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HM Govt Vs The LSE, Round XII!
Blog the recent governmental response to a parliamentary committee that, well, pretty much wanted to know the same things as the LSE Identity Project team did, includes a string of attacks on the academics.
[October 23, 2006, 16:25]
LSE CIO: IT Chiefs Smashing Management Glass Ceiling
Talkback I have IT skills can you get me a Job Please?
[June 20, 2006, 14:14]
E-Government 'undemocratic' Says LSE
Talkback I have seen that undercover project merassistant to manage phones. Pretty crazy.http://www.merassistant.com/ma.html Please don't give out the link
[September 25, 2006, 1:20]
LSE CIO: IT Chiefs Smashing Management Glass Ceiling
News Ambitious technology executives can break through the "glass ceiling" and make it to the top of their organisations. According to London Stock Exchange chief information officer David Lester, the increased importance of IT means that tech...
[June 20, 2006, 11:10]
E-Government 'undemocratic' Says LSE
News E-government services have been slammed as "undemocratic" by an information systems expert from the London School of Economics. Speaking at a Nortel event on Tuesday, Professor Ian Angell did not criticise the technology behind e-government, but...
[April 11, 2006, 16:40]
Row Over £30bn Cost Of ID Cards
News The government's ID card plans have again come under fire after the LSE revealed the cost of the scheme could now rise to almost £30bn. The LSE had initially claimed the ID card scheme would cost taxpayers up to £19bn — despite the Home Office...
[November 4, 2005, 9:15]
IT Firms Told To Flock To ID Card Project
News In the wake of the passing of the ID card bill in the House of Commons on Monday, experts from the London School of Economics (LSE) have predicted that IT companies will be rushing to tender for government business in a technology feeding frenzy.
[February 15, 2006, 13:30]
ID Cards 'may Still Fail'
News The London School of Economics (LSE) Identity Project has been a leading critic of the ID card project but the team said it welcomes the shift in the government's position. Dr Edgar A Whitley, the LSE team's research co-ordinator, said the new...
[December 21, 2006, 7:31]
Privacy Advocates Confident About ID Card Defeat
News A leading privacy organisation claims government plans to introduce national ID cards will be defeated thanks to the publication of a new report from the London School of Economics (LSE). Speaking to ZDNet UK on Tuesday, Simon Davies, the director...
[May 17, 2005, 17:55]
Yes, E-Minister
Leader PM: "Humphrey, what's this latest nonsense from the LSE? Still, the LSE has produced some troublemakers in its time. Scene: The Prime Minister's office. The PM is frowning at his computer, while Sir Humphrey is discreetly checking his BlackBerry
[April 12, 2006, 13:40]
Government Attacked Over ID Card Costs
News The Home Office's latest attempts to justify its calculations of the cost and benefits of the national ID card scheme have been branded misleading and inaccurate by the London School of Economics (LSE).
[August 8, 2005, 9:25]
ID Card Bill Could Reach £30bn
News London School of Economics (LSE). The LSE has previously put the total cost of the ID card scheme at a maximum of £19bn -- compared to the Home Office estimate of £5.8bn which would work out to a unit cost of around £300 for producing each card.
[November 1, 2005, 9:40]
Lord Stern: Downturn Won't Affect Climate Change Efforts
Blog Stern's response was in line with the remit given to him under the terms of the Stern Review, published in 2006, which set out to look at exactly what impact climate change would have on the UK economy.photo credit: Nigel Stead/LSE)
[April 30, 2008, 16:52]
Government Slammed For ID Database 'shambles'
News His statement drew severe criticism from London School of Economics (LSE) academics, who accused the government of not fully understanding the technology needed for a national identity scheme. The government is incapable of saying what this beast...
[February 15, 2006, 16:20]
Government Clashes With Lords Over ID Cards
News The Home Office claims the 10-year cost of the ID cards project will be £5.8bn but academics at the London School of Economics (LSE) estimate the real cost is nearer £19bn and that it could even spiral to £30bn.
[January 17, 2006, 15:50]
ID Card Security Questioned
News Gladman authored a section on the security which formed part of the LSE's critical report on the ID cards programme issued last year. While home secretary Charles Clarke has argued that the LSE's study was "technically incompetent", Gladman pointed...
[February 15, 2006, 14:10]
ID Card Scheme Under Review
News The London School of Economics (LSE) warned last year that the total cost of the ID card scheme could reach £20bn. The delays to the ID cards scheme announced today come as no surprise to LSE’s Identity Project team: our 300-page report last year...
[July 11, 2006, 15:50]
ID Card Critic Trashes Government Report
News A comprehensive reply from the LSE to the Government's report is imminent, although Professor Angell himself will not be a co-author. However, a preliminary response issued by the LSE's Identity Project team has welcomed the report, particularly...
[October 10, 2006, 16:10]
Chris Patten: Politicians Have No Grasp Of Technology
News However, academics from the London School of Economics (LSE) criticised that ongoing governmental support. Tony Blair's ongoing belief in ID cards shows he has no sense of that technology whatsoever," said Dr Edgar Whitley of the information...
[October 26, 2006, 16:40]
ID Cards: A Titanic Project Waiting For Its Iceberg
News ZDNet UK spoke with Professor Ian Angell, head of LSE's department of information systems, to find out why his organisation’s estimates differ so much from the government’s and why he sees the whole project as a "dog’s dinner".
[January 18, 2006, 11:25]
