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British Court System Goes Online
News The consultation paper speaks of "paperless court rooms" where the majority of litigation is conducted online. Most of the UK's 222 county courts will be refitted, beginning 5 February, according to the court service consultation paper Modernising...
[January 17, 2001, 6:18]
Nearly Half Of UK Homes Now Online
News Oftel published the figures on Tuesday in a consultation on effective competition in dial-up Internet access. On the wholesale side, Oftel admits within its consultation that BT is stifling competition, by retaining 80 percent of the wholesale...
[January 29, 2002, 17:06]
Government Pledges £50m For Online Curriculum
News The Curriculum Online scheme is designed to provide "an easily accessible, coherent and consistent set of educational resources", according to the consultation paper published in April. Of those that responded to the consultation, more than two...
[December 10, 2001, 14:03]
UK Launches 'Euro-DMCA' Debate
News A deadline of 31 October has been set for responses to the UK consultation document; under European law, the new rules have to be incorporated in law by 22 December. Respondents (should) bear in mind that this consultation is not about whether the...
[August 12, 2002, 11:29]
Online Committees Herald E-government Breakthrough
News The Communications Bill was the first piece of legislation to be subject to such online consultation when the Joint Committee on the Draft Communication Bill began began hearing evidence on Thursday. In future, every such pre-legislative scrutiny...
[May 24, 2002, 12:42]
Online Morning After Pill Service Suspended
News The company says it suspended the service after consultation with the Department of Health and the Royal Pharmaceutical Society. Superdrug suspended its controversial online service selling the "morning after" contraception pill just a few hours...
[January 29, 2001, 16:46]
Online Imaging To Lead To Faster NHS Diagnoses
News Images can even be sent to specialists abroad for consultation, and should result in speedier diagnoses. Guy's and St Thomas' Hospital in London is the first hospital in Europe to make use of the Kodak-designed system that allows medical...
[October 16, 2000, 15:08]
Online TV Blamed For Choking Broadband Networks
News The spokeswoman added: "My hope for this year is there will be some sort of cross-industry consultation on this. The massive increase in bandwidth-heavy online TV and video content being downloaded by UK broadband users has raised questions about...
[January 29, 2008, 8:42]
Government Seeks Views On E-democracy
News The UK government has launched a public consultation into e-democracy that could result in the widespread implementation of voting via the Internet or by mobile phone. Speaking in parliament on Tuesday, the leader of the House of Commons, Robin...
[July 16, 2002, 16:13]
Blair Opens Up Commission For Africa Online
News Simon Mills, who is in charge of the online consultation, said the commission wants to reach a wide audience. The online consultation will enable thousands of people to not only find out more about our work, but to give us their views on what sort...
[November 15, 2004, 12:20]
Pedagogical Support For Instruction Using Technology: Support Of Faculty Offices
White Papers They stage workshops, invite individual consultation, develop online support services, and often host help lines to answer pressing problems. Colleges and universities around the world are working to change academic practices that have remained...
[April 21, 2005, 0:00]
UK Online Moderator Receives Death Threat
News The paper will examine ways of encouraging public policy debate and consultation on the Internet, as well as considering the potential for online voting in the future. The Cabinet Office is refusing to comment on reports that one of its moderators...
[July 13, 2001, 11:06]
E-commerce Minister Proposes Online Voting
News The e-envoy is currently working with the Department for Transport, Local Government and the Regions (DTLR) to develop a course of action -- a consultation period will take place before any proposals are put on the table.
[October 26, 2001, 7:30]
Laws Protecting Consumers Online Need Revision
News Malcolm Hutty of the Campaign Against Censorship of the Internet in Britain called for widespread consultation and review of the existing law. Users who have had their personal data published online without their consent but not suffered any...
[July 20, 2000, 14:56]
Government Pledges £30m To Get Pupils Online
News The work also includes a 12-week public consultation on who should pay for access and a study looking at the potential impact of technology on children's lives up to 2025. Knight also fleshed out plans to bring in online school reports, which he...
[January 9, 2008, 15:42]
Scottish Executive Shuns E-services
News The Scottish Executive is reluctant to provide online services for recording births deaths and marriages, according to its latest consultation paper on e-registration. Scotland's registrar general recognises that registration by telephone, fax or...
[January 10, 2005, 16:55]
Y2K Information Site Hit By Y2K Bug
News It has comprehensive legal and technological consultation information and features the latest updated information on millennium bug connected incidents. The Year 2000 Information Centre is an online resource containing information and advice...
[January 4, 2000, 12:44]
UKonline Goes Offline
News This is a long consultation exercise.as services become available online, they will be available through the portal. Government portal UKonline.gov.uk experienced an outage Wednesday morning raising new concerns about the government's online strategy.
[December 6, 2000, 14:20]
Dell Looks To Serve Small Fry
News The program, which begins with a consultation at a starting price of $199 (£128), is aimed at small-business owners who are eager to get an effective computer system in place, but are unsure where to turn to for advice, said Chris Hilderbrand...
[December 9, 2002, 9:37]
Government 'must Make Leap To Broadband'
News This project, called Living Health, allows the nurse to display photos and videos that may help in the consultation. The UK government must help develop Broadband Britain by developing online versions of its existing services that will make use of...
[March 1, 2002, 6:31]
