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Government claims 'no change' in ID cards policy
News There has been no change in policy on that," said the spokesperson, who declined to give any details of whether there would be a change in policy announced in Tuesday's Queen's speech. The Home Office also denied any reversal of policy on ID cards.
[November 5, 2007, 16:31]
Tories attack government policy on cybercrime
News Describing government policy towards e-crime as showing a "lack of clear leadership", shadow home secretary David Davis revealed Tory plans to create a police national cybercrime unit, a minister for e-crime, a fraud and cybercrime complaint...
[March 7, 2008, 9:04]
MP attacks government over Microsoft policy
News He also said the government's policy "is, in part, in breach of European Union regulations" on competition. A Liberal Democrat MP has launched a stinging attack on the government's IT strategy, saying that it has given Microsoft too much control.
[October 10, 2007, 13:13]
Turn-key policy plan by Dutch government
Talkback An English translation of the Dutch policy plan on open standards and opensource can be downloaded here: http://appz.ez.nl/publicaties/pdfs/07ET15.pdf This plan is being implemented right now and it's publication in September last year had an...
[April 8, 2008, 9:42]
Government to shape up e-policy
News Speaking at a National Audit Office (NAO) seminar in London Monday, e-envoy Alex Allan claimed he is determined to push through digital policy at the highest level. In response to criticism, the government announced it will improve e-government...
[February 8, 2000, 15:47]
MP attacks government over Microsoft policy
Talkback One would assume the taxpayer would have a say in how their money is used, unless Redmond is slipping a few bucks to the powers that be.
[October 12, 2007, 13:40]
Government job site doesn't recognise 'Internet'
News The government faces further embarrassment over its policy to get all public services online as its own job site fails to recognise the word 'Internet'. It is the latest in a series of goofs, resulting in criticisms of e-government policy.
[April 2, 2001, 14:52]
Dutch government's Microsoft talks collapse
Talkback Don't either understand the government policy? And if that's not the case then how do the heads of those government agencies think they can explain why giving Microsoft "a competitive advantage" is not an infringment of the current government policy?
[December 23, 2004, 19:37]
E-commerce bill to be centrepiece of government
News Prime minister Tony Blair put e-commerce at the centre of government policy but admitted he was personally a "technophobe" in a keynote speech at the CBI (Confederation of British Industry) conference in Birmingham Tuesday.
[November 2, 1999, 11:15]
Trigger-happy BT opposes calls for broadband subsidies
News By declaring that he does not believe the UK government should provide broadband subsidies, Ben Verwaayen -- BT's chief executive -- has put the weight of Britain's incumbent telco behind government policy but given little comfort to the 25...
[September 16, 2002, 14:33]
News Burst: Government accused of suppressing software
News Bohm believes it has been government policy to limit the use of cryptography in the UK. It has been government policy, inspired by GCHQ, to discourage the use of cryptography," Bohm told ZDNet Wednesday.
[September 8, 1999, 14:11]
Government criticised for limiting online privacy
News Bohm believes it has been government policy to limit the use of cryptography in the UK. It has been government policy, inspired by GCHQ, to discourage the use of cryptography," Bohm said. He denies the same policy holds true in the UK, although he...
[September 9, 1999, 7:15]
Government promises more open-source use
News The government has published its policy on open-source software, promising to use open source rather than proprietary alternatives if there is no significant cost difference in products and services. Several government departments already use open...
[February 25, 2009, 12:06]
Green activist slams government's teleworking policy
News An environmental charity has called on the UK government to revise its policy on teleworking and encourage organisations to use it as part of their environmental policy. Well, so do I when I look at the government policy.
[December 9, 2004, 13:25]
Rights group attacks 'database state'
Blog Government information policy is "out of control", according to digital civil liberties organisation the Open Rights Group (ORG). Following the release on Monday of a report by the Foundation for Information Policy Research (FIPR) entitled...
[March 23, 2009, 15:46]
Government still tech agnostic despite Vista concerns
News Becta, the organisation that implements government educational technology policy, has claimed Windows Vista and Office 2007 should not be deployed in schools because of potential compatibility issues with earlier versions of Microsoft's software...
[January 9, 2008, 15:55]
ZDNet UK News interviews e-Minister Patricia Hewitt
News In a week when the debate between BT, Oftel, the government and industry over Internet access costs reached boiling point, ZDNet News is about to gain exclusive access to the woman behind the government's Internet policy -- e-Minister Patricia...
[February 18, 2000, 8:50]
UK Government backs open source
News Not only central government will be affected by the policy: so too will local governments and the wider public sector, including non-departmental public bodies and the National Health Service. In the final draft of the government's policy on open...
[July 23, 2002, 14:17]
Microsoft changes censorship policy
News Under fire after censoring a Chinese blogger, Microsoft on Tuesday announced a new policy for dealing with government requests to block content that violates local laws. Microsoft's new MSN Spaces policy states the company will remove content only...
[February 1, 2006, 18:30]
Escrow time line draws fire from think-tank
News The government's decision last week to drop key escrow -- which would give law enforcement agencies access to data sent over the Internet -- leaves the e-commerce bill as a "dead limb of an old policy which should be chopped off," according to...
[March 8, 1999, 11:22]
