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Raising the bar on public sector IT

Government departments are under ever-increasing pressure to enhance the relationship between members of the public and state by delivering improved services and more open governance.

Washington bribery case threatens Obama IT vision

Arrests for corruption in Washington have thrown doubt on the viability of US President Obama's IT vision, the future of his newly appointed CIO and raised a host of security issues.

Advice to the next Homeland Security CPO

Departing chief privacy officer of the Department of Homeland Security speaks on EU privacy and protecting citizen's information.

Spam is silenced, but where are the police?

On 14 Oct, the US Federal Trade Commission, with help from the FBI and New Zealand police, announced that it had shut down a vast international spam network known as HerbalKing.

Former prosecutor: McKinnon hack looked like terrorist attack

After the computer network at the Naval Weapons Station Earle in New Jersey was breached and crashed just a few weeks after the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, investigators thought it might be part of a larger al-Qaeda plot against the United States.

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Government data debacle - the full story

As ministers squirm over the latest damning reports into the loss of millions of personal records, ComputerWorld UK tracks the whole sorry saga.

Transport for London CIO says travellers are top priority

To write a successful book you need a central theme. A theme runs from beginning to end clearly communicating a set of ideas to the reader. As long as you have one the reader is constantly engaged.

Richard Steel: Transforming public sector IT

Newham Council CIO Richard Steel is aiming to do for public sector IT what the 2012 Olympics are doing for the east end.

Round-up: The HMRC data breach

HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) has lost 25 million child benefit records and chairman Paul Gray has resigned over what is just the latest of a series of security blunders. Read all our essential coverage here of the disaster and its fall-out.