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Delay on the cards for gov't ID contract
News New home secretary Alan Johnson is reportedly less enthusiastic about the £4.9bn project than his predecessors. Perhaps, as it has been mentioned in the press, Alan Johnson has asked to conduct a review of the scheme and in the meantime asked to...
[June 19, 2009, 8:23]
Government unveils UK citizen ID card
News The is a mock-up of what an ID card for UK citizens will look like, revealed on Thursday by home secretary Alan Johnson. The Home Office said it recognises the "concerns that the public have over their information being stored securely and accessed...
[July 30, 2009, 17:05]
MPs urge Johnson to halt McKinnon extradition
News A cross-party group of senior MPs is meeting home secretary Alan Johnson on Wednesday to request clemency for Nasa hacker Gary McKinnon. However, Johnson has said it would be illegal for him to intervene in the hacker's case, as the US has a legal...
[September 9, 2009, 14:24]
NASA Hacker McKinnon gets appeal extension
Blog Home Secretary Alan Johnson has agreed to delay the final deadline on Gary McKinnon's fight against extradition, after being presented with new medical evidence on McKinnon's psychiatric condition. This follows McKinnon being denied the right to...
[October 18, 2009, 13:37]
Johnson urges haste on foreigner ID cards
News Home secretary Alan Johnson has asked the UK Border Agency to look at speeding up the issuing of identity cards to foreign nationals. As part of the change of plans for the National Identity Scheme, Johnson has asked the agency to review its...
[July 6, 2009, 8:38]
MPs urge Nasa hacker clemency
News An influential government committee has urged home secretary Alan Johnson to use his discretion in evaluating the case of Nasa hacker Gary McKinnon. Keith Vaz, the chair of the the Home Affairs Select Committee, sent a letter to Johnson on Thursday...
[November 12, 2009, 17:44]
Soca's cybercops convict 21 in three years
News In response to a written parliamentary question this week, UK home secretary Alan Johnson said from April 2006 until March 2009, the e-crime unit of the Serious Organised Crime Agency (Soca) was involved in 22 prosecutions and 21 convictions.
[July 16, 2009, 10:18]
Home secretary considers Nasa hacker plea
News Home secretary Alan Johnson says he will decide 'quickly' whether he will intervene in the extradition of Nasa hacker Gary McKinnon. On Tuesday Johnson told the Home Affairs Select Committee, an influential parliamentary scrutiny body, that he...
[November 11, 2009, 12:25]
Labour MP takes gov't to task over ID scheme
News MacKinlay urged home secretary Alan Johnson to bite the bullet, saying: "He is having to cope with the denouement of a failed idea. Johnson refuted the idea that scrapping ID cards would save money, saying the public would meet the cost when...
[July 7, 2009, 17:01]
MPs take McKinnon fight to US ambassador
News On Wednesday, the MPs met with home secretary Alan Johnson to urge him to intervene in the case and allow McKinnon to be tried in the UK. In August, Johnson said he could not as home secretary step in to halt the extradition as this would be...
[September 10, 2009, 16:16]
Study finds ID scheme cancellation could save £3.1bn
News Kable estimated that home secretary Alan Johnson's recent revisions to the scheme will reduce its cost by £700m. The Home Office published the most recent cost estimates in May 2009, before Johnson revised the plans.
[August 13, 2009, 10:02]
Tories champion Nasa hacker in parliament
News However, home secretary Alan Johnson told parliament that the current government will not respond to the calls for change. Johnson added that he could not aid McKinnon's efforts to avoid extradition. The home secretary is legally obliged to order...
[July 15, 2009, 17:42]
Political support builds for Nasa hacker
News Home secretary Alan Johnson said on Friday that he would not step in to halt the extradition, even though the home secretary has the power to do so. It would be illegal for me to stop the extradition of Gary McKinnon," said Johnson.
[August 3, 2009, 17:41]
Judges reveal best (and worst) politicians' websites
News Following AbilityNet's assessments, the BCS granted the accessibility award to Hull MP Alan Johnson, praising his efforts on page navigation and the fact that he allowed text on his site to be resized.
[November 9, 2007, 10:00]
Microsoft-Google battle kicks off
News Johnson is a lawyer with Preston Gates & Ellis, a Seattle firm. He was saying, 'Look what I did at Microsoft - and look what I can do for you,'" Johnson said. Johnson added that Lee's efforts to help Google began while he was a vice-president at...
[September 7, 2005, 9:45]
Government under fire over ID cards
News The government has been critisised over its decision to press ahead with the national ID card scheme following home secretary Alan Johnson's announcement that carrying an ID card will never be compulsory for British citizens.
[July 2, 2009, 9:14]
Government curbs councils' Ripa powers
News Speaking on Monday to a meeting at the Royal Society of Arts, home secretary Alan Johnson said that the public will not tolerate disproportionate use of surveillance. Johnson went on to say that there was "no evidence that this practice is...
[November 4, 2009, 16:19]
Scottish minister urges end to ID cards
News Minister for community safety Fergus Ewing has written to the new UK home secretary Alan Johnson asking for the scheme to be cancelled. The Scottish government has reiterated its opposition to Whitehall's plan for national identity cards.
[June 30, 2009, 12:23]
Lawyer: Home Office unlikely to U-turn on hacker
News The replacement of Jacqui Smith as home secretary by Alan Johnson is unlikely to alter the government position on McKinnon's extradition, according to McKinnon's solicitor Karen Todner. Lawyers for Nasa hacker Gary McKinnon are expecting no quarter...
[June 8, 2009, 15:26]
Cost of pilots' ID cards scheme revealed
News The scheme, initially intended to make ID cards compulsory among pilots and other airside workers from this year, will now go ahead on a voluntary basis after being scaled back by home secretary Alan Johnson earlier this month in the face of...
[July 24, 2009, 8:34]
