Atos Origin has been awarded a £46.7m contract for the Government Gateway
The Government Gateway will provide 'joined-up' online services to citizens
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Atos lands Government Gateway contract

£46.7m deal for online service delivery

Andrew Charlesworth, vnunet.com 21 Sep 2006
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Downing Street has awarded a £46.7m contract for the Government Gateway to IT services company Atos Origin

The Gateway is central to the Blair administration's Transformational Government strategy enabling public sector utilities like the Department for Work and Pensions and Revenue & Customs to provide "joined-up" online services to citizens. 

The contract will run for an initial period to 31 March 2011. Atos will collaborate with enGage, the project team responsible for implementing the Gateway.

"The Government Gateway is a key component of common infrastructure, and supports the public sector response to the ambitious challenge for shared services set out in the Transformational Government paper," said John Suffolk, the government's chief information officer.

Derek Ward, executive vice president at Atos, added: "Atos Origin is delighted to continue contributing to the success of the Transformational Government agenda.

"We are looking forward to working, under the auspices of enGage, with Microsoft and the Cabinet Office."

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Gartner has dismissed a tightening of security rules for US government agencies as a mere "public relations response"Nothing but a PR stunt, claims analyst  20 Jul 2006
Police investigating the cash for peerages scandal will use American software to search for deleted emails on Whitehall computersUS software used in cash-for-peerage investigation  12 Jul 2006
The UK government's websites are unreliable in the level of service they provide, according to a report by an internet performance companyE-Government site in the bottom three  04 Jul 2006
Swedish police have launched an investigation into an attack that brought down the country's official government website on SundayThought to be revenge for Pirate Bay raid  05 Jun 2006
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