All posts tagged "Digital"

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  Former UK digital chief offers a welcome and a warning

  The former head of the UK’s Government Digital Service (GDS) has welcomed last week’s three-year Spending Review, in which the unit was awarded £450m ($680m) to deliver its plans for

  • Posted December 2, 2015
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  UK government announces $18bn cut to departments’ spending

  The British government has announced £12bn ($18bn) worth of departmental cuts in its five-year spending plan as it seeks to return to a budget surplus. Chancellor of the Exchequer George

  • Posted November 26, 2015
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  UK government launches £6.5m cyber security research project

  Two UK government departments have today launched a cyber security research project after 18 companies pledged to invest £6.5m over five years. The project called CyberInvest will provide a forum for

  • Posted November 9, 2015
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  Australia appoints new chief scientist

  Dr Alan Finkel, the founder of a Silicon Valley robotic instruments company, has been appointed Australia’s next chief scientist. Finkel, who in 1983 established Axon Instruments, a California-based, supplier of

  • Posted October 28, 2015
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  Finland publishes €1bn implementation plan

  The government of Finland has released a detailed plan on how it wants to implement key projects worth more than €1bn. The Implementation plan for the key projects and reforms

  • Posted September 29, 2015
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  Una O’Brien, permanent secretary, UK Department of Health: Exclusive Interview

  All healthcare is local, says Una O’Brien – but we need international collaboration to realise the potential of digital technologies, and to tackle the growing host of global health challenges

  • Posted September 16, 2015
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  OECD calls on Lithuania to make government more open

  The government of Lithuania should further citizen engagement; take steps to benefit from digital government and strengthen the capacity of its centre for co-ordination and leadership on open government reforms,

  • Posted September 7, 2015
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  Peter Ong, Head of Civil Service, Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Finance and Permanent Secretary (Special Duties), Prime Minister’s Office, Singapore: Exclusive interview

  Singapore is regarded as an economic success story. Peter Ong, Singapore’s head of civil service and permanent secretary of its finance ministry, explains how a continuous drive to plan ahead

  • Posted July 22, 2015
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  U.S. federal CIO appeals to cloud companies

  The United States’ chief information officer has called on cloud providers to come up with solutions that can be used by the government. Federal CIO Tony Scott told the Association

  • Posted July 6, 2015
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  Survey finds organizations are still unprepared for inevitable cyber attacks

  Most organizations (67%) are facing rising threats in their information security risk environment, but over a third (37%) have no real-time insight on cyber risks necessary to combat these threats.

  • Posted June 24, 2015
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