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British e-government hailed by UN
Talkback Looking at the how various US states deliever public services has alarmed me over the way the initiativea are being used to secretly privatise ever more of their public services. Various things from viewing public records to tax returns in America...
[January 12, 2005, 15:10]
SAP Helps British Government Agencies to Improve Efficiency, Deliver and Develop Modern, Effective Public Services
White Papers The Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) facilitates road safety and general law enforcement in the United Kingdom by maintaining registers of drivers and vehicles and by collecting vehicle excise duty (automobile tax).
[September 14, 2007, 1:00]
British e-government hailed by UN
News The UK has been ranked third in a global chart measuring the readiness of its e-government strategy, according to a report published by the United Nations (UN) this week. The UN Global E-government Readiness Report 2004 ranking system compares...
[January 12, 2005, 13:40]
Government launches review of intellectual property laws
Talkback A Message to the British Government from a British Citizen DO NOT EVEN THINK of making any changes that make like the USA or similar OUR LAWS ARE DRACONIAN Enough as it is Unless of course you fancy a fight in the courts as to the Legality of...
[December 5, 2005, 14:13]
UK govt investigates Linux savings
News The British government and IBM are kicking off nine Linux test programs in an effort to see how much money government agencies can save by switching to open-source software. Last year, the Office of Government Commerce (OPG), the procurement and...
[October 9, 2003, 10:40]
WAP services for cattle safety
News Farmers are to make unexpected use of WAP phones, employing them to help government officials ensure the safety of British beef. The UK government established the British Cattle Movement Service (BCMS) in September 1998 to trace the sale of cattle...
[September 6, 2000, 12:21]
Top Tory resigns over 'database state'
News Shadow home secretary David Davis has resigned over what he called "the slow strangulation of fundamental British freedoms by this government". I will fight it, I will argue this by-election, against the slow strangulation of fundamental British...
[June 12, 2008, 14:57]
Political support builds for Nasa hacker
News Amid a surge in political support for Gary McKinnon, the deputy prime minister has said the government will press for a British prison stay for the self-confessed hacker. While Harman said McKinnon should be extradited to face charges of hacking 97...
[August 3, 2009, 17:41]
ID cards: Aviation workers being 'used politically'
News The British Air Transport Association (Bata) said aviation workers were being used as guinea pigs for the scheme. Wiltshire's comments follow a Bata letter of protest sent to the home secretary, Jacqui Smith, this week, signed by the chief...
[July 4, 2008, 16:59]
Government okays snooping on staff
News With the HRA's passage into law, however, the British government had been expected to introduce rules requiring employees to agree to such monitoring. It is possible that individuals will challenge employers' rights to monitor communications using...
[October 5, 2000, 10:55]
Can you expect human rights online?
News The British government's controversial Regulation of Investigatory Powers (RIP) Act, which increases official powers to monitor Internet citizens, is likely to produce an online big brother state, say critics.
[October 5, 2000, 15:09]
UK 'unlikely' to meet online target for SMEs
News The government is failing in its target to get one million businesses trading online by 2002, according to a report published by the British Chamber of Commerce (BCC) on Monday. British companies are not in the business of fulfilling aspirational...
[November 20, 2001, 10:27]
UK government in breach of European employment law
News In a groundbreaking decision that will now land the government back in the British courts and force it to change the law, ECJ judges have upheld the opinion of the Advocate General that the European Working Time Directive prevents national...
[June 26, 2001, 14:17]
UK firms fail e-security test
News The IAAC is keen for the UK government to take a lead in driving up e-security standards and claims that compared to other countries, the British administration could do more. The IAAC would like to see the British government calling chief...
[May 17, 2002, 16:42]
Gov't awards £400m biometric-passport contract
News The UK government has awarded the contract for creating the next generation of British passports to secure-document specialist De La Rue. The British passport is recognised as one of the best in the world, and we want to keep it that way.
[June 12, 2009, 11:54]
UK government rejects key-escrow resurrection
News Privacy experts had speculated that the British government would follow the lead of the US Congress, and review its stance on encryption as contained in Part III of the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act (RIPA).
[September 20, 2001, 12:55]
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]
ISPs debate offshore email to evade RIPA
News Several British ISPs are considering providing offshore email services in an effort to evade the government's controversial Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act which gives the authorities unprecedented surveillance powers.
[September 1, 2000, 10:38]
Government digital TV plans under threat
News The government's plans for universal digital television, and an analogue signal switch-off may be about to be taken hostage as digital terrestrial broadcaster ONdigital battles against rivals such as British Sky Broadcasting (quote: BSY) and...
[April 10, 2001, 16:02]
Pilots ready to seek legal action over ID cards
News The British Airline Pilots Association union has warned it may seek a judicial review of the government's ID cards scheme to prevent pilots being forced to carry identity cards. A spokesman for the British Airline Pilots Association (Balpa), which...
[October 14, 2008, 9:29]
