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  • E-government targets strain council budget

    Cumbria reviews third-party options to maximise its £10m annual IT spend

    Cumbria County Council is considering how best to use third-party help to meet e-government targets and stay within its £10m annual IT spend.

  • E-Skills UK and employers team up to launch cyber security apprenticeship

    Organisations across the IT, communications and defence sectors have teamed up with Business and IT Sector Skills Council (E-Skills UK) to launch cyber security apprenticeships.

    The aim is to boost the number of young people working in information security, with currently only seven per cent of professionals in that sector being under the age of 29. The apprenticeships will be coordinated by the National Skills Academy for IT and will offer the opportunity for young people to earn a salary as they train for a career in cyber security.

  • e-skills UK welcomes focus on skills for global competitiveness in Government restructuring

    Following the announcement of the restructuring of the Department for Education and Skills and the Department of Trade and Industry into three new Departments, e-skills UK welcomes the Government’s commitment to skills and education.

    Karen Price, CEO e-skills UK said: “e-skills UK welcomes the Prime Minister’s emphasis on the twin trends of globalisation and technological change. We are delighted that the Government has put the need for world class skills and innovation at the heart of its drive to meet the challenges and opportunities of globalisation.

  • e-Society: how the internet has changed the UK

    The Office for National Statistics has published a new report on e-Society, outlining how internet use has changed and how the internet is changing life in the UK. The report covers areas such as the 'digital divide' between households, social networking, education and work and e-Government.

  • e-Summit promises joined-up government

    Computing editor-in-chief Colin Barker looks at one of the biggest-ever gathering of international IT decision makers

    It was billed as 'The e-Summit'. The largest conference held this year to discuss the Government's strategy on 'joined-up-Government', the 'e-citizen', ecommerce and other ewords.

  • E-Voting: Salami-Taktik mit Pilotversuchen in England

    Die britische Regierung hat die Aufforderung der Electoral Commission zurückgewiesen, bis auf Weiteres keine Pilotversuche zum E-Voting mehr durchzuführen, sondern zunächst im Rahmen einer klaren Strategie zur Modernisierung des Wahlsystems eine öffentliche Debatte über den Sinn solcher Innovationen zu führen. Die vom englischen Parlament eingesetzte Wahlaufsichtsbehörde hatte Anfang August einen Evaluierungsbericht zu den zwölf Versuchen mit der elektronischen Stimmerfassung und -zählung bei den Kommunalwahlen im Mai 2007 vorgelegt und darin die Risiken für die Verfügbarkeit und Integrität des Wahlverfahrens als "inakzeptabel" bezeichnet. "Mit der Sicherheit und Transparenz dieser E-Voting-Lösungen und ihren Auswirkungen auf das Wahlverfahren sind deutlich größere Probleme verbunden, die zusammen mit den Kostenwirkungen der Technologie thematisiert werden müssen", erklärte die Kommission.

  • E36m for UK Local Authority Partnerships

    The UK government confirmed last week that E36m (£26m) has been awarded to 82 projects pioneering innovative approaches to delivering e-government through partnerships between local authorities.

  • EDS hat weiterhin Probleme mit britischen IT-Projekt

    Die britische Regierung hält Zahlungen an Electronic Data Systems (EDS) zurück. Seit Januar 2003 wurden insgesamt 13,3 Millionen Pfund (knapp 20 Millionen Euro) nicht ausgezahlt, weil wesentliche Funktionen eines geplanten IT-Systems für die Child Support Agency (PSA) zur elektronischen Vorgangsbearbeitung noch nicht funktionieren. Die CSA überweist Unterstützungsgelder an allein erziehende Eltern. Aufgrund der EDS-Pannen verzögerte sich die Auszahlung in der Vergangenheit. Lediglich 61 000 von insgesamt 478 000 Fällen konnten bearbeitet werden. "Trotz einiger Fortschritte bereitet das System in wesentlichen Bereichen weiter Probleme", sagte Alan Johnson, Sekretär im Arbeitsministerium.

  • Education isn't delivering results for the UK service economy says Mulgan

    "Millions of pounds are spent every year on education and training by government and business. Many benefit greatly from the qualifications they gain. But there is growing evidence that much of the learning provided is irrelevant to what people need in the labour market and in life," said Geoff Mulgan, Director of The Young Foundation (and former head of policy at No 10 and head of the government Strategy Unit) at the Learning and Skills Development Agency’s (LSDA) annual New Year lecture on 25 January.

  • eGovernment Role for UK Online Centres

    Pathfinders show UK Online network could deliver 1.5 m new eGovernment users

    The Government's network of UK Online centres could dramatically increase take-up of eGovernment among substantial numbers of society's most disadvantaged groups, new research claims.

