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Vision2learn for schools celebrates helping over 100,000 learners

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 07:39:01 GMT

Since its launch in 1999 Creating Careers has helped over 100,000 learners study an online course and worked with over 300 secondary schools to help disengaged students.

Neighborhood America CIO Appointed to Federal Government IT Dashb...

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 01:22:58 GMT

PR: Neighborhood America’s CIO and Vice President of Technology, Jim Haughwout, is among a select group chosen to evaluate the federal government’s IT Dashboard Project. Haughwout will join representatives from some of the world’s leading technology companies including Accenture, IBM,

Government ICT spending heads for plateau

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 07:02:02 GMT

Evening outPublic sector spending on ICT is set to stabilise over the next five years.…

IT tsar confirmed: Cabinet Office names Angela Smith

Fri, 16 Oct 2009 15:44:01 GMT

News in brief: Treasury secretary steps up to IT plate. The Cabinet Office has named Angela Smith as responsible for government IT and information

A Sporting Chance for a Job

Thu, 01 Oct 2009 23:00:00 GMT

Funding to create 2,000 new jobs for young people in sport has been announced by the Government as part of its £1 billion Future Jobs Fund.

Oracle Selects Pearson VUE as Its Test Delivery Provider - Zibb.c...

Wed, 09 Sep 2009 13:13:00 GMT

<< >> Pearson VUE, the leader in secure high-stakes testing, announced today that Oracle has chosen Pearson VUE as its testing provider. All exams will be delivered globally through the Pearson VUE Authorized Test Center network of more than 5,000 sites in 165 countries. Oracle is the

Green shoots? What green shoots? No let up in IT spending freeze

Tue, 11 Aug 2009 15:42:02 GMT

Software and service spend takes another plunge. The green shoots of recovery may have been spotted but UK businesses and public sector bodies have

News analysis: DDoS attacks highlight need to reduce government I...

Fri, 10 Jul 2009 00:52:00 GMT

The network attacks that severely disrupted several federal agency Web sites this week highlights the need for the government to quickly finish implementing its ongoing consolidation of Internet access points, the former de facto CIO of the federal government and others said today.

Wales plans press archive

Wed, 15 Apr 2009 23:00:01 GMT

International e-government and information age public service news from Kable, the publisher of Government Computing. Information, research and conferences on the business and technology of central, local, defence, health, justice, education sectors.

States and local government Web sites inform residents on use of ...

Wed, 01 Apr 2009 20:21:00 GMT

By July 15, local and state governments that will receive money from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) must submit their first round of quarterly reports detailing the projects on which the money will be spent. ARRA fund recipients also have to post the information online, and

Obama orders cyber security audit

Tue, 10 Feb 2009 02:09:00 GMT

The review will be led by Melissa Hathaway, who has served as cyber co-ordination executive to the US Office of the Director of National Intelligence. Hathaway will also serve as acting senior director for cyberspace for the National Security and Homeland Security councils during the review period.

Ballmer's cloud computing memo timed for election's winner

Wed, 29 Oct 2008 04:00:00 GMT

With next week's presidential election, the nation's capitol is about to experience the mother-of-all platform changes, and that's why Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer's cloud computing memo, titled

For the children's sake (Computing.co.uk)

Tue, 16 Sep 2008 12:21:26 GMT

With the latest deadline for vital enhancements to the Integrated Children’s System looming, Computing asks whether the troubled project, which aims to enhance protection for vulnerable children, is finally on the right track

Michael Cross: Whitehall is proving that 160 sites can go into th...

Wed, 03 Sep 2008 23:08:41 GMT

Michael Cross is impressed by a trio of megasites destined to take on nearly all official transactions in the name of joined-up public services

DB Consulting to boost NASA research center

Tue, 26 Aug 2008 08:46:05 GMT

DB Consulting Group will provide IT and engineering services under a five-year, $88 million contract.

Welsh Assembly Government : tourism

Tue, 15 Jul 2008 14:12:29 GMT

This is the tourism industry section of the website of the Welsh Assembly Government, which took over the functions of the Wales Tourist Board in April 2006.

Information-sharing systems in disarray as funding problems bite

Thu, 30 Sep 2004 00:00:00 GMT

Government IT schemes designed to revolutionise how information is stored and shared by social services departments are in danger of stalling because of a lack of funding and confusion over how they should operate.

CBS - On-line public services popular - Web magazine

Nearly half of Dutch Internet users used the Internet for contacting government authorities in 2006. In addition 15 percent indicated that they planned to do this in the future.

Public Finance Magazine - News - Government websites ‘growing lik...

The government does not know how many websites it operates, despite making online services a major plank of its efficiency strategy, the Public Accounts Committee has revealed. Ministers have been encouraging a shift towards electronic channels for routine transactions with government.

INPUT Press Release - INPUT Offers Expert Consulting To Governmen...

Chantilly, VA: INPUT, the essential sales and marketing resource for technology vendors, announced today a new consulting service, Sales Planning, which offers expert guidance for technology vendors who are looking to enter or already compete within the public sector IT market.

Wyne: Keeping a level playing field

Governments serve their constituents in many ways. Increasingly, government services are delivered through information technology because IT and vigorous marketplace competition create better federal, state and local services. Not surprisingly, some officials have sought to improve this situation.

Ensuring that our country is economically attractive is “a major ...

The economic attractiveness of a country has an impact on a number of areas, and especially on job creation and growth. France thus wishes to develop its business relationships by enhancing foreign investment and attracting foreign businesses to the country.

Russia Opens a Cyber Front Against Georgia - Stakelbeck on Terror...

It's not the first time Russia has engaged in cyber warfare against its neighbors (see here), but obviously, the stakes are much higher in this instance: The websites of Georgia's government have been under denial-of-service attacks for weeks, with Russian hackers fingered as the culprits.

10connects.com | Tampa Bay's Online News Leader | Hospital Check ...

The government website allows you to compare up to three hospitals at a time to find out how they care for patients. For the first time you can now check out former patient's feedback on the facilities too.

India Press: Troubled National Health Systems Search for Solution...

The crisis is prompting healthcare organizations and policymakers to seek urgent solutions in unlikely places – outside their own borders.