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Public Sector IT
Exploring the challenges involved in large-scale IT projects in the public sector.
January 2010
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EDS main witness in BSkyB case had a "propensity to be dishonest" - judge
28 Jan 2010 -
EDS "misrepresention" in BSkyB case - some comments by judge
27 Jan 2010 -
HMRC benefits as new PAYE system issues wrong tax codes
26 Jan 2010
A judge in the £709m legal case between BSkyB and EDS, which is now owned by HP, has said of Joe Galloway, the "main" witness for EDS: "Having observed him over the period he gave his evidence and ...
Below is a summary of the case of BSkyB versus EDS. Below that are excerpts from the 468-page judgment in the case.**A judge in a £709m legal case over a failed CRM system says that if EDS had not ...
The introduction of new Pay As You Earn computer systems at HM Revenue and Customs means that many people are being sent, and will be sent in coming weeks, incorrect tax codes, according to the ...
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You'd like to work on both NPfIT AND operational ICT?
25 Jan 2010 -
MoD admits 16 security breaches were via social media sites
25 Jan 2010 -
Germany shelves £1.5bn e-health card scheme
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A model public sector CIO? Josh Ellis at the Serious Fraud Office
20 Jan 2010 -
£26bn of botched IT good for consultants, says The Independent
19 Jan 2010 -
The NPfIT white elephant? - Health Direct
18 Jan 2010 -
Is the NPfIT running out of money?
18 Jan 2010
Unwittingly, the writer of a job advert for an NPfIT Electronic Patient Record Project Manager has touched a raw Labour Party nerve. The advert promises that the post holder will be able to work on ...
Under the Freedom of Information Act, Lewis PR asked the Ministry of Defence how many incidents there have been of confidential information or records being leaked via social media sites and the ...
Germany has shelved the introduction of the country's e-health card system, which has so far cost £1.5bn, according to the British Medical Journal.The journal says the decision to put the ...
Josh Ellis, the CIO at the Serious Fraud Office, is a breath of fresh air. He doesn't believe in mega projects, and would rather take on the risks of a sizeable programme than pay a premium to ...
An investigation into Labour's botched IT-based projects and programmes by The Independent is the subject of the newspaper's lead article today.It says that a series of botched IT projects has left ...
Simon Dye who runs a website, Health Direct, is "appalled" at the cost and lack of progress of the NPfIT. His very short critique is based, in part, on some Parliamentary answers earlier this ...
NHS Connecting for Health and the NPfIT local service providers BT and CSC have begun renegotiating their contracts - again. One of the aims of NHS CfH is to conclude a deal before a general ...
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Two NPfIT legal firms get nearly £40m
18 Jan 2010 -
A "devastating" paper on hospital IT?
15 Jan 2010 -
Five Knights ask to brief Tories on Chinook fatal crash
14 Jan 2010 -
How to correct mistakes in your health or social services record?
14 Jan 2010 -
Flawed Chinook Fadec updated only after fatal Mull crash
- Nemertes Research 14 Jan 2010
The NPfIT minister Mike O'Brien has disclosed the legal fees that were paid to two companies for support for the National Programme for IT. About £10m went to DLA Piper and about £29m to Allen and ...
A contact describes a paper in the American Journal of Medicine as "devastating". It was reported in Computer Weekly in December when I was away. The paper was entitled "Hospital Computing and the ...
Four former chiefs of the air staff - and a former RAF Chief Engineer - have written to the Daily Telegraph saying they would wish to brief ministers if there is "yet another" review of the RAF's ...
Advice on how you can change or remove electronic information held on you by the NHS, or council social services departments is published today. The guidance is published by the National ...
Faulty safety-critical "Fadec" software that was installed on the Chinook Mk2 helicopter had secret modifications after the notorious fatal crash on the Mull of Kintyre, Computer Weekly has ...