Public To Get Online Access To UK Law
News The Department for Constitutional Affairs is planning a new online database of UK primary and secondary legislation An official of the DCA said on 9 June, 2004, that the launch is part of a change in which the department has become more "customer...
[June 11, 2004, 12:10]
Government Database Security Breached
News Two of the departments that have been hit by security breaches include the Department for Constitutional Affairs (DCA) and the Department for Transport (DfT). Other government departments that have claimed there have been no security breaches of...
[November 1, 2006, 10:07]
Microsoft Wins Record Amount From Spammer
News A spokesperson for the DTI told ZDNet UK that the Commissioner's powers derived from the Data Protection Act, which was currently under review by the Department for Constitutional Affairs. Despite efforts by the Information Commissioner to gain...
[September 13, 2006, 11:25]
Government Continues To Stonewall Over ID Card Costs
News Central government departments who say they have yet to finalise their estimates of the cost of using ID cards or even what services they will be useful for include the Ministry of Defence; the Department for Transport; the Department for...
[February 20, 2006, 11:30]
UK Terrorist Trials To Be Aired On Web
News The UK's appeals tribunal for suspected terrorists is to make its judgements available online, the Department for Constitutional Affairs (DCA) announced on 5 July 2004. Judgements on suspected terrorists in the UK are to be published on a new...
[July 6, 2004, 12:30]
Digital Rights Group Slams E-voting
News A spokesperson for the Department of Constitutional Affairs — which is running the trials — told ZDNet UK on Tuesday that the advent of new technologies brought "issues" as well as benefits, but insisted that the system needed to "push on with the...
[January 31, 2007, 12:15]
Info Site Unpicks Information Act
News The UK Department for Constitutional Affairs has launched a website to help public authorities prepare for the Freedom of Information Act. The site was launched on 1 July, 2004, less than 130 working days before the act comes into force.
[July 2, 2004, 11:35]
Government 'has No Timetable' For E-voting
News The Department of Constitutional Affairs (DCA) has just announced electoral modernisation pilots to take place at 16 local authorities in the May 2006 local elections. The DCA told ZDNet UK sister site silicon.com e-voting technology will not be...
[February 15, 2006, 13:55]
Criminal Justice IT Programme Seeks Suppliers
News The Criminal Justice Exchange will allow information sharing between the police, Crown Prosecution Service, Department for Constitutional Affairs, magistrates' courts, Youth Justice Boards and the National Offenders Management Service (NOMS).
[July 12, 2004, 15:15]
UK Court Hearings To Be Tracked By Web, Text
News A new IT network linking 101 Crown Courts and criminal justice agencies is to be introduced nationally allowing information from trial hearings to be accessible online, the Department for Constitutional Affairs announced on Wednesday.
[December 16, 2004, 13:40]
Government Drops E-voting Trials
News The Department for Constitutional Affairs (DCA) has now taken over lead responsibility for the electoral modernisation programme from the ODPM after a recent government reshuffle. The government has ditched plans for wide-ranging trials of Internet...
[September 5, 2005, 10:05]
Criminal Justice IT Contracts Up For Grabs
News The Department for Constitutional Affairs is set to replace its main IT contracts covering key projects in the modernisation of the criminal justice system, it has emerged. The department is planning to issue a tender notice in the spring for the...
[January 19, 2005, 15:50]
E-voting 'must Be Dropped'
News In response to a parliamentary question from Heald in late August, Harriet Harman, minister at the Department for Constitutional Affairs, said the government has now decided against inviting councils to run e-voting pilots in the May 2006 local...
[September 8, 2005, 17:05]
DWP Punishes 20 Staff For Data-protection Breaches
News On 20 May, the Ministry of Justice said that members of staff within both the former Department for Constitutional Affairs and the Prison Service have been disciplined and dismissed for inappropriate use of personal or sensitive data.
[June 4, 2008, 15:38]
Courts Link Up With DWP Database
News He said that the Department for Work and Pensions and the Department for Constitutional Affairs would be working closely on the new measures. Magistrates' courts are to be given access to databases held by the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP...
[November 30, 2004, 14:15]
