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Whitehall: DIY tech to protect against public service knife
News Sir Michael Bichard, chairman of the Design Council and the man whose 2004 report laid the foundations for the Police National Database, warned that without embracing a "radical redesign of public services" the "future... [11 Jun 2009]
£75m police database: "A major weapon in crime fight"
News In his 2004 report, which followed the murder of two Soham schoolgirls, Sir Michael Bichard called for a national police intelligence system to be set up as a priority. Bichard told silicon.com that in... [06 Apr 2009]
Police database will make "a very big difference"
News The PND was demanded in a review of police information sharing by Sir Michael Bichard. Building a national police database is a major challenge but will make a big difference, according to the CIO of the agency given the... [09 Feb 2009]
Soham report IT systems still not in place
News All were key recommendations in the Bichard report following an inquiry into the police investigation of the murders of schoolgirls Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman in 2002. In his review of criminality information Sir... [17 Jul 2008]
£75m police national network deal goes to C&W
News This is a key recommendation of the Bichard Inquiry and allows us to deliver an effective, collaborative and integrated national, regional and local information-sharing and intelligence capability. Cable & Wireless (C&W)... [08 Nov 2006]
CIOs needed to drive public service reforms
News Sir Michael Bichard, rector at the University of Arts in London, writing in the report, added: "It is inconceivable that public services will be transformed without the imaginative use of ICT and the effective management... [19 Oct 2006]
Police intelligence system delayed until 2010
News The national police intelligence database recommended following the Bichard inquiry into the Soham murder investigation will not be fully operational until 2010. But new Home Secretary John Reid insisted "good progress"... [26 May 2006]
Police go ahead with £367m national intelligence system
News The Home Office has finally approved a £367m plan to develop a national police intelligence system following the recommendation made almost two years ago by the Bichard Report into the Soham murder investigation. [20 Apr 2006]
Schools to scrutinise background checkers
News In response to the Bichard inquiry into the Soham murders, the Home Office said the 14,000 organisations currently registered to perform background checks will now be streamlined. Schools are to be given better access to... [07 Apr 2006]
National police intelligence system looks at using existing IT
News The government is considering using the existing Criminal Justice IT (CJIT) hub as the basis for the national police intelligence system recommended by the Bichard Report following the intelligence failings of the Soham... [03 Mar 2006]
Police get national intelligence sharing tool
News Police will be able to cross-check whether other forces around the country hold information about someone they are investigating using a new database tool implemented by the Home Office following the Bichard Report into... [10 Feb 2006]
Police intelligence database progress slammed
News IT suppliers have hit out at the lack of progress made by the Home Office on the national police intelligence system recommended by the Bichard Inquiry into the Soham murder investigation. Sir Michael... [23 Jan 2006]
Murder inquiry chief meets IT cops to big-up Visor
News Police IT specialists have met with the head of the Soham murders inquiry, Sir Michael Bichard, in a bid to improve information sharing. Bichard met the chairman of the Police Information Technology... [02 Sep 2005]
£10m police database tracks violent offenders and paedophiles
News A web-service interface is currently being developed that will allow Visor to link with the Scottish Intelligence Database used by police north of the border, and there are plans to create an interface with the national police... [19 Aug 2005]
Rising costs to limit number of criminal record checks
News Along with pressure on the cost of supporting free criminal records checks for voluntary and charity organisations, the CRB is facing increased costs of integrating with the national police intelligence database as a result of the... [21 Jul 2005]
