in the costs of the central ...
Article on ComputerWeekly.com's homepage
Gordon Brown's speech today on smarter government:"And I can announce today that we will actively publish all public services performance data online during 2010 completing the process by 2011. ...
"As a Government we will continue to support the delivery of the national programme for IT in the NHS." Ivan Lewis, Health Minister, House of Commons, June 2007Alistair Darling told BBC's Andrew ...
Article on ComputerWeekly.com on Alistair Darling's announcement that the "NHS had a quite expensive IT system that, frankly, isn't essential to the frontline. It's something that I think we don't ...
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IT suppliers and government dispute costs of IT security
04 Dec 2009 -
Is £400m IBM deal with Somerset jinxed?
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Don't get an ID Card says ex-GCHQ worker
04 Dec 2009 -
Praise for CIO Connelly's NPfIT plans for the south - but why rush?
03 Dec 2009 -
Do you use these jargon words and phrases?
01 Dec 2009
Plans to introduce mandatory security improvements across government have become mired in contractual disputes with IT suppliers that do not want to carry the cost. Full story on ComputerWeekly.com ...
We're beginning to feel sorry for IBM. It has worked so hard to make a success of its £400m joint venture with Somerset County Council. But ...1) A SAP go-live goes wrong and the council ends up ...
Fascinating views on ID Cards and the dangers of large State databases by Paul Robinson who, at one time, worked on site at GCGQ and is now a consultant.Links:Database State - Joseph Rowntree ...
All credit to the Department of Health's CIO Christine Connelly for allowing trusts in the south of England to use central funding to buy from a range of hospital systems. Her decision puts the ...
Today CIO advises CIOs who want to widen their influence to "cut the jargon and stick to plain English as you seek to widen your -influence. It'll help you to be taken seriously in the boardroom ...