NAO delivers damning report on delayed and costly DBS transformation project

ISSUE DATE: 2 February 2018 TOP STORIES NAO delivers damning report on delayed and costly DBS transformation project The Disclosure and Barring Service modernisation programme runs three-and-a-half years behind schedule, suffers from low uptake and increased costs, says NAO report. READ MORE → Industrial cyber security continues to be poor, warns report The number of internet-accessible industrial control systems is increasing every year, researchers warn. READ MORE → €7.1m EU Data Pitch accelerator recruits 18 startups Startups from the UK, France, Italy, Germany, Estonia, Denmark, France, Spain, Portugal, Lithuania and the Netherlands join an EU-funded accelerator programme involving the Open Data Institute. READ MORE → ADVERTISEMENT

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