An Atkins-led project brings broadband to Scotland’s most sparsely populated areas and provides a model for other remote locations
Most of us take basic broadband connectivity for granted, especially if we live in a city supported by the infrastructure we need to get online.
But, given the many benefits offered by the internet, how do people access these services if they live in particularly out of the way places?
Weiterlesen: GB: Connecting remote communities in the Scottish Highlands
Eduserv's Jos Creese says digitally-based devolution can help address the underlying costs of public service provision -but depends on a national digital agenda to support it
"Devolution" is, unarguably, the current government buzzword - a move away from Westminster-centric decision-making, which the Conservative administration has placed at the centre of its economic, social and democratic policy planning.
Much of this is driven by political expediency, as well as the unprecedented and somewhat unexpected fallout from the Scottish referendum, coupled with a general dissatisfaction with the level of public policy centralisation in London.
London councils want to tackle the government's austerity measures through adopting shared IT services model by April 2016
Islington and Camden Councils are seeking approval for plans to embark on a shared IT services push, a move the local authorities claim would save around £4m a year.
The councils want to create a joint committee to oversee the creation and running of its proposed £5m shared IT services initiative by 1 April 2016.
Weiterlesen: GB: London: Islington and Camden Councils set out shared IT services plans
A school in Scunthorpe has launched a biometric system that will allow students to pay for their lunches with a fingerprint scan.
The system was installed by Baysgarth School, in Barton, at the end of last term, with the aim of simplifying the payment system.
A statement issued by the school stated that the system “will completely eliminate the need for students to remember their lunch card and go through the hassle of waiting for a temporary pass”.
Weiterlesen: UK school brings in biometrics for school lunches
When people think of a government IT project, the first thing that comes to mind is a kitchen sink with millions of pounds pouring out of it (just to clarify, that the money goes straight down the drain). And while many would be excused for thinking that government IT projects are a relatively new phenomenon, this isn't quite the case.
The first - or at least one of the first, government IT projects was picked up by Charles Babbage back in 1822. He proposed the idea of using J.H. Muller's concept of ‘a difference machine' to the Royal Astronomical Society. The UK government took interest in this in order to make processes more efficient.