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Pinder satisfied with UK's progress
News Departing e-envoy Andrew Pinder has told ministers and senior officials that he has achieved the aims he was assigned when he took up his post, having moved the UK to become a "world leader" in IT. Pinder has delivered a final report to the cabinet...
[July 26, 2004, 15:00]
Pinder becomes e-envoy for good
News Acting e-envoy Andrew Pinder takes the job permanently on Wednesday and will begin the hard task of ensuring universal Internet access by 2005. Pinder was appointed acting e-envoy in October last year, following the resignation of Alex Allan who...
[January 31, 2001, 16:03]
E-envoy calls for end to broadband deadlock
News The government's e-envoy, Andrew Pinder, called for changes to the pricing of broadband on Tuesday, saying that the spread of high-speed Internet access to the general population is "absolutely fundamental to the continued prosperity of this...
[June 26, 2001, 15:55]
E-envoy disputes 800,000 job-loss quote
News The e-envoy, Andrew Pinder, has said that comments he made about job losses from putting government services online were taken out of context. Speaking at a Parliamentary hearing on Monday, Pinder told MPs he had been misquoted in reports that said...
[May 15, 2002, 17:06]
E-government services could cost 800,000 jobs
News The e-envoy, Andrew Pinder, has said that 800,000 public sector workers -- or up to one in five civil servants -- could be made redundant over the next 10 years because of the effect of putting government services online.
[May 13, 2002, 16:35]
E-Envoy sees Chancellor as broadband obstacle
News A split may have broken out within government circles after e-Envoy Andrew Pinder told business leaders on Monday that Chancellor Gordon Brown was unconvinced of the benefits of broadband. Attending the annual conference of the Confederation of...
[November 6, 2001, 14:14]
News Burst: E-envoy to be appointed this week
News The government will this week appoint Andrew Pinder, a former director of IT at the Inland Revenue, as e-envoy, according to reports Wednesday. Pinder has been acting as e-envoy since last October, after Alex Allen quit the cabinet office post.
[January 31, 2001, 8:31]
Introduction: E-envoy on a wired Britain
News Andrew Pinder was appointed to the job of e-envoy last month, following the resignation of Tony Blair's favourite, Alex Allan. Pinder does not underestimate the toughness of the job he temporarily took in the autumn.
[February 12, 2001, 12:07]
E-envoy calls for help bridging digital divide
News The UK's acting e-envoy Andrew Pinder called on representatives of the ISP industry to help close Britain's economic and geographic digital divisions Tuesday, The socio-economic divide [when it comes to Internet access] is something we're worried...
[January 18, 2001, 9:26]
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]
Backlash hits wireless broadband auction
News In a hard-hitting email to e-envoy Andrew Pinder, Hughes -- who has advised Andrew Davies about wireless broadband -- slammed as "outrageous" the way the RA has drawn up the 3.4GHz licences. Several members of the Welsh Assembly are understood to...
[February 6, 2003, 16:12]
MPs slam government over digital divide plans
News The report, from the same Trade and Industry select committee which last week attacked the government's attempts to open up BT's network, is hugely critical of the work being done to prevent a digital divide in Britain and is sceptical of how much...
[March 27, 2001, 12:23]
Britain to appoint head of e-government
News Andrew Pinder, the current e-envoy, was already expected to leave his position in April 2004 when his contract ends. Speaking at the launch of the UK Online annual report for 2003, Pinder explained that the priority for the future is to create...
[December 15, 2003, 13:55]
ISPA awards: Boos for BT and criticism for ISPs
News The evening was formally opened by the new e-envoy Andrew Pinder, making his first public appearance since he was formally appointed last month. Pinder took the opportunity to criticise ISPs for their failure to get involved in the current...
[February 8, 2001, 14:53]
UK head of e-government to be announced soon
News E-envoy Andrew Pinder said on Wednesday that he expects to leave his post before the end of July. The process of replacing Pinder has already begun, and a shortlist of candidates has just been drawn up.
[April 28, 2004, 17:35]
Tax travesty a blip on the government's online radar
News Government blunders such as last year's online tax return, which proved for many to be more difficult to use than a traditional form, are being or have already been fixed, according to the e-envoy Andrew Pinder.
[June 26, 2001, 16:56]
E-envoy: broadband divide will wreck rural economy
News In an interview with ePolitix.com, a current affairs Web site, Andrew Pinder warned that companies will not base themselves in the countryside if high-speed Internet services are not available. So for the health of our rural communities, we just...
[September 26, 2003, 12:05]
Firms denounce government broadband plans
News E-minister Patricia Hewitt and e-envoy Andrew Pinder launched the government's broadband strategy Tuesday and pledged to make the UK the best place in the G7 for broadband services by 2005. Reaction to the government's broadband plans has been...
[February 15, 2001, 16:05]
Government backs anti-spam mission to US
News The group, which will include Derek Wyatt MP and e-envoy Andrew Pinder, are scheduled to appear before a Congressional hearing in October -- where they are expected to urge the US to take strong action against the proliferation of unsolicited junk...
[September 19, 2003, 14:50]
Broadband for all - government pledges
News In a report -- submitted to the PM by e-minister Patricia Hewitt and e-envoy Andrew Pinder -- the government sets itself the goal of becoming "the most extensive and competitive broadband market in the G7 by 2005".
[February 13, 2001, 16:19]
