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UK government joins Office source-code scheme
News The UK government is at the forefront of a Microsoft scheme allowing access to the Office 2003 source code. One of the first to take advantage of the extension is the UK government. The release of this source code will help the UK government...
[September 20, 2004, 12:45]
UK Government: Fight online fraud with free iPods
News A senior manager in the UK Department of Trade and Industry has come up with a unique alternative to the government's ID Card scheme — give everyone in the country a free iPod installed with a digital certificate.
[January 12, 2006, 16:05]
UK government IT spend to top £12bn
News The UK government will spend almost $20bn on technology this year but must focus on the social impact as well as financial benefits of that investment, according to analyst house Gartner. UK public sector IT spend is up 4 percent on last year and...
[October 20, 2003, 14:30]
UK Government backs open source
News The UK government confirmed on Monday that it will consider open-source software in a bid to avoid getting locked-in to proprietary IT products, and that contracts will be awarded on a value-for-money basis.
[July 23, 2002, 14:17]
UK government scoops 'Internet Villain' nominations
News Government departments have monopolised nominations for the Internet Villain award at this year's ISP Awards. Broadband4Britain.com is a campaigning site, while both France and Bowden have been vocal critics of government moves that jeopardise the...
[January 17, 2002, 16:58]
UK Government suffers data retention blow
News Europe's data protection commissioners have dealt a blow to the UK government's plans to force telcos and ISPs to store communications traffic data, according to UK privacy lobbyists. The UK government is proposing that ISPs and phone companies...
[September 17, 2002, 12:30]
UK government signs Linux deal
News The organisation responsible for the UK government's procurement policy has opted for Linux to underpin its new online purchasing system. Rebecca George, director, UK government business, IBM UK, said: "By selecting Linux for Purchase and Pay, OGC...
[April 4, 2003, 15:24]
UK government down the e-league
News The UK's e-government programme appears to be stagnating, according to the worrying results of an influential benchmarking study. Accenture's annual survey shows the UK's e-government performance sliding down the league table for the second year...
[May 6, 2004, 9:40]
UK government urged to give spam the boot
News The UK government has been urged to implement its proposed crackdown on spam, even though it is expected to have only a limited effect on the amount of unsolicited emails received by Internet users. This plan -- under which people will still need...
[June 10, 2003, 16:33]
UK government launches artificial intelligence drive
News The UK government is attempting to boost Britain's involvement in intelligent computing by launching a research project into cognitive systems. The collaboration, which is part of the government's UK Foresight programme, will involve business...
[April 30, 2002, 17:40]
UK government throws more money at banking (this time it's mobile)
Blog Seems the UK government still has some money left (only about a million quid though) to spend on other countries and is backing mobile banking technology in Africa and other "developing" economies (is that term still valid given the western...
[February 13, 2009, 10:51]
UK government and IBM trial secure Linux
News It is government policy to use open source where we can," Harvey Mattinson, head of accreditation at the CSIA, told ZDNet UK. We wanted to have wider access between government departments, but also wanted to increase the level of security, without...
[April 27, 2006, 13:05]
UK government in breach of European employment law
News The European Court of Justice has ruled that the UK government has broken the law in denying freelance workers and short term workers the right to four weeks paid annual leave. The way the government brought in working time regulations in this...
[June 26, 2001, 14:17]
UK enters government services top 10
News The UK has moved up three places in an annual league table of government services — but the public remains indifferent to new e-government initiatives. According to Accenture's annual government customer-service league table, the UK has moved to...
[June 18, 2007, 15:43]
UK local government lags behind in open source
News Ghosh said that one possible reason why the UK lags behind other European countries is the lack of clarity in UK government policy. In the UK, the government policy seems to be confused and is implemented differently between departments," said Ghosh.
[January 20, 2005, 17:05]
Government unveils UK citizen ID card
News On Thursday, the Conservative Party reiterated its commitment to scrap the scheme, and said the government had spent "a staggering amount of money on the scheme so far. The home secretary has confirmed that the government has signed eight contracts...
[July 30, 2009, 17:05]
UK e-government to shift North
News Officials working on UK e-government policy are being relocated to Birchwood in the northwest of England to be closer to public sector IT workers. More central government IT workers are based in the northwest of England than any other part of the...
[November 21, 2005, 8:55]
UK citizens shun e-government services
News Awareness and use of e-government services through the network of 6,000 UK Online centres is low, according to a survey published by the Department for Education and Skills (DfES). It pledged to take further steps to develop the network of UK...
[April 5, 2005, 15:55]
UK head of e-government to be announced soon
News The identity of the UK's first head of e-government could be known as early as next month, although the successful candidate isn't expected to begin work until the summer. His or her primary responsibility will be to build government services...
[April 28, 2004, 17:35]
UK lagging on e-government
News The UK is below the European average for usage of e-government services, according to an EU benchmarking report. According to the survey, 31 percent of businesses get information from the government online in the UK.
[May 16, 2005, 13:30]
