News for Public sector
Monday, February 06, 2012
Five New Police Forces Booked for Project Athena
A total of seven police forces have inked contracts for Project Athena, a framework agreement for IT systems to enable data sharing between the police. A further five forces are in the process of deliberation. The seven forces - Essex, Bedfordshire, Norfolk, Cambridgeshire, Hertfordshire, Kent and Suffolk – will pay a total of £32 million.
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St. Helens and Knowsley NHS Trust Goes Cloud
St. Helens and Knowsley teaching hospitals have entered into a 1.3 million agreement with EMC Symmetrix to revamp its storage infrastructure.
The deal takes 14,000 users into the cloud, providing them with rapid access to patient data such as X-Rays, medical records and clinical scans.
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Wednesday, November 23, 2011
Government CIO set to retire
UK government CIO Joe Harley will retire in March 2012, it was announced yesterday.
This follows the news that his deputy, Bill McCluggage will leave to join IT supplier EMC later this year.
Harley was formerly IT chief at ICI Paints.
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Tuesday, October 11, 2011
Biggest strike in history planned for November 30
Unison is conducting a ballot that could see 1.1 million workers strike on 30 November – and possibly beyond. The strike is over the Government’s public sector pension reforms. It affects works in local government and health service retirement schemes.
Other large public sector and civil service unions are already in the process of balloting, which could see over two million workers out, making it the biggest strike in UK history.
Dave Prentis, the general secretary of Unison said the strike “could take the form of targeted action against certain local authorities, health trusts or privatised service employers or the form of rolling action in certain regions.”
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Friday, September 09, 2011
Over 1,000 Fujitsu workers to strike this month
On 19 September, over 1,000 Fujitsu workers will strike on as a result of unsatisfactory pay conditions. This will affect HMRC, the Office of National Statistics and the DVLA, amongst other public agencies.
The workers – members of both PCS and Unite trade unions – will strike for 24 hours from midnight on Monday 19 September.
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Wednesday, September 07, 2011
Council to keep it local; rejects shared services
West Dunbartonshire Council has rejected a detailed shared services proposal, preferring in localised, ring-fenced services, a plan that flies in the faces of other the Scottish councils looking to merge key back office functions.
The council has rejected the notion that the Clyde Valley Partnership would save taxpayer cash and improve service quality. The scheme hoped to save £30 million per year. As the second council to drop out - from the partnership of eight – the future of the scheme could be in doubt.
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Tuesday, September 06, 2011
Fujitsu workers vote to strike
HMRC, the Office of National Statistics and the DVLA could be affected as PCS union members at Fujitsu vote in favour of strike action.
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Monday, September 05, 2011
CSC Bags Business Intelligence Firm Maricom
CSC has bought Maricom Systems, who provide business intelligence and data management solutions that support mission-critical health IT systems within the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).
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Monday, August 22, 2011
MoD supply chain not fit for purpose
The Ministry of Defence has revealed to the Public Accounts Committee that the IT systems supporting its logistics operations are not fit for purpose.
The Ministry of Defence says that, due to its age and hosting, its current inventory and warehousing IT systems are "at risk of catastrophic failure."
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Strike! Strike!
Fujitsu workers in Manchester may strike next month, if there are enough votes to do so in the upcoming Public Commercial Services Union ballot.
It is expected that the strike would impact upon Fujitsu’s contracts with the Home Office, HM Revenue & Customs, Marks & Spencer and the Post Office.
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