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MPs: Police IT is 'not fit for purpose'

...The home affairs select committee has branded police service IT as "not fit for purpose" and... Read more

23 September, 2011 by Gill Hitchcock

Raytheon seeks £500m e-Borders payoff

...over half a billion pounds in a letter to the Home Affairs Select Committee (PDF), published on Friday. "We maintain that the purported termination was... Read more

26 August, 2011 by Tom Espiner

Industry sparks inquiry into UK copyright reform

...into the review and the government response," a spokeswoman for the parliamentary select committee said on Wednesday. "The inquiry will focus on the workability of... Read more

17 August, 2011 by David Meyer

MPs: Government IT is a 'recipe for rip-offs'

...witnesses described as a "recipe for rip-offs", the Commons Public Administration Select Committee (Pasc) said in a report on Thursday. "IT procurement has too... Read more

28 July, 2011 by Tom Espiner

MPs urge ISPs to take down terrorist material

The Home Affairs Committee has called for an ISP code of conduct 'committing them to removing violent extremist material', although it is unclear whether they mean 'hosting providers' rather than ISPs Read more

6 February, 2012 by David Meyer

'Obscene amount of money wasted': MPs demand probe over IT collusion claims

...competitive behaviour among the largest tech suppliers to government. The Public Administration Select Committee (PASC) is calling for an investigation into allegations made to it... Read more

28 July, 2011 by Nick Heath

MPs: Rioting should not lead to Twitter blocks

...not take social networks offline during future civil disturbances, the home affairs select committee has said. Photo credit: Nicobobinus/Flickr Social networks such as Blackberry... Read more

20 December, 2011 by Tom Espiner

MPs torch failed FiReControl project

...what is effectively a very sophisticated call centre . – Ian Swales MP The select committee report picked out consultants as causing particular problems with the scheme... Read more

20 September, 2011 by Jack Clark

Government committee to examine Welsh broadband

The government's Welsh Affairs Select Committee has opened an inquiry into the issue of broadband coverage in... Read more

18 March, 2011

Global library body lobbies against Digital Economy Act

The International Federation of Library Associations has urged a parliamentary select committee to closely examine the Digital Economy Act, which it says raises... Read more

3 February, 2011

Committee launches government IT inquiry

The Public Administration Select Committee has opened an inquiry into the goverment's strategy for developing... Read more

17 December, 2010

MPs see little value in scrapped £9m eye scanners

...have been better used to pay for more staff, the Home Affairs Select Committee has found. IRIS was introduced in UK airports in 2006 and... Read more

11 April, 2012 by Jo Best

Ofcom: Operators 'gaming the system' over 4G auction

...this increasingly vital area." Richards pointed to a Culture, Media and Sport select committee report earlier this month, in which committee chair John Whittingdale MP... Read more

29 November, 2011 by David Meyer

Everything Everywhere promises to reinvest 2G windfall

...came in a report on Thursday from the Culture, Media and Sport select committee, which also made a wider set of recommendations to do with... Read more

4 November, 2011 by David Meyer

Anonymous posts face legal shake-up

...UK. "But we all know that ISPs won't do that. The select committee's proposals therefore leave anonymous bloggers... with less protection against libel... Read more

20 October, 2011 by David Meyer

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