Home Office
LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM - MAY 10: Police officers and public sector workers walk past the Home Office during a march through central London during a day of protest across the country on May 10, 2012 in London, England. A reported 400,000 public sector workers across the country are taking part in a twenty four hour strike in dispute over government changes to pensions.
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Neither the Home Office nor the National Policing Improvement Agency (NPIA) know what the benefits have been and whether value for money has been achieved
The Home Office first started discussing with Acpo (Association of Chief Police Officers) the possibility of a police review or further police work on this ... under the previous government.
The Home Office is partly funding the procurement process, at a cost of several million pounds, and has some responsibility for ensuring that there is an effective communications plan in place to explain the process to interested stakeholders and ultimately to the wider public.More quotes »
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Hackers claim attack on UK Home Office website
-- Britain 's Home Office confirmed Sunday that its website was attacked overnight after hackers claimed responsibility for shutting it down.The hackers also claim they attacked the Justice Ministry website and warned of further attacks every Saturday on U.K. Read more »
Around the web
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Government should explore open source solutions, says Home Office IT architect
should consider open source software more seriously during the IT product procurement process, says Home Office lead architect Tariq Rashid. Speaking to attendees at the inaugural Open Gov Summit in London on 30 May, Rashid said government "understanding and 5/31/12 from IT Pro Portal Read more »
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Men deported following raid on Edgware restaurant
deported from the UK and a third is in detention following a Border Agency raid on a restaurant in Edgware, according to the Home Office. Officers visited Meera’s Village restaurant in Queensbury Station Parade on May 19 where they questioned staff to check from Hendon & Finchley Press Read more »
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Protecting Your Home Against Burglars Is Important
latest Home Office crime statistics reveal a worrying increase in domestic break ins, with offence rates increased by 14 per cent, year on year. Due to the ongoing effects of the credit crunch, more and more people are struggling to make ends meet, so opportunistic from UK Home Ideas Read more »
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Most of Home Office's savings scored from haggling over ICT deals
committee's report on the work of the permanent secretary makes the point that the savings have to be put into context: the Home Office is required to reduce its total budget by £1.8bn over the present Parliament. Ghosh told the committee that the Home Office from The Register Read more »
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Do committee inquiries really uncover accountability?
wider point of such inquiries? Does committee chair Keith Vaz and his fellow MPs think they are performance managing the Home Office, and if so, what sanctions do they propose to use if, in six months or a year, Dame Helen hasn't delivered? Perhaps this is from Guardian Unlimited Read more »
