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Cabinet archives go online The National Archives has placed 500,000 pages of government papers online free of charge 4 Dec 2008 more..

DWP claims utility cost cuts The Department for Work and Pensions has made considerable progress in its move to utility computing, according to a senior official 3 Dec 2008 more..

NI puts public records on the web Northern Ireland's public records office is making thousands of records available online from January 2009 3 Dec 2008 more..

Benefits staff to use lie detectors Benefit claimaints suspected of fiddling the system will in future face tests using voice risk analysis (VRA) technology 3 Dec 2008 more..

LibDems attack 'shambolic' DNA database The Liberal Democrats have said they have evidence that the DNA database is not helping to solve crimes 3 Dec 2008 more..

Core delayed until 2011 A government minister has confirmed that the Coordinated Online Record of Electors is now scheduled to go live four years after the original launch date 3 Dec 2008 more..

12 trusts join NHS shared services NHS Shared Business Services has signed new finance outsourcing deals worth £13.8m 2 Dec 2008 more..

Cardiff offers £150m for IT transformation Cardiff Council has published a tender for a deal, which may last 15 years and be worth £150m, to support its transformational programme 2 Dec 2008 more..

NHS Lothian chooses mobile results devices A Scottish health board is buying equipment allowing staff and patients to see X-rays, scans and test results at the bedside 2 Dec 2008 more..

Empty homes website goes live The Empty Homes Agency has set up a website service to alert local authorites in England of empty properties on their patch 1 Dec 2008 more..

FireControl centres delayed by nine months The government has moved back the opening of England's first three regional fire control centres to summer 2010 1 Dec 2008 more..

IPO modernises 'seriously disjointed' IT The Intellectual Property Office is starting a two year IT upgrade, including more online and automated services 1 Dec 2008 more..

Glasgow shared services chief sees hurdles Scotland's public sector organisations are not making sufficient progress in introducing shared services, according to Glasgow City Council's head of shared services 28 Nov 2008 more..

YOTs to get single case management system The Association of Youth Offending Teams Managers is to begin the development of a new case management service 28 Nov 2008 more..

Lib Dems call for new NHS data security rules The Liberal Democrats have called on the government to accept a set of priorities to stop the loss of confidential patient data from the health service 28 Nov 2008 more..

IPO updates web presence The Intellectual Property Office is to relaunch its website 28 Nov 2008 more..

MP sets up on IPTV A Labour MP has launched her own internet protocol TV channel 27 Nov 2008 more..

Council sites fall short on saving calls Local authority websites are not doing enough to prevent 'avoidable contacts', according to a Socitm briefing 27 Nov 2008 more..

London mayor axes congestion charge extension Boris Johnson has decided to scrap the western extension of the London congestion charge, which relies on ANPR technology 27 Nov 2008 more..

DVLA blames economy for shelving project The Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency has put its biometric facial recognition work into 'controlled closure' until the economy improves 26 Nov 2008 more..