information commission office
Is it time to regulate software security?
News He pointed to a deal Michael Powell, outgoing Federal Communications Commission chairman, struck with internet service providers (ISPs). They knew it, and now he is leaving office," Clarke said. Harris Miller, president of the Information... [17 Feb 2005]
Outsourced ecommerce: Call it a trend
Comment By 2003, the maintenance requirements of the site had become so onerous that he decided to commission an external company to design, build and host the site, in a £30,000 project. WStore, a business with 70 UK employees, supplies office products to... [08 Feb 2005]
ID card database to be electoral register?
News In its submission to the inquiry the Electoral Commission said that, although it could have no official view on the ID programme, the identity database could help with a voter register. The Electoral Commission told the inquiry that it supports the... [27 Jan 2005]
9/11 Commission Report: Reorganization, Transformation, and Information Sharing
White Paper This paper aims to address two issues: the lack of effective information sharing and analysis and the need for executive branch reorganization in response to the 9/11 Commission recommendations. The paper describes the rationale for improving... [21 Dec 2004]
Transportation Security: Post-September 11th Initiatives and Long-Term Challenges
White Paper This report responds to the request of the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks upon the United States for information on GAO's work in transportation security. It addresses transportation security before September 2001; what the federal... [21 Dec 2004]
Critical Infrastructure Protection: Challenges and Efforts to Secure Control Systems
White Paper In October 1997, the President's Commission on Critical Infrastructure Protection emphasized the increasing vulnerability of control systems to cyber attacks. At the request of the House Committee on Government Reform, Subcommittee on Technology... [21 Dec 2004]
Intelligence Reform: Human Capital Considerations Critical to 9/11 Commission's Proposed Reforms
White Paper It provides information on human capital flexibilities that can be used as essential tools to help achieve these reforms and reviews how the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is using these lessons and human capital flexibilities to transform... [21 Dec 2004]
ID cards: "This is not a Big Brother database"
News Browne said revisions to the Bill mean that the bar on an individual's right to access the information held on them in the National Identity Register has now been removed and that the government will continue to hold discussions with the... [01 Dec 2004]
ID cards won't comply with data protection laws
News In the case of ID cards, however, Thomas said the Information Commission has to seek approval from the government and operators of the ID card scheme to run any audit or scrutiny of it. If the [stores] do not do with the data what they say they do... [17 Nov 2004]
Novell to sue Microsoft over 'anti-competitive' Windows
News Novell also has dropped out of an ongoing antitrust case against Microsoft by the European Commission. Back in 1996, Novell sold off WordPerfect and its Quattro Pro spreadsheet programs to Corel for about $170m after losing substantial market share... [15 Nov 2004]
UK spam fighter urges 'let's play Aussie rules'
News A UK-based anti-spam organisation is to advise legal officials at the European Commission on new legislation to block junk email. Those who break the law by spamming consumers could face a £5,000 fine, but the Information Commissioner -- whose... [26 Oct 2004]
Spam crackdown signs up 15 countries
News An impressive 15 countries have signed up to the 'London Action Plan on Spam' - the first fruit of the anti-spam enforcement summit which began in London yesterday, jointly hosted by the Office of Fair Trading and the US Federal Trade Commission. [12 Oct 2004]
Leader: Spam sufferers - show some more patience
Leader The US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is sitting down to talk with the EU, the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) and the UK information commissioner. But Richard Thomas, UK information commissioner, admits he doesn't have adequate resources or powers... [11 Oct 2004]
EU and US team up on spam fight
News Representatives from a variety of worldwide legislative and governmental bodies, including the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC), are meeting in London this week to discuss how a united front can help to crack down on the problem of unsolicited... [11 Oct 2004]
Sun backs EU push for Office document interoperability
News In a recent letter to the European Commission (EC), Sun President Jonathan Schwartz said he agrees with a recommendation by the EC's Interchange of Data between Administrations (IDA) unit to establish the format used by OpenOffice.org, an open... [01 Oct 2004]
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