Nick Heath is chief reporter for TechRepublic. He writes about the technology that IT-decision makers need to know about, and the latest happenings in the European tech scene.
The government spent £90m on its three main websites over three years, but failed to measure the benefits of its online services, according to the National Audit Office
Joe Harley will step down in spring 2012, after one year as government chief information officer and seven years in that role at the Department for Work and Pensions
The government's new identity assurance scheme has shades of the scrapped ID card plan, campaigners at No2ID have warned
The Department for Work and Pensions has terminated a contract with the company, which was agreed in 2010 to manage its 140,000 desktops
A report by the Office of Tax Simplification has recommended that the government either abolishes or amends the IR35 tax law, which addresses tax payments for contractors
HM Revenue and Customs has said it is willing to accept technical problems as an excuse for late tax returns filed using a new online system
The National Policing Improvement Agency's chief executive has outlined cuts in IT spending by 2015, including reductions in police IT
The electronic records system, recently halted to spread more professional and public awareness, has been restarted by the coalition government
Current versions of the ID cards have contact plates similar to chip-and-PIN credit cards, but cannot be used to carry out electronic transactions
The makers of Lorenzo, the computer system that will handle electronic patient records, have caused delays by missing the target delivery date