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Open Data measures in the Autumn Statement

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The Chancellor of the Exchequer, George Osborne, as part of the Government’s Autumn Statement, announced that world-leading commitments by the Government to open up public sector data will make travel easier and healthcare better, and create significant growth for industry and jobs in the UK. The Open Data measures will boost investment in medical research [...]

Autumn Statement 2011

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The Chancellor delivered his autumn statement to Parliament, alongside the publication of the Office for Budget Responsibility’s updated forecasts for growth and borrowing. He announced permanent reductions in spending to ensure that the UK meets its fiscal targets, using some of those savings in the short term to fund infrastructure investment to generate long-term growth. [...]

£140,000 total penalties served to two councils for serious email errors

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The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has served monetary penalties to North Somerset Council and Worcestershire County Council after staff at both authorities sent highly sensitive personal information to the wrong recipients. The news comes as the Information Commissioner is pressing for stronger powers to audit data protection compliance across local government and the NHS. The [...]

Protecting and promoting the UK in a digital world

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The Government published its new Cyber Security Strategy, setting out how the UK will support economic prosperity, protect national security and safeguard the public’s way of life by building a more trusted and resilient digital environment. It heralds a new era of unprecedented cooperation between the Government and the private sector on cyber security, working hand [...]

ICO asks public to ‘Tell Me More’ about what information public authorities should release

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The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) launched a consumer campaign aimed at getting the public to offer their views about what information public authorities should proactively release. The ‘Tell Me More’ campaign will run alongside the ICO’s existing consultation on the content of publication schemes – the documents that set out what information a public authority [...]

New report identifies scale of data breaches and worst offending authorities.

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132 local authorities lose sensitive information including details of children in care New research from privacy and civil liberties campaign group Big Brother Watch has found how, in the past three years, local authorities have seen at least 1035 incidents of data being lost and stolen. Key findings: 132 authorities involved in 1035 incidents of [...]

Help to make the online world more accessible for disabled people

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A new website allowing disabled people to tell Government and business how to make the internet more accessible has been launched by Communications Minister Ed Vaizey. Visitors to the eAccessibility Forum site are invited to share their experiences of using websites and other online services. The site is the online presence of the eAccessibility Forum, a [...]

Radical package unveiled to support business and promote growth

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The way the Government does business is about to change radically, the Minister for the Cabinet Office, Francis Maude, announced. The Cabinet Office will unveil a package of measures that will revolutionise how the Government buys from the private sector, including: publishing £50bn of potential business online making it 40 percent faster to do business [...]

Top 10 Websites in Government – Local ranked by Visits Share – Week Ending 19 November 2011

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Websites Domain Visits Share 1 Transport for London www.tfl.gov.uk 18.14% 2 Transport for London – Journey Planner journeyplanner.tfl.gov.uk 9.69% 3 JobCentre Online Northern Ireland www.jobcentreonline.com 1.50% 4 Birmingham City Council www.birmingham.gov.uk 1.18% 5 Hantsweb – Hampshire County Council www.hants.gov.uk 1.16% 6 Manchester City Council www.manchester.gov.uk 0.85% 7 Lancashire County Council www.lancashire.gov.uk 0.80% 8 West Yorkshire [...]

Top 10 Websites in Government – Central ranked by Visits Share – Week Ending 19 November 2011

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Websites Domain Visits Share 1 Directgov www.direct.gov.uk 20.44% 2 Met Office www.metoffice.gov.uk 17.91% 3 NHS Choices www.nhs.uk 9.95% 4 HM Revenue & Customs www.hmrc.gov.uk 6.57% 5 The National Archives www.nationalarchives.gov.uk 2.10% 6 Department for Transport UK www.dft.gov.uk 1.68% 7 Home Office – UK Border Agency www.bia.homeoffice.gov.uk 1.54% 8 Companies House www.companieshouse.gov.uk 1.50% 9 Business Link [...]