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NHS Launches Online Kiosks
News The kiosks are intended to allow people who are not connected to the Internet to access information on the government's flagship NHS Direct Web site. The government also plans to target popular holiday destinations to ensure tourists get quick...
[October 18, 2000, 15:17]
Heal Thyself Web Site Launched
News Prime Minister Tony Blair launched a "heal thyself" Web site Tuesday as part of the government's modernisation plans. He is confident a government health portal will provide better information than some of the more inaccurate health sites currently...
[December 8, 1999, 10:32]
Government 'must Make Leap To Broadband'
News The UK government must help develop Broadband Britain by developing online versions of its existing services that will make use of high-speed Internet access, according to cable firm Telewest. The government has been attacked from some quarters for...
[March 1, 2002, 6:31]
MI5 Email Alert Subscription 'not Secure'
News Spy Blog said it is highly likely that there are logfiles of all of the transactions in this mailing list subscription, un-subscription, confirmation email and confirmation web link access process, all of which are outside of the direct control...
[January 12, 2007, 16:41]
IT Revamp Saves Council £5m
News The council's head of e-government, Andrew Unsworth, told GC News on Friday: "This project is part of a bigger partnership between BT and the council. Unsworth said there was a risk that push emails could reduce productivity by encouraging staff to...
[September 3, 2007, 13:44]
Online Gambling Ban Advised To Protect Minors
News Following a two year study into social and economic impacts of gambling, the government-mandated group made a list of recommendations that will be presented to President Clinton, Congress, state governors and American Indian tribal leaders on June...
[June 7, 1999, 9:33]
Regulation Of The Housing Government-Sponsored Enterprises
White Papers The principal benefit of having the status of government-sponsored enterprise is the ability to borrow at lower rates of interest than any fully private firm holding the same amount of private equity capital and taking the same risks is able to do.
[July 7, 2005, 3:00]
Access Over Ethernet: Insecurities In AoE
White Papers It has been developed by Coraid ("The Linux Storage People") as a SAN technology and it has been adopted for use by many Universities and US Government agencies. ATA over Ethernet (AoE) is an open standards based protocol that allows direct network...
[July 4, 2008, 1:00]
Govt. Kiosks Go Slow On Superhighway
News Hopes of bringing online government access to the public were dampened this week when Public Service Minister Roger Freeman admitted the Direct Access Government project will take several years to realise.
[November 7, 1996, 13:42]
DTI Announces Cyber Post Office Scheme
News Post Offices in Leicestershire will go cyber next year with the launch of a pilot scheme to make them access points for government information and the Internet. Trade and Industry secretary Stephen Byers announced Thursday plans to train post...
[December 2, 2000, 6:15]
IT Players To Join PM's Electronic Government Dream Team
News And one-stop Internet service called Direct Access Government is also under consideration. The Internet will be one the main vehicles in wiring up Whitehall and allowing the public to have better access to the government, Kilfoyle said.
[November 4, 1998, 16:23]
RIP Bill Nearly Law, Critics Say More Changes Needed
News Although the government claims that the Bill just extends existing police surveillance capabilities, some still think that giving the authorities direct access to all email goes too far. But despite a victory for its critics on at least two counts...
[July 20, 2000, 10:02]
2000 Roundup: August Is Hot For Health
News Also in October, the NHS announced it would launch kiosks to allow people not connected to the Web to access government-provided health information. In the same month, the finger was pointed at government service NHS Direct, widely hailed as Tony...
[January 1, 2001, 6:17]
Chancellor Tackles The Digital Divide
News The chancellor admits affordable high speed Internet access "will be key" to make his plans work and reiterated the government's pledge to ensure everyone has Internet access by 2005. To combat this, government plans to spend £10m on ten pilot...
[October 11, 2000, 9:47]
Asian Windows Alternative 'would Raise Competition Issues'
News Robertson said that Microsoft has been working to have Japan participate in its Government Security Program, which gives national governments and international organisations access to Microsoft's source code, the underlying blueprint for its...
[September 8, 2003, 9:15]
Gov't Urged To Prioritise Inclusive Web Services
News The government must ensure those without web access are not excluded from public services, according to the Public Accounts Committee. The committee, in its report Government on the Internet published on 29 April, 2008, says the Chief Information...
[April 29, 2008, 9:37]
E-government Threatened By IT Underspending
News Without significant up-front investment over the next couple of months, the government is in danger of reneging on its promises to deliver Internet access to all by 2005 in conjunction with access to all government services," said Brian Hadfield...
[July 10, 2002, 12:17]
ZDNet Interviews The E-Minister: Part III
News The government has pledged to get all government services online by 2008. It will review targets for online government service delivery and give its conclusions in July, although we may well make some announcements before then.
[February 21, 2000, 10:29]
Oftel To Force Lower Broadband Prices
News A day after the government's e-Envoy called for lower broadband prices, Oftel has ordered British Telecommunications to cut the rates it charges to companies using its infrastructure to provide high-speed Internet services.
[June 28, 2001, 8:29]
Oftel Says July 2001, 'delay' Won't Affect UK
News We support the government moves to make Internet access universally available, and the UK is not very far behind. If the watchdog has been duped, it is guilty, says the analyst, of not acting on central government's promises.
[November 30, 1999, 14:30]
