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Government smashes own online targets
News The government claims Tuesday to have smashed its own targets for the delivery of services via the Internet. The original target -- for 2002 -- was to have a quarter of government services delivered electronically, but the Cabinet Office claims...
[January 17, 2001, 10:43]
Government endorses open source
News The UK government seems to be warming to open source. Today, the Office of Government Commerce (OGC) published a report saying open-source software is now a genuine competitor to Microsoft in the public sector.
[October 28, 2004, 10:19]
News Burst: Government figures on 'Wired Schools' branded "suspect"
News Government figures on the number of schools connected to the Internet have been branded "suspect" by educationalists. Others claim the government's policy on wiring schools may actually be widening the digital divide by unfairly distributing money...
[September 11, 2000, 10:56]
Exclusive: Government will not prioritise paedophile cases
News Promises that Internet paedophiles would be dealt with as a "top priority" by the government's new High-Tech Crime Unit have been undermined by the National Crime Squad (NCS) which has confirmed that such cases will continue to be dealt with at a...
[February 12, 2001, 11:52]
Government denies it is demonising the Web
News Home Office minister Hilary Benn has denied that the government's new campaign warning of the dangers of online paedophiles is an attempt to demonise the Internet. As well as these adverts, the government has also issued guidelines about online...
[January 6, 2003, 16:21]
Government creates ID card agency
News The government wasted no time in starting work on the ID card scheme after the bill became law last week; a new agency that will be tasked with introducing ID cards has been set up. Charles Clarke, the home secretary, has already announced that the...
[April 3, 2006, 10:00]
Government Adoption of RFID: Awaiting the Right Signals?
White Papers Anyone who has breezed through a highway tollbooth without having to toss change into a basket or pass cash to an attendant can appreciate the role of radio frequency identification (RFID) in government.
[August 23, 2005, 6:00]
Government ordered to release secret ID card report
News The UK's data protection watchdog has ordered the government to release a controversial secret report detailing the costs, benefits and risks of introducing ID cards. Each central government department has conducted a secret feasibility report into...
[June 9, 2006, 16:05]
Government database security breached
News Computer security breaches at a number of central government departments in the last year have led to confidential database records being compromised. Other government departments that have claimed there have been no security breaches of their...
[November 1, 2006, 10:07]
Government drops e-voting trials
News The government has ditched plans for wide-ranging trials of Internet and SMS voting next year that are supposed to pave the way for e-voting technology to be used at the next general election. The ODPM said: "This notice has been cancelled as the...
[September 5, 2005, 10:05]
A Year Ago: Government snooping will cost taxpayers millions
News Government snooping plans will cost the taxpayer "hundreds of millions" of pounds, according to a report published on Monday. The report -- commissioned by the Foundation for Information Policy Research (FIPR) and written by encryption expert Dr...
[March 1, 2001, 6:04]
Government 'could do better' on IT skills action plan
News While the government's new IT skills action plan is useful as a broad policy statement, fundamental legislative reform is necessary if the UK's IT industry is to become truly competitive, according to one expert.
[June 14, 2005, 16:20]
Government shared-services spending to rocket
News UK government spending on shared services is expected to rocket over the next five years as demand for centralised services increases. The Outsourcing and Shared Services in Government IT Management report predicts spending on shared services...
[September 6, 2007, 15:29]
Government donates 25,000 computers to charity
News The government donated 25,000 former Jobcentre computers to a cerebral palsy charity on Friday, to raise funds and provide IT training opportunities to people with disabilities. Paces will use the remaining computers for its government funded New...
[March 12, 2001, 9:56]
Government turnaround on paedophile entrapment
News The Home Office is considering allowing police to use entrapment in the UK in order to crack down on Internet paedophiles, a government minister claimed Friday. Responding to Carol Vorderman's unprecedented attack on the government Tuesday for its...
[January 30, 2001, 6:08]
Government pledges boost for grid technology
Talkback Patents, no matter how much intellectual "property" propaganda is spewed, represent government regulation of a free market. And note that a "low regulatory enviornment" should mean NO SOFTWARE PATENTS.
[December 17, 2003, 17:55]
Government 'hindering knowledge economy'
News John Woodget, president of Intellect and managing director of Intel UK, has accused the government of failing to support the UK's knowledge economy. Woodget cited the recent decision to cut funding for the Home Computing Initiative (HCI) as an...
[May 10, 2006, 16:30]
Government seeks out new tech talent
News A fast-track graduate scheme to unearth the next generation of public-sector IT leaders has been launched by the government. The UK government handles some of the largest IT programmes in the world and says it needs "exceptionally talented people...
[October 19, 2007, 9:10]
Government attacked over document shredding
News The Liberal Democrats have slammed the Treasury's record for transparency in government IT project spending, saying its opacity leads to a lack of public accountability. Liberal Democrat shadow chancellor Vince Cable MP said on Tuesday: "Given the...
[June 5, 2007, 17:02]
News Burst: Government site links kids to sex and drugs - report
News A government Web site designed for schools is allowing millions of children to gain instant access to sexually explicit material and drugs information, according to a report. The Eduweb site is part of Prime Minister Tony Blair's £700m initiative...
[October 23, 2000, 14:03]
