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Government to launch free Internet tasters
News A DTI spokeswoman explained that the government believed the Internet had a valuable role to play in fighting social inclusion, as it can make it easier for disadvantaged groups to access government services.
[May 12, 2003, 16:58]
MPs slam government over digital divide plans
News The MPs are equally damning of the job being done by e-envoy Andrew Pinder, who is charged with promoting e-business, combatting the digital divide and getting all government services online by 2005. The government's UK online plans to close the...
[March 27, 2001, 12:23]
E-envoy calls for help bridging digital divide
News The government claims it is on target to meet its own Internet commitments of getting all government services online by 2002. The government, which is keen to see universal Net access available in the UK, has several projects of its own to help...
[January 18, 2001, 9:26]
Culture secretary unveils 'Channel 4 of the Net'
News The project is part of Labour's e-government strategy, which envisages that all government services will be online by 2005, despite the fact that less than half the MPs in the government have email addresses.
[September 28, 2000, 16:12]
UK government signs Linux deal
News The organisation responsible for the UK government's procurement policy has opted for Linux to underpin its new online purchasing system. The Office of Government Commerce (OGC) hopes the system will allow public sector bodies to buy products more...
[April 4, 2003, 15:24]
UK lags behind Estonia in ID card technology
News This omission could damage the growth of e-commerce and e-government services in Britain, say critics. The UK government last week launched a trial of biometric ID cards; the fear of terrorism seems to have pushed the prime minister to fast-track...
[May 6, 2004, 17:50]
Work still needed on e-government
Talkback The online facility can be used to enter into a partnership the appropriate government in cases of government contracts. The various departments of the government can be computerized and centralized and the responsibility for its proper maintenance...
[July 12, 2005, 6:59]
Eye2Eye: ZDNet interviews the e-Minister, Part 1
News Getting government right is about exploiting ICT to deliver government services online to citizens and form relationships between government and citizens so things are much easier and more convenient.
[February 21, 2000, 9:51]
Douglas Alexander takes on e-minister role
News Alexander, who was born in Glasgow in 1967, is strongly behind the government's drive to quickly put all government services online. Speaking last August, when the government announced that one-third of its services were available on the Internet...
[June 12, 2001, 9:32]
Promote broadband, EU tells public sector
News Its emphasis on public services reflects the policy of the UK government, which has also advocated aggregation as a way of boosting take-up. This is not about systems and technology, but about providing solutions for citizens, businesses and...
[May 13, 2004, 13:10]
Labour u-turns on broadband promises
News The majority of the section talks about the plan to get all government services online. For ISP AOL, which has been at the vanguard of criticism for BT's ADSL rollout, it represents a dramatic u-turn for the government.
[May 18, 2001, 13:14]
AOL not sold on IM interoperability
News America Online is backing away from opening its instant messaging servers to let them communicate with rival networks, according to a government regulatory filing. However, competitors have at times claimed AOL's dominance akin to unfair...
[July 24, 2002, 9:26]
Broadband blunders hit UK online
News The drive also promises to provide Internet access to all who want it by 2005, and to get all government services online by the same time. Hewitt signed the annual report with the e-Envoy Andrew Pinder, saying she was delighted with the progress...
[December 4, 2001, 12:52]
Jane Wakefield: Broadband Britain, please stand up
News The government, not content with burdening itself with a commitment to get all its services online by 2005 (admirable, but achievable? The government appears to have gone slightly mad. They say love is blind and the government must really love BT...
[February 19, 2001, 15:28]
£300m local savings from e-government
News Local government user body the Society of IT managers (Socitm) also claims councils are on target to put services online by the end of 2005. The UK's local e-government programme could lead to significant direct cost savings in addition to improved...
[December 9, 2004, 11:05]
Blair reaches out to IT staff
News Blair recorded the message, which was broadcast on 24 May, 2005, as part of a speech delivered by the head of e-government unit, Ian Watmore. Technology is central to our efficiency and core judgements as we reduce the cost of government across the...
[May 25, 2005, 16:05]
Korea mandates e-voting by 2005
News Also, up to 85 percent of government services will be available via the Internet, an increase from the current 15 percent. The new voting system will begin on a trial basis from next year, when the government allows local citizens to vote on its...
[August 18, 2003, 9:50]
E-envoy: broadband divide will wreck rural economy
News As e-envoy, Pinder's role is to lead the process of putting government services online. The select committee on Environment, Food and Rural Affairs examined the factors behind this broadband divide this summer, and concluded that direct subsidy...
[September 26, 2003, 12:05]
Well then...
Talkback ""The government acknowledged the need to make sure innocent individuals, such as those sharing an internet connection with suspected copyright infringers, were not affected by any technical sanctions.
[August 25, 2009, 15:43]
Freeserve demands action on e-commerce VAT directive
News UK Internet service provider Freeserve insisted on Wednesday that the UK government must move swiftly to implement a European directive that would see non-EU companies that sell Internet services forced to pay VAT.
[December 19, 2001, 13:02]
