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FiReControl IT project burnt thro’ £469m. PASC reports it as one of worst cases of project failure in years.

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This is one of the worst cases of project failure that the committee has seen in many years. FiReControl was an ambitious project with the objectives of improving national resilience, efficiency and technology by replacing the control room functions of 46 local Fire and Rescue Services in England with a network of nine purpose-built regional control [...]

Smart Governments Must Blend Long and Short Term Perspectives

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by Andrea Di Maio | August 24, 2011 Last week I read a quite interesting book about the impact that the scarcity of oil will have on the global economy (Why Your World Is About to Get a Whole Lot Smaller, by Jeff Rubin). Of course I knew that our reliance on non-renewable resources was [...]

Clyde Valley councils set out £155m case for shared support services

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Councils across the Clyde Valley have set out detailed plans to share support services valued at £155m in a ‘detailed business case’ published in August 2011. The business case, which sets out potential long term annual savings of up to £30m per annum after the first five years for the participating councils, involves sharing the [...]

Recent Events Are Pushing Governments to Be Both Smarter and Cheaper

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by Andrea Di Maio | August 10, 2011 What has been happening in the world during the last few days gives a glimpse of the level of uncertainty government and business are and will be operating within for the foreseeable future. A country like the U.S., where many economists and political leader thought they were [...]

The UK is a nation addicted to smartphones according to latest Ofcom research.

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New Ofcom research reveals the extent to which the UK has become addicted to smartphones, with people confessing to using them everywhere from the dining table to the bathroom and bedroom. Over a quarter of adults (27 per cent) and almost half of teenagers (47 per cent) now own a smartphone, according to Ofcoms latest [...]

Goodbye Vivek: Let’s Hope Your Legacy Is Sustainable

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by Andrea Di Maio | August 4, 2011 With Vivek Kundra, the first whole-of-government CIO for the US federal government, leaving his post for more academic pastures, it is fair to ask ourselves what impact he really had and to what extent the changes he set in motion will be sustainable. Vivek showed that innovation [...]

MPs report on the National Programme for IT in the NHS

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The Commons Public Accounts Committee publishes a report today which, on the basis of evidence from the Department of Health and its contractors BT and Computer Sciences Corporation (CSC), examines the delivery of care records systems under the National Programme for IT in the NHS. Report: The National Programme for IT in the NHS: An [...]

Should Governments Spend More or Less on IT?

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by Andrea Di Maio | August 3, 2011 Just yesterday a last-minute agreement has been found to prevent the US from defaulting on their debt, while Europe is still swept by increasing financial worries triggered by the situation in Greece and Ireland, which may spread to other countries too. Sluggish economic growth and the need [...]

UK-London: computer-related services

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UK-London: computer-related services 2011/S 141-234693 CONTRACT NOTICE Services SECTION I: CONTRACTING AUTHORITY I.1)NAME, ADDRESSES AND CONTACT POINT(S) The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) Broadcasting House, Portland Place Attn: Ross Daly W1A 1AA London UNITED KINGDOM Tel. +44 2080085497 E-mail: ross.daly@bbc.co.uk Fax +44 2080082656 Internet address(es) General address of the contracting authority www.bbc.co.uk/supplying/livetenders.shtml Further information can be [...]