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RSS MP committeeCode red: Cash pleas for struggling home of codebreakers
News Willis, who is chair of the House of Commons Innovation, Universities, Science and Skills Committee, also asked that Bletchley Park be recognised as "the birthplace of the modern computer". A Liberal Democrat... [24 Jul 2009]
'Post Office workers can't spot ID card fraudsters'
News Chairman of the Business and Enterprise Committee, Conservative MP Peter Luff, said he believes enrolment services would be able to take place at larger Post Offices - but only at a cost. The Home Office... [08 Jul 2009]
Parliamentary tech boss backs call for £1bn IT fund
News MP Andrew Miller, chairman of the Parliamentary Information Technology Committee (Pitcom), supported calls for the government to establish the fund, which would be used to loan money to central and local... [29 Jun 2009]
NHS critical IT faults leap 80 per cent
News The figures were revealed in the wake of a critical report into the NPfIT by the parliamentary watchdog, the Public Accounts Committee, which gave the Department of Health six months to speed up the rollout of a delayed... [02 Feb 2009]
Six-month 'kill or cure' deadline for NHS IT project
News A report released today by the parliamentary spending watchdog, the Public Accounts Committee (PAC), labelled the DoH's progress on the CRS rollout as "very disappointing" and said its 2014-15 completion date - already... [27 Jan 2009]
£71m clawed back from IT tax credits chaos
News In 2008 chairman of the Public Accounts Committee, Edward Leigh MP, warned that "HMRC must be prepared to return to the courts" to recoup the full amount from EDS if it was not repaid by the end of 2008. [06 Jan 2009]
Department for Transport "incompetence" over shared services
News Edward Leigh MP, chairman of the committee, was even more direct in his criticism. But a report by the House of Commons Public Accounts Committee (PAC) said the project was mismanaged:... [16 Dec 2008]
NHS head defends major IT delays
News At a Public Accounts Committee hearing into the National Programme for IT committee member Richard Bacon MP questioned the extensive delays to Lorenzo. The head of the NHS has defended... [18 Jun 2008]
Secret ID card review: Judge quashes its release
News In the ruling, Burnton said: "In relying on the opinion of the select committee the tribunal took into account an illegitimate and irrelevant matter, and for this reason alone the first decision, and in consequence the... [14 Apr 2008]
e-Crime Crackdown: Timeline
News House of Lords Science and Technology Committee says UK government must do better on e-crime and calls for a central reporting body UK MP calls for UK e-crime tsar UK citizens and businesses have... [12 Mar 2008]
Why no united front on cyber crime?
Comment Estonian MP Silver Meikar, a member of the country's defence committee, will be describing this attack at the e-Crime Congress. So how big does the problem have to become before governments act, asks... [27 Feb 2008]
Tax payer still owed millions by EDS
News EDS agreed it would pay £26.5m of the settlement when it was awarded new contracts by the government but a report by the parliamentary spending watchdog the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) has found the IT services... [05 Feb 2008]
Commons' committee calls for reckless-data-loss laws
News The recommendations by the committee, headed by Liberal Democrat MP Alan Beith, came in the wake of a series of admissions of lost data from government departments that began in November with HM Revenue... [03 Jan 2008]
'Sentinels' to help fight climate battle?
News Michael Jack, MP and chairman of the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Select Committee, agreed. The House of Commons Select Committee on Transport today said Galileo is suffering from... [12 Nov 2007]
Doubts over £13.3bn government efficiency savings
News A report by the parliamentary spending watchdog the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) says there are question marks over £10bn - 74 per cent - of the £13.3bn savings claimed by the government. Edward Leigh... [11 Oct 2007]
