http://www.silicon.com Results for central government 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/research/specialreports/green-it/westminster-computing-put-on-size-zero-diet-39643700.htm To help with the diet, 110 green ICT action plans have been submitted from within central and local government as well as the wider public sector since the government published its Greening Government IT strategy in July 2008. editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Fri, 13 Nov 2009 14:22:02 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://whitepapers.silicon.com/0,39024759,60721578p,00.htm For government and industry, this brings the challenge of establishing trusted identities for large populations that are certified by many different trust domains. Both commercial enterprises and government agencies are deploying Public Key... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Fri, 02 Oct 2009 01:23:10 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://whitepapers.silicon.com/0,39024759,60719591p,00.htm Under contract to the government, ZID is responsible for providing IT services for all of the public offices and departments in the canton. Zentrale Informatikdienste Basel (ZID) is the central IT services provider for the Swiss canton of Basel City. editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Thu, 01 Oct 2009 01:24:29 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://whitepapers.silicon.com/0,39024759,60719588p,00.htm The institution also wanted to establish a robust financial management system to meet the growing reporting demands of the government-funded tertiary sector. One of the University's main goals was to provide staff with around-the-clock access to... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Thu, 01 Oct 2009 01:24:29 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://www.silicon.com/publicsector/0,3800010403,39522654,00.htm According to an announcement by the Cabinet Office this week, the government has cut the carbon footprint of central government computers by 12,000 tonnes and saved at least £7m over the past year by making its IT systems greener. editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Wed, 16 Sep 2009 17:17:02 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://hardware.silicon.com/servers/0,39024647,39513413,00.htm The reunion event coincided with an exhibition of more than 70 vintage cipher machines at Bletchley, which have been gathered from museums, private and government collections around the world. Colossus was the first machine to break the Lorenz - a... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Mon, 07 Sep 2009 16:53:01 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://whitepapers.silicon.com/0,39024759,60673247p,00.htm Banco de Mexico is the Mexican government's central bank, constitutionally autonomous in its function and administration. Its mission is to provide the country's national currency while maintaining its stability. editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Tue, 01 Sep 2009 01:21:54 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://www.silicon.com/publicsector/0,3800010403,39493806,00.htm Ian Herbert, vice chairman of the health informatics advisory panel for the British Computer Society and former consultant on the government's £12.7bn IT revamp, said: "Patient involvement is essential if we are going to be able to fund the kind... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Fri, 21 Aug 2009 16:49:01 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://www.silicon.com/publicsector/0,3800010403,39487975,00.htm With such systemic failures of project management at the heart of local and central government, is it any wonder that IT projects are so frequently haemorrhaging money? Government spends loads of cash on IT with few returns. editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Mon, 17 Aug 2009 11:45:02 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://services.silicon.com/itoutsourcing/0,3800004871,39482189,00.htm The research also forecasts an increase in government IT outsourcing and even offshoring in 2009, echoing recent indications from Whitehall insiders that central government may be softening in its opposition to sending IT work offshore. editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Tue, 11 Aug 2009 16:42:02 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://software.silicon.com/security/0,39024655,39481569,00.htm The government's newly-created Police Central e-crime Unit has announced a new assault on dodgy online ticket sellers. The unit announced on Friday that it had shut down over 100 websites suspected of selling "fraudulent or non-existent tickets" to... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Mon, 10 Aug 2009 16:09:01 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://www.silicon.com/publicsector/0,3800010403,39472099,00.htm Jos Creese, who sits on the government's CIO Council - a group of CIOs from across central and local government that discuss IT issues affecting the public sector - told silicon.com there are plans to strengthen guidance and policy around... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Mon, 03 Aug 2009 15:59:02 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://www.silicon.com/publicsector/0,3800010403,39472095,00.htm However critics of the scheme claim that legislation under the Identity Cards Act 2006 will allow the government to collect personal details for ID cards by the back door. Part of the act allows the government to designate an official document... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Thu, 30 Jul 2009 17:03:01 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://www.silicon.com/publicsector/0,3800010403,39453994,00.htm Needless to say, the government aren't coughing. There are a number of other bodies that are charged with tackling cybercrime of different sorts: for example, the government's mooted Office of Cyber Security (OCS), which will protect Britain's IT... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Mon, 20 Jul 2009 17:23:01 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://management.silicon.com/government/0,39024677,39452163,00.htm The UK's cybercrime unit has helped achieve more than 20 criminal convictions since its creation three years ago, government figures have revealed. Soca is joined in the fight against internet crime by the Police Central e-crime Unit (PCeU), which... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Wed, 15 Jul 2009 14:20:01 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://www.silicon.com/publicsector/0,3800010403,39450334,00.htm Central and local government departments, NHS organisations and other public bodies will be provided with telecoms goods, services and client side support under the framework agreement put out by Buying Solutions, the trading arm of the government... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Fri, 10 Jul 2009 11:42:01 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://www.silicon.com/publicsector/0,3800010403,39446860,00.htm The Home Office's role in safeguarding national security means Vernon has oversight of the most high profile and controversial IT projects in the UK, ranging from organising IT security at the London 2012 Olympic Games to the Impact programme to... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Fri, 10 Jul 2009 10:48:00 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://www.silicon.com/publicsector/0,3800010403,39449316,00.htm Under the proposals reported in The Times yesterday, the Conservatives suggest an alternative to the Labour government's plan to create a central Summary Care Record for every patient within the NHS, a scheme currently running at least four years... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Tue, 07 Jul 2009 14:07:01 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://www.silicon.com/publicsector/0,3800010403,39447403,00.htm In the past, all government IT security training has been the charge of the Cabinet Office, through the office of the Central Sponsor for Information Assurance (CSIA). The government is turning co-ordination of its IT security training over to the... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Wed, 01 Jul 2009 15:25:01 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://www.silicon.com/publicsector/0,3800010403,39445942,00.htm MP Andrew Miller, chairman of the Parliamentary Information Technology Committee (Pitcom), supported calls for the government to establish the fund, which would be used to loan money to central and local government organisations. editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Mon, 29 Jun 2009 13:01:01 +0000