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E-minister Warns UK Business Of Hacker Threat
News The Government's e-minister Patricia Hewitt stated just how important fighting the forces of cyber-crime is to the government's vision of a digitally rejuvenated Britain at the Infosec conference in Olympia Tuesday.
[April 12, 2000, 9:15]
A Year Ago: E-minister Rushes To Defend BT And Oftel
News At 8am Friday morning, ZDNet's Jane Wakefield boarded a train to Leicester with the e-Minister Patricia Hewitt to discuss BT, the local loop and those comments made by Gordon Brown. BT is not a monopoly, Oftel is doing a good job and people who...
[February 18, 2001, 6:03]
E-Minister Rushes To Defend BT And Oftel
News At 8am Friday morning, ZDNet's Jane Wakefield boarded a train to Leicester with the e-Minister Patricia Hewitt to discuss BT, the local loop and those comments made by Gordon Brown. BT is not a monopoly, Oftel is doing a good job and people who...
[February 18, 2000, 16:44]
E-government Minister Named
News Nearly a month after the cabinet reshuffle, it has finally been decided which minister will be looking after the e-government agenda. McFadden, a parliamentary secretary at the Cabinet Office, was elected as the MP for Wolverhampton South East in...
[May 31, 2006, 16:30]
E-commerce Minister 'neglecting IT For Energy'
News Stephen Timms, government minister for energy, e-commerce and postal services, is so overburdened with responsibilities that he is being forced to put key IT issues such as broadband availability and electronic business on the back burner...
[October 28, 2003, 16:20]
E-commerce Minister Reshuffled To Treasury
News The UK's e-commerce minister, Stephen Timms, has been moved to a role in the Treasury as a result of last week's Cabinet reshuffle by the prime minister, Tony Blair. Timms took over the role of minister for ecommerce and competitiveness at the...
[September 15, 2004, 13:55]
E-commerce Minister Proposes Online Voting
News The e-commerce minister Douglas Alexander yesterday (Thursday) announced his intention to make online voting a reality within the UK. Speaking at a conference at Wilton Park in Sussex, Alexander voiced his support for online voting as a means of...
[October 26, 2001, 7:30]
E-commerce Minister Chases Digital Dragon
News The e-commerce minister, Stephen Timms, has embarked on a visit to the Far East to try and persuade Chinese high-tech companies to set up operations in the UK. Our strength in areas such as electronic design, digital content, mobile communications...
[July 9, 2002, 11:35]
E-Commerce Minister Fleshes Out Rural Broadband Plans
News Douglas Alexander, the e-Commerce minister, will say on Tuesday evening that the government is looking to merge public sector telecommunications spending in an attempt to boost the availability of high-speed Internet services in rural areas.
[November 6, 2001, 17:30]
E-commerce Minister Upbeat On 3G's Chances
News A growing public appetite for innovative mobile services and fast connectivity on the move is set to drive the take-up of third-generation (3G) phones, e-commerce minister Stephen Timms argued on Thursday.
[December 4, 2003, 14:00]
Minister Calls For Return To E-basics
News The minister responsible for leading the take-up of electronic services within government departments has called for a return to the values and beliefs of the people who created the Internet. Douglas Alexander, the minister of state responsible for...
[November 19, 2002, 13:47]
E-minister Sees Lower Broadband Prices Ahead
News UK consumers and businesses could soon be paying less for a high-speed Internet connection, according to e-minister Patricia Hewitt. Speaking on Monday, Hewitt -- who is also secretary of state for trade and industry -- hailed the progress made in...
[December 15, 2003, 16:35]
E-minister Launches Inquiry Into Impact Of E-commerce
News An inquiry into the environmental and social impact of e-commerce has been launched by minister for e-commerce Patricia Hewitt. The year long inquiry was announced Tuesday during the minister's address to the Fabian Society/SERA conference on...
[February 2, 2000, 9:49]
E-minister To Explore Mysteries Of E-Orient
News E-minister Patricia Hewitt will tour China and Japan this month in an attempt to promote the UK as an e-commerce partner. She is also expected to pick up some tips from Japan's success with mobile Internet services.
[January 8, 2001, 10:41]
E-minister: Britain Will Be Broadband Leader
News E-minister Patricia Hewitt has rejected mounting criticisms about broadband Britain, claiming everything is on track for the UK to be the best place in the industrialised world for high-speed services by 2005.
[April 24, 2001, 10:57]
Yes, E-Minister
Leader Scene: The Prime Minister's office. H: "Actually, Prime Minister, eighty percent could. H: "Quite the opposite, Prime Minister. H: "No, Prime Minister. H: "Yes, Prime Minister. H: "Interesting news, Prime Minister.
[April 12, 2006, 13:40]
E-minister Backs Unmetered Access
News E-minister Patricia Hewitt joined the unmetered access bandwagon Thursday. Speaking at the UK Internet summit in London, Hewitt confidently declared the government "has got its act together" on Internet policy.
[November 1, 1999, 11:26]
New E-minister Lacks Technology Clout
News The resounding reaction from industry today to the appointment of e-minister Douglas Alexander as the UK's new e-minister was: who is he? Intel's director of government and education programmes for Europe, the Middle East and Africa, Benny Ginman...
[June 12, 2001, 15:56]
New E-commerce Minister Is Broadband Believer
News Stephen Timms MP, appointed as the UK's e-commerce minister on Wednesday, has a long track record when it comes to issues such as high-speed Internet services. As minister of state for e-commerce and competitiveness, Timms is responsible for the...
[May 30, 2002, 14:12]
New E-minister Named
News Douglas Alexander, the MP for Paisley South, has been named as minister for e-commerce and competitiveness. It is possible that Alexander's responsibilities will differ slightly from those of his predecessor, who was the minister for "small...
[June 12, 2001, 8:33]