    Pathfinder projects which used centres to help citizens access eGovernment services have achieved resounding success, says an evaluation of the nine pilots seen by eGov monitor.

  • Ehealth one of UK’s major future technologies

    The government’s Council for Science and Technology (CST) has named e-health as one of the most promising technologies for the UK to focus on over the next five years, but says concerns over security and deployment timescales must be overcome.

    The CST says that the potential to deliver and enhance health services through the internet and related technologies is large and the NHS should seize the opportunity to develop and exploit it.

  • Electronic tracking plan for UK borders

    A digital record could be created for every UK arrival and departure

    The government is working on plans to electronically track every person crossing UK borders to help fight crime, terrorism and illegal immigration.

  • England fördert freie Software

    Gestern hat das Kabinett von Tony Blair ein Massnahmenpaket zur Überwindung der digitalen Spaltung beschlossen. Ziel ist, das erste Land in der Welt zu werden, dem diese Aufgabe gelingt. Klingt sehr nach Wahlkampf und ähnliche Verlautbarungen hören wir auch regelmäßig in Deutschland, wenngleich auch nicht in dieser Zuversicht.

  • England moving away from national IT program

    England's National Health Service is effectively ending the National Programme for IT, moving away from a centralized, national strategy for deploying IT to hospitals and clinics across the country in favor of "a more locally-led plural system of procurement," according to a statement released by health minister Simon Burns. The decision is supposed to save 700 million pounds ($1.1 billion), including 200 million pounds ($309 million) from narrowing the scope of a Computer Sciences Corp. contract.

    "Improving IT is essential to delivering a patient-centered NHS. But the nationally imposed system is neither necessary nor appropriate to deliver this," Burns said, according to E-Health Insider. "We will allow hospitals to use and develop the IT they already have and add to their environment, either by integrating systems purchased through the national contracts or elsewhere."

  • England startet biometrische Erfassung

    Biometrische Daten von rund 10.000 Freiwilligen werden gesammelt | Soll ab 2007 in Ausweisen Pflicht sein

    Ungeachtet der Proteste von Bürgerrechtlern startet die britische Regierung am Montag ein zwölfwöchiges Pilotprojekt zur Einführung biometrischer Daten in Pässen.

  • England: Londoner werden bei Terror-Anschlägen per SMS informiert

    Ein neuer SMS-Dienst stellt sich auf die Terrorängste der Londoner Stadtbewohner ein. Die BBC berichtet vom City Alert Texting System (Cats), das Textnachrichten im Falle eines Terroranschlages an vorher registrierte Handybesitzer verschickt. So sollen Anwohner gewarnt und Betroffene mit Verhaltensregeln versorgt werden.

  • Ensuring the digital futures of the UK’s local authorities

    Joanne Green, Head of Public Sector at Neos Networks, outlines how local authorities can harness smart technologies and digital tools to drive infrastructural, social and economic improvements across their local areas

    Local authorities are in the driver’s seat when it comes to regional economic and social development. Over the years, several governments have adopted the phrase ‘levelling up’, a message that has now become part of a UK government initiative as it pushes to drive opportunities and growth across the nation, including in often overlooked regions. This has led to the establishment of frameworks for how local authorities can go about regenerating the towns and cities they serve. With technology and digital infrastructure set to play a central role, it is up to local authorities to embrace these initiatives to secure their digital futures and better serve their citizens.

  • ePass: Großbritannien hat sich viel vorgenommen

    E-Pass wird 2006 eingeführt - Mehr Daten für Personalausweis

    Ein Land hat sich viel vorgenommen: Großbritannien, in dem es bisher weder Meldepflicht noch irgendeine Form von Personalsausweisen gibt, will ab 2006 den biometrischen Pass einführen. Da heißt es erstmal: Personendaten erfassen und das nicht zu wenig. Denn kein anderer als Winston Churchill hat 1952 die sogenannten ID cards (ein Äquivalent zum deutschen Personalausweis) abgeschafft. Sie schienen ihm nicht mehr nötig. Wer zukünftig einen Pass will, der braucht mehr als eine Zeugenunterschrift zur Bestätigung der britischen Nationalität auf seinem Antragsformular.

  • Estonia’s e-residency offers EU bolthole to Britons facing Brexit

    Innovations like Skype, TransferWise, Pipedrive push Baltic state’s post-Soviet success

    Amid the fog of uncertainty over Brexit, a growing number of Britons are finding a route to remain in the European Union through a tiny country on the Baltic Sea.

  • EU gives assistance to UK on implementation of new e-Procurement rules

    The European Commission has published a document that explains and interprets the rules on electronic public procurement (“e-procurement”) that are part of its new public procurement Directives.

    The aim is to assist Member States in writing the rules into national law and contracting authorities in implementing them.

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