Lib Dems set up Commission on Privacy
Blog Heath spoke to ZDNet UK at a Commons Select Committee hearing into the work of the Information Commissioner on Tuesday. Chairing the group will be Lib Dem MP David Heath, shadow leader of the house. The other members of the Commission are: Baroness...
[January 14, 2009, 10:45]
Keeping a mainframe in your back pocket
Blog Image: Wikimedia Commons The Channel Island utility provider wanted to bring its core business applications residing on the mainframe into Windows supporting its MIDAS application, its customer information tool that had been developed in-house...
[March 2, 2009, 7:25]
Tories to force McKinnon debate in Commons
Blog The move was announced in a statement issued on Monday by the leader of the House of Commons. The Conservative Party has introduced a debate over the UK/US extradition treaty to Wednesday's parliamentary agenda.
[July 14, 2009, 13:54]
Twitter, Trafigura, trends and treason
Blog One of the most expensive bits of free information today has been the identity and nature of a parliamentary question, to be asked in the House of Commons about gagging orders imposed by a court on the Guardian newspaper.
[October 13, 2009, 14:03]
Nasa hacker gets legal deadline extended
Blog In the House of Commons on Wednesday, Johnson defended his decision that the article did not apply in McKinnon's case. Gary McKinnon's legal team has been given more time to request a judicial review of the home secretary's decision not to halt...
[December 2, 2009, 14:07]
Message in a hamper
Blog Conservative shadow minister for justice David Burrowes in October launched an early day motion in the House of Commons petitioning for McKinnon to be tried in the UK, which has now been signed by eighty MPs.
[March 6, 2009, 14:28]
Where Have All The Women Gone?
Blog One initiative that could help change this situation is WEConnect (or Women in Enterprise Connecting to Contracts), a Women’s Enterprise Task Force (WETF) scheme launched to critical acclaim at the House of Commons last month (February) - and...
[March 17, 2008, 9:03]
Rupert Goodwins' Diary
Blog Whether this is in any way connected with the MP who got thrown out of the debating chamber in the House of Commons this week for using a mobile camera phone, I cannot say. Tuesday 16/12/2003 Living as I do in one of the livelier parts of London, I...
[December 19, 2003, 16:15]
Is Website-Envy Provoking Digital Plagiarism?
Blog Even fewer understand the importance of licensing their work - whether under Creative Commons or a commercial license - and the differences between various licenses which can have a profound impact on the balance between the amount of control you...
[June 22, 2009, 8:51]
