Councils, Committees & Boards including Government Agencies & Authorities

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Central Computer & Telecommunications Agency (CCTA) Rosebery Court, St Andrew's Business Park, Norwich, NR7 0HS. 01603 704704 fax 01603 704817 e-mail info@ccta.gov.uk http://www.ccta.gov.uk Chief Executive: Bob Assirati E Originally established in 1972, CCTA became an agency of the Cabinet Office (Office of Public Service) in 1996. R The principal aim of the CCTA is to improve the delivery of public services by the best use of Information Technology (IT). G United Kingdom. Its primary focus is the UK public sector, but CCTA has brought / is bringing public & private sector organisations together to develop world class methodologies for IT management ie PRINCE (for project management), SSADM (for systems analysis & design), ITIL (for IT service management) and TAP (for IT procurement). In the telecomms arena CCTA runs one of Europe's largest private telephone networks with almost 45,000 extensions; it manages the outsourced contracts for the government data & telecomms networks, and runs Europe's largest public sector Internet website (as quoted above) which is a gateway to over 400 organisations. The CCTA provides a great many other services. ¶ Brochure: free.

Abbreviations index CCSU Coun Civil Service Unions CCTA Central Computer & Telecoms Agency CCU Coun Christian Unity Index of officials Ashworth, Dr J British Library Bd Assirati, Bob Central Computer & Telecoms Agency Atherton, B J Shetland Health Bd Subject Index Telecommunications Advy C'ees Telecoms Central Computer & Telecoms Agency nto.tele.com Telecommunications equipment British Approvals Bd Telecoms