MoD Disposal website, designed and secured by commerce media, wins E-Goverment national award.
A Ministry of Defence (MoD) website created by application development and information security company, Commerce Media, and used by the Disposal Services Authority (DSA) to sell surplus stock - ranging from socks to military vehicles – has won the e-Government Excellence Award for Shared Services.
The award, which was received yesterday evening, acknowledges the effective service delivered by the site and its ability to offer efficient gains.
The annual e-Government National Awards offers the UK’s highest level of praise for e-government and technology driven services which have improved citizen and business transactions within the public sector. The eleven winners across a host of categories such as increased usage and sustainability, received their awards from Tom Watson, Cabinet Office Minster responsible for transformational government, at a ceremony held in the Guildhall, London.
Commerce Media has worked in partnership with the DSA and MoD for a number of years to build the award winning website to exacting specifications, advancing the portal over time to meet changing organisational and security requirements. Part of this process was to develop a two-factor authentication security application to verify pre-authorised contractors before they can access the site to list products for sale.
Commerce Media’s Celo * was implemented which resulted in increased security and convenience for contractors, while also reducing DSA administration levels and costs.
Michael Robertson, Managing Director at Commerce Media, comments: “We are delighted to be recognised for our work with the DSA. In addition to the site being effective and simple for users to understand, it has brought many efficiencies to the DSA which has enabled it to make significant cost-savings.
Security of the site has been of upmost importance, and as malicious attacks become evermore sophisticated, Commerce Media has developed an on-going partnership with the DSA to ensure continual work and updates are made to the portal to enable it to remain safe from unwarranted intrusion.”
Recent items listed for sale on http://www.edisposals.com include stereo headphones, an unused Life Guards red tunic, a Saxon armoured personnel carrier and a Gloster Meteor jet aircraft.
« Go Back
