Double Government Computer Failure Shows Plans to Axe all ...
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The latest Government computer crash at the Department of Work and Pensions shows the folly of the Government plans to axe all existing emergency fire control rooms.
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Staff at the United Kingdom's Department for Work and Pensions were unable to use their PCs this week after a routine software upgrade knocked out 80 percent of the computers in the sprawling department.
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Budget cuts will force second-rate response to digital challenge, warns chief.
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By ROBBIE DINWOODIE CHIEF SCOTTISH POLITICAL CORRESPONDENT  A GBP14M computerisation project completed by Scottish Enterprise last year is to be scrapped in favour of a new system costing GBP7m, prompting an MSP to demand an investigation by ministers.
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Civil Servants have been reduced to writing out benefit claims by hand after what experts are calling the biggest crash in computer history.
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By Michael Sluss, The Roanoke Times, Va.  Jun. 21--RICHMOND -- Two hardware failures in the state's central computer system forced Department of Motor Vehicles offices to close early Wednesday and created problems for other government agencies.
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An order for civil servants to delete old e-mails could lead to crucial information being destroyed, a senior MP says.
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Computer engineers were at a loss last night to explain why the Government had been hit by arguably the worst electronic meltdown in the history of Whitehall.
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Large swathes of Asia, the Middle East and north Africa had their high-technology services crippled today after a widespread Internet failure that brought many businesses to a standstill and left others struggling to cope.
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Governments are readying themselves for the Big One, a long-announced, long-awaited cyberwar of global proportions.
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By Bill Husted, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution  Sep. 3--There are thousands of ways to kill a computer. I've tried most  of them.   They've gone up in flames in front of my eyes and died quiet and  undramatic deaths at my hand.
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Ministers decide to use existing databases for the ID card scheme - scrapping plans for a standalone system.
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DECEMBER 08, 2004  - Some 40,000 computers in the UK&#39;s Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) were unable to access their network last month when an IT technician erroneously installed a software upgrade.
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Government procurers will have to be more CPU agnostic
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EXPERTS were battling yesterday to deal with the biggest computer crash in British government history. Pension, child benefit and income support payments have been in crisis since a software upgrade ended in chaos on Monday.
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Meeting next week to thrash out contracts The government is expected to concede some precious ground to the IT industry over difficult contractual negotiations that have just entered their third year.â¦
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Some 80,000 computers at the Department for Work and Pensions went down during &#39;a routine software upgrade&#39; of its Microsoft machines this week.