http://www.silicon.com Results for DWP en-us http://www.silicon.com/i/s/feeds/simple_logo.gif http://www.silicon.com 124 50 News feed from silicon.com http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://www.silicon.com/publicsector/0,3800010403,39437307,00.htm The DWP recently completed a transformation programme to standardise services across its IT infrastructure that has been successful in delivering both cost-savings and improvements in services. An upcoming government efficiency charge could be... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Mon, 08 Jun 2009 09:00:00 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://www.silicon.com/research/specialreports/cio50-2009/joe-harley-39437770.htm Harley has been CIO at the DWP for almost five years, starting in July 2004. He's also on the executive team that steers the DWP's business strategy. Among Harley's achievements at the DWP is the realigning of its contracts with BT and EDS... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Wed, 03 Jun 2009 10:46:21 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://www.silicon.com/publicsector/0,3800010403,39417044,00.htm We are in discussions with DWP [Department for Work and Pensions] about remote authentication for processing unemployment benefits and the like. But we wouldn't buy [readers] for them - the DWP would figure out the benefit and if it was worth it. editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Tue, 07 Apr 2009 17:22:02 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://www.silicon.com/cio-interviews/0,3800015327,39414197,00.htm But the DWP is not without its share of tardy IT projects - a parliamentary question earlier this year revealed nine major IT projects are collectively more than 15 years late. The DWP deals with 20 million 'customers' per year, paying out in... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Mon, 06 Apr 2009 08:00:00 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://www.silicon.com/publicsector/0,3800010403,39383801,00.htm The nine DWP projects that are 15 years behind schedule Nine major IT projects underway at the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) are collectively more than 15 years late. Readers also got heated over the pros and cons of antivirus following a... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Fri, 23 Jan 2009 11:43:01 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://www.silicon.com/publicsector/0,3800010403,39381570,00.htm Nine major IT projects underway at the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) are collectively more than 15 years late. According to the DWP, the IT project with the longest hold-up is the Central Payments System, a payments engine that was... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Wed, 21 Jan 2009 14:56:02 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://www.silicon.com/publicsector/0,3800010403,39366039,00.htm The report, however, goes on to praise the £870m telecoms deal between the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) and BT as an example of where senior government managers worked well with the supplier. editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Thu, 18 Dec 2008 23:01:00 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://www.silicon.com/financialservices/0,3800010322,39362264,00.htm According to the PAC, the hidden economy could be costing Britain up to £2bn a year, with only two cases of tax evasion prosecuted for every 1,000 discovered in the case of the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP). editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Tue, 09 Dec 2008 09:02:01 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://www.silicon.com/financialservices/0,3800010322,39351688,00.htm The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) is investing more than £1.6bn in various tech projects up to 2011. The DWP has revealed which IT projects are being worked on along with how much each one is costing in response to a parliamentary question... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Mon, 24 Nov 2008 15:00:02 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://whitepapers.silicon.com/0,39024759,60448080p,00.htm The challenge was to gain the scalability to transact increasing volumes of sales orders, purchase orders, and supplier invoices throughout the life of the contract and add new services as required by DWP and avoid up-front capital outlay for... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Sat, 11 Oct 2008 01:01:34 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://services.silicon.com/itoutsourcing/0,3800004871,39300673,00.htm According to the Public and Commercial Services Union (PCS), which represents more than 2,000 EDS staff in the UK, the services provider has contracts with the Ministry of Defence (MoD), the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP), the Home Office... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Thu, 09 Oct 2008 17:40:02 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://www.silicon.com/publicsector/0,3800010403,39254167,00.htm Tech contracts worth a total of £3bn are up for grabs at the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) as part of plans for servicing and upgrading the organisation's entire infrastructure. Five IT contracts will be awarded over the next seven years... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Tue, 01 Jul 2008 16:47:02 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://www.silicon.com/publicsector/0,3800010403,39170336,00.htm With the recent news that the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has axed its £59m IT contract with Siemens - a contract that meant Siemens would have overseen the £110bn in payments made to 17 million people each year - the issue of public... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Wed, 12 Mar 2008 12:33:01 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://www.silicon.com/publicsector/0,3800010403,39170078,00.htm Only five per cent of people refused to use the VRA system when told of the pilot being run by the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP). A DWP spokesman said: "This technology will actually support customers and has the potential to improve the... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Mon, 18 Feb 2008 15:19:02 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://www.silicon.com/publicsector/0,3800010403,39170003,00.htm For example, as far as Joe Harley, CIO of the Department for Work & Pensions (DWP), is concerned, it is up to suppliers to decide how to deliver services and value to the client. He says: "DWP's job is to serve its customers and ensure that the... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Thu, 14 Feb 2008 10:39:01 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://www.silicon.com/publicsector/0,3800010403,39169917,00.htm The Department of Health, Ministry of Justice, Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) and Ministry of Defence would not reveal how many portable devices were temporarily out of action but the Government Car and Despatch Agency has withdrawn 14 PDAs. editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Mon, 04 Feb 2008 16:21:02 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://www.silicon.com/publicsector/0,3800010403,39168333,00.htm A spokesman for the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) - which funded the pilot - told silicon.com the department will evaluate the technology when the trial is completed next May. He said the DWP will "look at the evaluation results and see if... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Mon, 03 Sep 2007 16:51:01 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://www.silicon.com/publicsector/0,3800010403,39167744,00.htm The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP), to which the CSA belongs, is also criticised by the PAC for losing the ability to be an "intelligent customer" by outsourcing most of the CSA IT capability to EDS.silicon.com Public Sector editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Thu, 05 Jul 2007 00:01:00 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://www.silicon.com/publicsector/0,3800010403,39167189,00.htm Seven in 10 government IT projects have failed, according to the chief information officer of the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP). Speaking at the Government IT Summit this week, Joe Harley called for projects to be completed at a lower cost... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Fri, 18 May 2007 09:08:02 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://www.silicon.com/publicsector/0,3800010403,39167083,00.htm The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) is hailing the success of its recruitment website www.jobcentreplus.gov.uk after it received a record 6.5 million job searches in one week. According to the DWP, the site works with 275,000 employers to... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Thu, 10 May 2007 14:23:02 +0000