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RSS ministerG-Cloud in the sky: The future home for gov't apps
News Communications minister Lord Carter has said that "substantial savings" can be made in public spending by building a government-wide cloud computing platform. In the government's Digital Britain report published... [17 Jun 2009]
£6 broadband tax to fund fibre for all
News Speaking at the launch of the final Digital Britain report in London today, Communications Minister Lord Carter said it is very likely the market will deliver next-generation broadband for between 50 and 65 per cent of... [16 Jun 2009]
Delayed: Digital Britain report
News We can confirm that he will step down at summer recess with the completion of his work, as originally intended and with the full agreement of the Prime Minister. The government has said that the Digital Britain report is... [15 Jun 2009]
The Weekly Round-Up: 12.06.09
Round-Up UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown might be as popular as Steve Ballmer in a Mac developer workshop but he knows how to tap into the populist vibe to detract attention from the state of his government. The Prime... [12 Jun 2009]
Brown enlists web father to open up gov't data
News Brown made the announcement in Prime Minister's Questions on Wednesday, during a speech on constitutional reform. Gordon Brown is bringing in the inventor of the web, Sir Tim Berners-Lee, to help open up government data. [10 Jun 2009]
Photos: What Brown's reshuffle means for tech
Photo Sugar's remit will include acting as an adviser to small business and government, working closely with small business minister Shriti Vadera and trade and investment minister Mervyn Davis. The man with... [10 Jun 2009]
David Wilde
CIO Profile Before David Wilde joined Westminster City Council as CIO, he held a number of public sector roles, including head of ebusiness and head of internal and electronic communications for the Office of the Deputy Prime... [01 Jun 2009]
Calls for gov't Phorm investigation rejected
News The Prime Minister's Office has rebuffed a public call for a government investigation into Phorm, saying that the independent Information Commissioner's Office is responsible for ensuring that the behavioural ad-serving... [21 May 2009]
'Police drowning in CCTV data': Acpo
News Michael Wills, the minister of state for the Ministry of Justice, said at the same conference that CCTV had public support. The police cannot deal with the amount of information generated by CCTV cameras, according to... [18 May 2009]
Whitehall hires a Twitter tsar
News He was also a member of the Minister for Digital Engagement, Tom Watson's, Power of Information Taskforce. The government's deputy CIO has been named as the UK's first director of digital engagement. Andrew Stott, a... [14 May 2009]
Peter Cochrane's Blog: Become a bandwidth scavenger
Comment On one day our Prime Minister announces that every home in the UK will have 2Mbps broadband in 2011, and the next a Korean minister announces that everyone in his country will have 1,000Mbps in 2012.... [06 May 2009]
Trio of research hubs to poke digital benefits
News Speaking at a press conference in London yesterday, Lord Drayson, science and innovation minister, said investment in the digital economy is vital to secure the UK's economic future. He added that digital technologies... [29 Apr 2009]
Cheat sheet: Digital Britain
Cheat Sheet That would be Lord Stephen Carter, minister for communications, technology and broadcasting and the former head of communications watchdog Ofcom. Digital Britain. Sounds like a rubbish tech-themed comedy show. [21 Apr 2009]
Compliance with Data Handling Procedures in UK Government
White Paper The Report was drafted at the request of Prime Minister, Gordon Brown, in response to HMRC's loss of 2 compact discs containing 25 million child benefit records in November 2007. The UK Data Handling Procedures in... [17 Apr 2009]
Flexi-working laws to boost logging on from home?
News Employment relations minister, Pat McFadden, said in the statement: "The business benefits of flexible working are well documented and this remains the case in tougher economic times. As of Monday, businesses are now... [07 Apr 2009]
