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Microsoft Agrees To Work With German Security Bodies
News The agreement, signed by Microsoft chief executive Steve Ballmer and Interior Minister Otto Schily, commits Microsoft to working with several security-related bodies and supporting a German standard for secure legal transactions.
[May 4, 2004, 8:55]
Government Bodies 'embracing Open Source'
News Governmental bodies have approved at least 90 initiatives involving open-source software, a Washington think tank has found. The efforts include measures to investigate open-source software or give it preference in purchasing decisions, according...
[September 3, 2004, 10:55]
Management Of Dead Bodies In Disaster Situations
White Papers This paper provides the technical information that will support the correct approach to handling dead bodies, which will be very useful for authorities and those responsible for disaster prevention and response.
[February 7, 2005, 23:00]
Freedom Of Information Act: How Magic Service Desk Suite Can Help Public Bodies Fulfill Their Legal Requirements
White Papers This white paper provides public bodies with guiding principles to help them meet their obligations under the FOIA and the IT audits required to ensure compliance. Magic IT Service Support for the Mid-sized Business, a Remedy IT Service Management...
[March 16, 2006, 23:00]
Higher-education Bodies Warned Over XML Transition
News The Joint Information Systems Committee has published a report highlighting the need for co-ordinated action to help the higher-education sector make a cost-effective switch to XML-based office-document formats.
[August 9, 2007, 17:17]
Japanese Group Wants More Human Faces Scanned
News A group of commercial and government bodies have banded to promote the development of biometrics, or the technology of measuring human features for security and other purposes. Biometric security such as facial-recognition systems has become more...
[June 24, 2003, 14:39]
MPs Demand Tougher Data-breach Sanctions
News A group of MPs wants to see tougher sanctions for government bodies that commit serious breaches of data-protection law. The MPs call for the same basic data controller registration fee of £35 — which is paid by individuals, small businesses, large...
[January 3, 2008, 13:45]
Japan Plans Super Grid Computer
News The Japanese government, commercial bodies and universities have launched a scheme to develop one of the world's fastest supercomputers by linking smaller computers around the country in a grid. Naregi will also work with international grid...
[July 11, 2003, 8:57]
Two UK Intranets Make Global Top 10
News The two bodies were the only ones in the UK to make the top 10 of a global survey by Nielsen Norman Group (NNG), a US design specialist, on public sector intranets. The average size of the winning organisations was 5,200 employees, but their size...
[June 25, 2004, 11:35]
I Disagree
Talkback "However, van den Beld argued that national bodies had more than enough time, from September 2007 to last month's ballot meeting, to resolve issues pertaining to the OOXML specification. It is not for the national bodies to rectify the defects and...
[March 25, 2008, 16:14]
Government Approach To IT Recycling Under Fire
News Public-sector bodies could raise an extra £70m each year on the resale costs of IT equipment according to a National Audit Office report released on Tuesday. In the 2005/06 financial year, public bodies bought 1.7 million units of IT equipment, at...
[August 1, 2007, 8:50]
BT Project Brings Broadband To Regions
News The availability of broadband Internet services in remote and rural areas could increase if a trial project involving BT and public bodies in Cornwall is a success. A number of bodies are contributing a total of £10m to finance ACT NOW.
[December 11, 2001, 12:17]
Snooping Laws May Be Illegal
News Regulations being introduced in the UK and other European Union member states that allow a wide range of government bodies to access communications data may violate EU human rights law, according to a British privacy group.
[October 17, 2003, 10:05]
OpenOffice Makes Government Inroads
News Two significant government bodies, the Israel Department of Commerce and the City of Austin, Texas, are moving toward replacing Microsoft Office installations with the OpenOffice.org productivity suite.
[December 18, 2003, 13:25]
Centralised And Decentralised Public Procurement
White Papers A decentralised approach to public procurement in which contracting entities in state bodies covered by the relevant legislation are responsible for conducting procurement activities is widely accepted as the preferred solution to public...
[July 14, 2005, 0:00]
Government Broadband Scheme Abandoned
News A government initiative to save £200m on the UK's £1bn broadband bill using regional aggregation bodies to pool public sector buying power has led to savings of just £3.5m to date. The future of the regional aggregation bodies -- known as adits...
[November 29, 2004, 13:55]
European Parliament To Get New Powers Over Oftel
News The European Parliament has voted to adopt three draft directives dealing with a proposed new regulatory framework for communications networks that will put now limits on bodies such as the UK's telecoms regulator Oftel.
[March 5, 2001, 6:39]
ID Card Bill Could Reach £30bn
News The cost of an individual ID card could rise to almost £500 due to the cost of integrating the IT infrastructure with other government departments and public sector bodies, according to new figures from the
[November 1, 2005, 9:40]
Bull Warns Against International E-commerce Regulation
News The report -- Global Regulation of E-commerce -- warns that international regulatory bodies can not adapt quickly enough to respond to the fast moving requirements of e-commerce. Stephen Meyler, director of marketing at Bull believes it is up to...
[October 6, 1999, 14:27]
No Sony Battery Recall For Japan's PC Makers
Talkback I thought that these batteries are approved for safety by various certification bodies. Will Sony or Dell attempt to pass the blame onto the safety certification bodies for failing to identify the fault during approval?
[September 1, 2006, 11:08]
