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Government abandons ID card bill
Talkback "Government abandons ID card bill" All that has to be done now is to substitute the words "Government" with "European Parliament" and "ID card" with "Software patents" and all the world will be alright again.
[April 5, 2005, 20:55]
Government pulls support for Home Computing Initiative
News The government is withdrawing financial subsidies that have encouraged the take-up of home computers by UK employees. Many employees have benefited from the tax exemption to get a computer into their homes, but the Government now wishes to focus...
[March 22, 2006, 17:05]
Government launches data-centre taskforce
News The government has set up a public-private taskforce to look at ways to reduce power in data centres across the UK. The new taskforce is "the first of its kind in the world", according to Phil Woolas, local government minister.
[June 11, 2007, 12:23]
Government throws cash at broadband problem
News Faced with increasing concern over the disappointingly low number of broadband users in the UK, the government said on Tuesday that £30m would be made available to boost the take-up of high-speed Internet services.
[October 9, 2001, 11:48]
Government urged to increase SME support
News UK technology innovation is driven by the so-called Silicon Fen, Glen and Thames Valley areas but the government needs to stump up more cash for the SMEs and start-ups that come out of these regions. The UK has several "clusters of excellence" but...
[June 11, 2007, 11:04]
Government clears way for public Wi-Fi hot spots
News The government moved on Monday to end commercial restrictions on the deployment of wireless local-area networks (WLANs), opening the door to the introduction of wireless Internet access "hot spots" around the country.
[June 11, 2002, 14:36]
Government announces broadband investment
Blog The government "will be allocating extra funding for the broadband network, making sure everyone benefits from the communications revolution", according to the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Alastair Darling.
[April 22, 2009, 13:24]
Government admits ID card project won't be fully tested
News The government has admitted that it will not rigorously test all aspects of the identity cards scheme before putting it into practice. The comments were made in the government's official response last Friday to a report by the House of Commons...
[October 23, 2006, 13:40]
Broadband for all - government pledges
News The government moves to combat the growing broadband crisis Tuesday, with a "Heineken strategy" to get high-speed Internet services available to all parts of the country. In a report -- submitted to the PM by e-minister Patricia Hewitt and e-envoy...
[February 13, 2001, 16:19]
Government to put £39.5m into R&D
News Technology companies are being given the chance to compete for £39.5m government funding for research and development. In April, the government announced a reform of funding for research and development, saying in its New Industry, New Jobs report...
[October 13, 2009, 1:00]
Government rejects IT recommendations
News MPs have slammed the government's response to a report into the failings of the £456m Child Support Agency (CSA) system, which criticised the use of "commercial confidentiality" to prevent Parliament gaining access to key information about the...
[October 22, 2004, 10:10]
A Year Ago: Government blasted on Internet inefficiency
News Despite its e-zeal, government is losing millions of pounds because of inefficient use of the Internet, study finds The government is losing huge sums of money because of inefficient use of the Internet, according to a report published Wednesday.
[December 15, 2000, 6:02]
Government urges councils to e-innovate
News Ministers want councils to submit ideas for using IT to achieve efficiency savings in local government as part of the next stage of the UK's "e-innovations" programme, it was announced on Wednesday. Along with efficiency savings, they are: using IT...
[December 2, 2004, 15:35]
Government moves to tackle phishing
News The UK government is proposing changes to a fraud law that would mean scammers behind phishing attacks could face up to 10 years in jail. The Home Office has published the government's Fraud Bill in which it suggests a new offence of fraud to close...
[May 31, 2005, 14:05]
Government unveils Digital Britain delivery plan
News The government's Digital Britain Implementation Plan sets out responsibilities but no timetable. The plan, published on 13 August, 2009, sets out the governance structure for delivering the 70 key actions set out in the government's Digital Britain...
[August 17, 2009, 9:09]
Government gives further boost to employee-PC scheme
News The government on Monday launched new guidelines to help kickstart the UK's computer literacy through Home Computing Initatives (HCI), which entail getting bosses to give PCs to their staff. The apathetic response from business prompted the...
[January 20, 2004, 10:25]
Government u-turn on private finance for IT
News The government has scrapped the use of controversial Private Finance Initiative deals for public sector IT contracts following a catalogue of costly high-profile projects. However, botched PFI projects such as the £698m cancelled Pathway project to...
[July 17, 2003, 15:53]
Government releases more details of UK ID Card
Blog Not got time to digest this at the moment but here's the information from the government press office on the trial of the ID Card scheme which happened a couple of hours ago: Building on the Government's commitment to begin issuing the first ID...
[September 25, 2008, 14:00]
Government to certify security kit
News The government has started to test the effectiveness of commercial IT security products. The CSIA accreditation is aimed at government and even home users," said Simon Milford, business development manager for LogicaCMG, who are providing testing...
[April 7, 2005, 17:15]
Government broadband scheme abandoned
News A government initiative to save £200m on the UK's £1bn broadband bill using regional aggregation bodies to pool public sector buying power has led to savings of just £3.5m to date. The government approved 17 telecoms suppliers for the RABs to...
[November 29, 2004, 13:55]
