More than a third of public sector decision makers say their organisation was hit by at least one denial of service (DDoS) attack over the past year, according to new […]...
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Weekly tenders update
Manchester City Council is seeking a contractor to help install wi-fi systems in all public buildings. View that and all this week’s local authority tenders. All tenders are brought to […]...
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Worries raised over public sector spend data
Local government spent more than £2.5bn with external suppliers during 2013, according to new figures released today....
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ICO outlines security issues for housing providers
Information sharing, retention and homeworking present the biggest data security challenges to social housing providers, according to the government’s information commissioner....
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Birmingham negotiates £150m ICT savings
Birmingham City Council is expected to approve a package of measures aimed at saving £150m on the amount it pays to its ICT provider over the next seven years....
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Five sources of channel shift failure from councils
Five critical weaknesses are seriously compromising the success of channel shift initiatives for UK local authorities. Anthony Peake lists them and suggest some solutions....
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Partner sought for Planning Portal
The government has launched a tender seeking a partner to run its online planning application service, which is used by the majority of English and Welsh councils....
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Weekly tenders update
A London council is seeking a supplier to create a single customer platform in a contract worth up to £6.4m. View this and all of this week’s council ICT tenders....
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Enfield appoints Agilisys for council tax collection
London Borough of Enfield has appointed ICT supplier Agilisys to collect council tax debt previously considered uncollectable....
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Employees are ‘weakest link for data security’
Employees continue to provide the biggest threat to data security, with 83% of senior public sector managers identifying the issue as their biggest worry....
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