IT for government and public sector

NPfIT critics and the Damian McBride smear culture

The culture of smear goes much deeper than the Damian McBride affair. Critics of the National Programme for IT [NPfIT] in the NHS have been the subject of smears in debates in the House of Commons ... Continue Reading

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• Tony Collins

Report of public accounts MPs on NHS IT - main findings

Today's report of the Public Accounts Committee on the £12.7bn National Programme for IT says it is not yet providing value for money - though the project has existed for nearly seven years. The ... Continue Reading

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• Tony Collins

Chinook ZD576 - a rare, perhaps unique, photo

This photo of Chinook ZD576 is the copyright of Robin Crorie who has given kind permission for it to be used by Computer Weekly in connection with the Campaign for Justice to clear the names of the ... Continue Reading

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• Tony Collins

Some of the good and bad at HC2008 - a summing up

Comment: My highly subjective overview of some of the good and bad at HC2008, the annual Healthcare Computing conference in Harrogate.. The bad: Some of the speeches were, as in previous years, ... Continue Reading

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• Tony Collins

Police to be allowed searches of national database of NHS patient records

News analysis It went largely unnoticed but the minister for the NHS’s National Programme for IT, Ben Bradshaw, has confirmed that data on a central database of millions of confidential health ... Continue Reading

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• Tony Collins

ID Cards and the NPfIT – nobody is “responsible”

Cabinet ministers come and go, as do prime ministers, and heads of departments. So who will actually be responsible for ID cards or the NHS's National Programme for IT? Nobody. Thank you to Brian ... Continue Reading

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• Tony Collins

Fujitsu may quit NHS National Programme for IT

The board of an NHS trust has learned of a "significant" risk of ­Fujitsu ending its £900m contract to supply and implement hospital systems across southern England as part of the National Programme for IT. Continue Reading

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• Tony Collins

Computer Weekly interviews heads of £5bn Defence Information Infrastructure project

In this blog entry the two leaders of the £5bn Defence Information Infrastructure contract [DII], who represent the Ministry of Defence and the Atlas consortium of suppliers, led by services ... Continue Reading

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• Tony Collins

Richard Granger's departure may jeopardise NHS IT programme

Richard Granger's departure from Connecting for Health may jeopardise the stability and success of the politically driven NHS National Programme for IT. Continue Reading

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• Tony Collins

Letter from 79 doctors, nurses and secretaries over go-live of NHS IT system

This is a letter signed by 79 doctors, nurses and secretaries at Milton Keynes General Hospital regarding the implementation of a Care Records Service under the NHS's National Programme for IT ... Continue Reading

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• Tony Collins

Cybersecurity czar signals government cooperation at RSA Conference

Cybersecurity chief, Greg Garcia told RSA Conference attendees that government, enterprises and academia need to work together to fight growing Internet threats. Continue Reading

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• Marcia Savage, Features Editor, Information Security Magazine

Terrorists may target financial sites

The U.S. government is warning of an al-Qaida call for a cyberattack against online stock trading and banking Web sites Continue Reading

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• SearchSecurity.com Staff

Questions that need to be answered on NHS IT plan

Four years ago the government announced to a grateful NHS a national IT programme that would become the world's largest civil computer scheme. Continue Reading

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• Tony Collins

Should the government define spyware?

Who's best qualified to define what is and isn't spyware -- your congressman or your online user community? Security experts say no entity can do it alone. Continue Reading

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• Bill Brenner

There's no government like no government

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• Niall McKay, Contributing Writer

NHS IT plan risky but will not fail, says OGC

The £2.3bn national programme to modernise health service IT systems is "risky and ambitious" but it has sufficient safeguards in... Continue Reading

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• Nick Huber

Court blocks former ICL solicitor's Pathway claim

Fujitsu has won a court ruling to stop a former solicitor for the company pursuing allegations about the government's disastrous... Continue Reading

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• Tony Collins

Government's Gateway guidelines delay NHS IT contract

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• Chris Mugan