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CSC ambivalent on prospects of new NHS IT deal
By Tony Collins CSC is not quite as confident as it was on new NPfIT contracts CSC is meeting UK Government officials next month to discuss the company’s £3bn worth of NHS IT contracts. It follows a...
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NPfIT to be “dismantled”– brick by brick
By Tony Collins A Department of Health press release issued this morning is headlined: Dismantling the NHS National Programme for IT I asked a senior official at the Department...
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FOI team hides already released Universal Credit report
By Tony Collins Universal Credit is one the government’s most important IT-enabled programmes, along with HMRC’s “Real-time Information” scheme, Whitehall Shared Services and the MoD Change Programme....
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CSC NPfIT deal is a crucial test of coalition strength
By Tony Collins Comment: The Cabinet Office’s Major Projects Authority has intervened in NHS Connecting for Health’s running of the NPfIT. In particular the Authority has taken a role in the...
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Investors sue CSC
By Tony Collins The Observer reported yesterday that some CSC investors are suing the company, saying it was giving assurances about the “Lorenzo” software when it had been warned that the software...
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Fiddling savings on shared services? Officialdom in need of reform
By TonyCollins An NAO report today suggests that some officials are fiddling projected savings figures from a shared services deal involving seven research councils. It all began so well. A Fujitsu...
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Clegg speech renews Coalition mutuals and employee-ownership focus
By David Bicknell Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg has advocated greater employee-ownership. In a speech yesterday to the Corporation of London, he described employee share ownership as “a touchstone...
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Any point in today’s IT report by Public Administration Committee?
By Tony Collins We congratulate the Public Administration Committee for following up its excellent Government and IT – “A recipe for rip-offs: time for a new approach” which was published in July 2011....
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Mutuals likely to be focus of Government Right to Provide plans expected today
By David Bicknell The Government looks set to make an announcement about mutuals today as part of ‘Right to Provide’ plans due to be unveiled by David Cameron. The likelihood of an announcement appears...
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Fire ‘superstations’ without software cost £1m a month – The Times
By Tony Collins The Times reports today that taxpayers are paying more than £1m a month on the rent and upkeep of fire control rooms across England that have never been used. The purpose-built control...
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