UK public sector IT is now being shaped by a confluence of three powerful forces, Richard Kemp, Senior Partner at Kemp Little Solicitors, told January’s House of Commons meeting of PITCOM, the Parliamentary IT Committee (http://www.pitcom.org.uk).
The first stems from an increasing recognition that many flagship public sector IT projects over the last ten years ... Read More
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PITCOM Meeting report: Cloud Computing – Opportunity or threat?
February 8th, 2010Global Survey Tracks Anti-Corruption Projects
February 8th, 2010A three-month online survey has been launched to index and track technology initiatives aimed at improving government transparency and tackling corruption in countries outside Western Europe and North America.
The Technology for Transparency Network ( http://transparency.globalvoicesonline.org/ ) uses a Google world map to locate, describe and categorise projects.
Government Cloud ‘Could Alleviate Supplier Dependence’
February 8th, 2010The UK government’s move towards ‘cloud computing’ heralded by its new ICT strategy could address many of the major problems faced by large-scale public sector ICT projects, according to one leading analyst.
Cloud computing refers to a model of hosting software and data on remote servers and accessing them online, on demand. Richard Kemp, Senior ... Read More
Focus: IDeA Communities of Practice
January 25th, 2010The large and growing network of collaborative tools that make up the ‘Communities of Practice’ (CoP) project, hosted by the local government Improvement and Development Agency (IDeA), is a rare ‘Web 2.0’ success story in the UK public sector.
CoP (http://www.communities.idea.gov.uk/) began in the autumn of 2006 as a pilot project testing around 100 discussion forums ... Read More
