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UK lags in European broadband stakes

...95 percent. The UK government has vowed to get all of its citizens online at a minimum speed of 2Mbps by 2015. Akamai's measurement... Read more

24 October, 2011

FixMyTransport sets complaints in motion

...mySociety project, started in 2003, is run by the registered charity UK Citizens Online Democracy. Websites run by mySociety include WhatDoTheyKnow, TheyWorkForYou — a site... Read more

31 August, 2011

Government IT: Sacrificial lamb or public service saviour?

...are also conscious that authorities need to change how they engage with citizens online and move from websites designed for computers to offering more apps... Read more

31 May, 2011 by Nick Heath

Enfield to use ID tokens for council services

...future design initiative to establish a common and secure way for all citizens' online transactions. Enfield signed a £25m IT contract with Serco earlier this... Read more

2 December, 2010 by Kable
Citizens Bank of Las Cruces Mobile Banking 2.3

Citizens Bank of Las Cruces Mobile Banking 2.3

...deposit, money markets, loans and lines of credit.If you already have Citizens Online Banking, you will need to activate your mobile banking access while... Read more

30 September, 2011

Fibre broadband: Northern Ireland's quiet connectivity revolution

...set a minimum floor for broadband access of 512Kbps to get more citizens online. And by August broadband take-up in the region had leapt... Read more

29 November, 2010 by Natasha Lomas

IT pros 'must put something back'

...range of organisations including Business in the Community, the British Computer Society, Citizens Online, Computer Weekly, Intellect and the Worshipful Company of Information Technologists. For... Read more

11 November, 2002 by Graham Hayday
Perceived Risks, Counter-Beliefs, and Intentions to Use Anti-/counter-Terrorism Websites: An Exploratory Study of Government - <endeca_term>Citizens Online</endeca_term> Interactions in a Turbulent Environment

Perceived Risks, Counter-Beliefs, and Intentions to Use Anti-/counter-Terrorism Websites: An Exploratory Study of Government - Citizens Online Interactions in a Turbulent Environment

This study examines the relationships between various risks, beliefs, and behavioral intentions that are related to... Read more

6 June, 2006

Citizens Online calls for Net to be cast wider

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24 May, 2000 by Pia Heikkila

Greens, Pirates, UKIP and BNP weigh in on tech

...and an honest, open analysis of the situation. How would you balance citizens' online privacy against protecting commercial interests? The cases of Phorm and the... Read more

15 April, 2010 by David Meyer

SNP and Plaid Cymru localise tech issues

...money and a threat to our civil liberties. How would you balance citizens' online privacy against protecting commercial interests? The cases of Phorm and the... Read more

16 April, 2010 by David Meyer

Lib Dems promise to invest in tech start-ups

Tech election 2010: the Liberal Democrats explain how they would strengthen the UK tech industry and safeguard digital rights Read more

14 April, 2010 by David Meyer

Conservatives stress need for speed

In the second part of our Tech election 2010 series, the Conservative Party tells ZDNet UK about the tech policies it will push and policies it will drop if it wins the general election Read more

13 April, 2010 by David Meyer

Labour trumpets open-source success

As part of ZDNet UK's Tech election 2010 series, the Labour Party explains how it would strengthen the UK tech industry and other tech policies Read more

12 April, 2010 by David Meyer
Opening the door to government data

Opening the door to government data

...a small number of people hanging round a tech scheme called UK Citizens Online Democracy, which created policy documents for government. It's a pretty... Read more

5 March, 2010 by Tom Espiner

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