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PoizonBOx hackers leave e-envoy red-faced
News The government has launched an investigation after a chain of UK government Web sites including one belonging to the office of the e-envoy were hacked and defaced on Tuesday by a group of computer crackers.
[March 21, 2001, 10:50]
UK e-unit Web site goes live
News The Office of the e-Envoy (OeE) has been consigned to the Whitehall scrap heap, completing its transition to become the e-Government Unit on 2 June, 2004. A new website for the UK's e-Government Unit, replacing the e-envoy's homepage, is now available
[June 2, 2004, 15:20]
Lack of trust hampers UK e-government target
News Three-quarters of services provided by central government in the UK will be available online by the end of 2002, according to an official from the Office of the e-Envoy. We thought by now there would be a market for trust services," said Dr Stephen...
[May 16, 2002, 10:54]
UK Online moderator receives death threat
News According to an E-Government bulletin report this week, a civil servant working for the government's office of the e-Envoy was shaken by verbal death threats from an unidentified caller. The incident coincides with the imminent publication of the...
[July 13, 2001, 11:06]
E-envoy quits to return to Australia
News E-envoy Alex Allan quits his Cabinet Office post Tuesday for "personal reasons". The e-envoy was appointed by prime minister Tony Blair as part of his drive towards a digital Britain. The main responsibilities of the e-envoy were to push forward...
[September 5, 2000, 15:40]
E-Gif aims to make government interoperable
News Two of the UK's most influential IT organisations are to take responsibility for ensuring that public sector computer systems are effectively developed and managed, the Office of the e-Envoy (OeE) announced on 10 May, 2004.
[May 12, 2004, 12:30]
Britain to appoint head of e-government
News The post is effectively a chief information officer (CIO) position and will replace the role of e-envoy. Andrew Pinder, the current e-envoy, was already expected to leave his position in April 2004 when his contract ends.
[December 15, 2003, 13:55]
Govt ponders CIO role
News A proposal has been put forward by the e-Envoy, Andrew Pinder, to create a civil service position that would combine the roles of e-Envoy and the head of the Office of Government Commerce (OGC) procurement watchdog into a strategic IT executive...
[September 4, 2003, 11:40]
Watmore to start in September
News Prior to the new chief taking over, the Office of the e-Envoy (OeE) will become the e-Government Unit, which will be based in the Cabinet Office. He will replace the outgoing e-envoy Andrew Pinder, although there will be changes in the job title...
[May 26, 2004, 12:15]
Jane Wakefield: E-ambassador, you are spoiling us
News The latest addition to the ever-growing army of e-government warriors has arrived in the corridors of power as a civil servant called Allan takes up his post as e-envoy. What is clear however, is that as the UK's first e-envoy, he will be joining...
[January 21, 2000, 13:20]
E-government plans criticised
News The award ceremony, hosted by e-envoy Alex Allan, was meant to celebrate government Internet achievements but there were rumbles of discontent from the civil servants and officials charged with delivering Tony Blair's e-policy.
[March 28, 2000, 10:17]
Government sites continue to flout standards
News Development of the eGMF, which forms part of the e-Government Interoperability Framework (eGIF), was led by the Office of the E-envoy, as an essential element of modernising government; it enables "better use of official information, joined-up...
[November 25, 2003, 11:20]
Government smashes own online targets
News It is still searching for an e-envoy following the resignation of Alex Allan. Acting e-envoy Andrew Pinder claims one will be appointed within "two weeks". The original target -- for 2002 -- was to have a quarter of government services delivered...
[January 17, 2001, 10:43]
UK govt investigates Linux savings
News Last year, the Office of Government Commerce (OPG), the procurement and standards arm of the British government, and the Office of the e-Envoy told agencies that they could begin to install open-source software.
[October 9, 2003, 10:40]
2000 Roundup: Government tries (hard) to get online
News The e-envoy was off on his travels in June. January was also the month when the e-envoy -- charged with sorting out e-government and making sure there was no digital divide -- made his first public appearance.
[December 25, 2000, 6:12]
UK government down the e-league
News Despite efforts by the Office of the e-Envoy to improve performance and push the programme forward, Accenture reports that the UK's "online future is still unclear". The Office of the e-Envoy was keen to play up the more positive aspects of the UK...
[May 6, 2004, 9:40]
Government appoints head techie
News Lucian Hudson, a 40-year-old former BBC journalist, will join the e-envoy's team at the Cabinet Office. The problem has been exacerbated by the resignation of e-envoy Alex Allan, who leaves his post later this month to return to Australia.
[October 2, 2000, 10:52]
News Burst: E-envoy to be appointed this week
News Pinder has been acting as e-envoy since last October, after Alex Allen quit the cabinet office post. The government will this week appoint Andrew Pinder, a former director of IT at the Inland Revenue, as e-envoy, according to reports Wednesday.
[January 31, 2001, 8:31]
'Default' open-source licensing plans under fire
News In a draft consultation document published on Tuesday, the office of the e-envoy sent its clearest signal yet to government departments that they should pay more attention to open source. For this reason, the ISC strongly encourages the e-envoy to...
[March 11, 2004, 15:40]
Pinder satisfied with UK's progress
News Pinder said that he had changed the remit of the Office of the e-Envoy (OeE) from being "a campaigning and coordinating organisation" to one that now has "a lot more clout" throughout government. Departing e-envoy Andrew Pinder has told ministers...
[July 26, 2004, 15:00]
