MoD
MoD accused of wasting £34m on high-tech white elephant
News The UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) poured £34.6m into an IT system which was never used, according to a report from the National Audit Office (NAO) - the organisation which monitors central government spending. [26 Nov 1998]
Why Tony Blair must catch the bug
Comment And there's no shyness about naming and shaming here: they include the MoD, the DTI, the Home Office and Northern Ireland. Taskforce 2000 highlights the MoD's Y2K programme as one of the most threatened:... [12 Nov 1998]
In brief: MoD denies security scare
News A UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) spokesman today denied press reports that a hacker has broken into its internal systems. Reports claimed MoD chiefs have appealed to the US Pentagon for help after hackers... [21 Sep 1998]
UK MoD abandons joint satellite project
News The UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) is to go it alone on a £1bn satellite project it had planned to co-develop with France and Germany. A spokesman for the MoD denied that this interoperability will now be... [18 Aug 1998]