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14 February 2012

Govt takes forward open standards plans

The Cabinet Office has launched a consultation on open standards for government IT.
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8 February 2012

Viability of Open Data plans questioned

Responses to the Cabinet Officeā€™s Open Data plans have questioned whether government IT systems and staff can deliver an enhanced
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26 January 2012

Clinical audit data to be published

A strategy for the publication of national clinical audit data has been released today as part of the government's transparency
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2 January 2012

CSC set to write-off Ā£1bn spent on NPfIT

Computer Sciences Corporation has notified investors that it has been told it will not get a long-anticipated revised NHS IT
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7 April 2011

Bacon writes to Cameron on CSC talks

MP Richard Bacon has written to Prime Minister David Cameron, urging him to bring the Cabinet Office into negotiations over
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1 April 2011

NHS to be switched over to open source

In a stunning U-turn the government has today announced that the NHS will be switched en masse to open source
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30 March 2011

ICT strategy promises to save millions

A new ICT strategy which the government says will save millions currently wasted on public sector ICT was published by
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27 January 2010

Cloudy outlook on government ICT

The Cabinet Office has published a ten year strategy for government ICT that emphasises the use of cloud computing and
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7 December 2009

Brown promises to unlock NHS data

Gordon Brown has promised to “radically open up data and public information.” Launching the ‘Putting the frontline first: smarter government’
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7 December 2009

Brown streamlines government with IT

Gordon Brown has outlined plans to encourage much greater use of information, online services and text messaging in the NHS
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