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Cameron urges Brown to rethink ID cards
News David Cameron, leader of the Conservative Party, called on the prime minister, Gordon Brown, to rethink his plans for the National Identity Register, following the "appalling blunder" which led to the huge loss of child-benefit data from HM...
[November 23, 2007, 13:26]
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]
Broadband critics hit out at Communications Bill
News Wrapping up the debate, e-commerce minister Stephen Timms said he was confident that the government's market-led approach to broadband would be successful, citing the mobile phone sector as evidence. Friend the prime minister made the commitment...
[December 4, 2002, 16:52]
Australian gov't calls on experts over DDoS attack
News The only website that appears to have been affected by yesterday's distributed denial-of-service (DDOS) attack on government web servers was the site belonging to the Australian prime minister and cabinet.
[September 10, 2009, 10:18]
Jane Wakefield: E-ambassador, you are spoiling us
News Prime Minister Tony Blair wants to see electronic delivery of all government services by 2008 but a series of damning reports have criticised the government for its slow implementation of IT projects and inefficient use of the Web.
[January 21, 2000, 13:20]
ISPs caught up in Internet babies furore
News Last week prime minister Tony Blair described the Internet adoption case as "deplorable" but Robin Bynoe, partner at law firm Charles Russell, believes people are getting a bit carried away. As part of this push health minister John Hutton has...
[January 22, 2001, 14:51]
Government puts data sharing in the spotlight
News The consultation forms part of an independent review into the use and sharing of personal information announced by prime minister Gordon Brown in October. It will be led by information commissioner Richard Thomas and Dr Mark Walport, the director...
[December 12, 2007, 16:27]
Report maps out Britain's broadband future
News Caio had already presented his findings to the prime minister, Gordon Brown, earlier in the day, and told the audience at BERR that he had come away from that meeting with the impression that Brown found something in the recommendations "to...
[September 12, 2008, 16:10]
Brown alerted to HMRC data risk in 2004
News The prime minister was warned about inadequate data-protection procedures years ago, it has emerged. The letter, obtained by News of the World, made clear the very problems which led to the loss of 25 million individuals' records and calls into...
[December 10, 2007, 14:36]
Dell admits Indian mistake
Talkback A Scientist President and a smart prime minister(Camebridge graduate/Oxford D.Phill in Economics) lead Indians Two things have led to this unique outsourcing: One, US students are doing badly in Math.
[September 2, 2005, 18:54]
PM calls on Berners-Lee in open-government drive
Blog Brown made the announcement in Prime Minister's Questions on Wednesday, during a speech on constitutional reform. So that Government information is accessible and useful for the widest possible group of people, I have asked Sir Tim Berners-Lee who...
[June 10, 2009, 14:46]
Gov't mobile working project saved from axe
News Nomad was launched in November 2003 as one of the National Projects, sponsored by the former Office of the Deputy Prime Minister to develop new uses of IT in local government. Nomad North will be led by longstanding board member Ken Eastwood, and...
[November 5, 2009, 8:50]
Gates rejects birthplace of modern computing
News Unfortunately the prime minister at the time, Winston Churchill, ordered the machines to be destroyed at the end of the war. The success of Colussus I led to the building of ten more Mk II models, creating the world's first computer complex...
[August 11, 2003, 10:00]
Welsh broadband kicks England into touch
News Across Britain, this kind of public sector demand is seen as key to driving broadband success -- as was seen last month when the prime minister, Tony Blair, announced that over £1bn will be spent on broadband for Britain's health, education and...
[December 3, 2002, 11:05]
British mobile phone plant axed
News This plant was shut despite the intervention of Prime Minister Tony Blair, with the loss of over 3,000 jobs. External pressures such as the downturn in the European market for mobile phones coupled with unfavourable exchange rates has led to this...
[November 2, 2001, 13:09]
The Internet of the 21st century
News Both US president Bill Clinton and UK Prime Minister Tony Blair are keen to be seen as techno-friendly, and use the Internet to promote both themselves and their countries. And the revolution will not be led from PCs, he predicts.
[December 27, 1999, 6:00]
A Year Ago: The Internet of the 21st century
News Both US president Bill Clinton and UK Prime Minister Tony Blair are keen to be seen as techno-friendly, and use the Internet to promote both themselves and their countries. And the revolution will not be led from PCs, he predicts.
[December 27, 2000, 6:04]
Who's in charge of IT in London?
News Phil Hope, parliamentary undersecretary of state, Office of the Deputy Prime Minister, delivering the keynote at the conference, said a trial conducted by Newham council into electronic procurement estimated the technology could save the public...
[July 6, 2004, 17:05]
Government sites continue to flout standards
News Other sites that scored less than 1 percent in their efforts to cater to people with disabilities include Transport for London, UK Sport, the Welsh Office and the Web site for the prime minister, whose site scored zero on all compliance tests.
[November 25, 2003, 11:20]
E-government targets branded 'inadequate'
News Speaking at the e-Summit, prime minister Tony Blair acknowledged the problems. Douglas Alexander, the minister responsible for e-transformation, said the government is working to get better services online, but noted the challenge is also to get...
[November 19, 2002, 15:45]
