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News Former e-Envoy Andrew Pinder has been appointed chair of the government agency which oversees the use of IT in schools and colleges. Becta chief executive, Owen Lynch, welcomed the appointment and said... [11 Jan 2006]
Security education: Too little too late
Comment I'll quote the then e-Envoy Andrew Pinder, speaking at a New Statesman-sponsored roundtable exactly two years ago, when I put it to him that with rapid broadband adoption, we were facing a significant... [22 Aug 2005]
Election '05: Digital divide must be addressed
Comment As an example, research showed that those who were likely to use digital television to access government services - young, single mothers and the elderly - were unlikely to use the internet to do the same and yet it was the internet that... [26 Apr 2005]
UK Government CIO Ian Watmore
Comment Watmore has moved into the space vacated by the outgoing e-Envoy, Andrew Pinder, at the Cabinet Office's e-Government unit in London. New government CIO Ian Watmore is trying to convince me the media... [16 Feb 2005]
Gershon and Pinder take up vendor board positions
News Sir Peter Gershon, ex-chief executive of the Office of Government Commerce (OGC), and Andrew Pinder, former e-Envoy, have both taken up board positions at software vendors. Meanwhile... [16 Nov 2004]
5 years ago… UK e-Envoy promises action on ecommerce
News Allan and then Andrew Pinder have made progress as e-Envoys. 14.09.99 The UK's newly appointed e-Envoy, Alex Allan, will play a crucial role spreading the government's ecommerce message across the country. [14 Sep 2004]
Cabinet Office damning in rejection of ITNet
News E-envoy Andrew Pinder said that the decision had been taken in line with government efforts to deal with the early symptoms of projects going wrong - something the government has been criticised for not... [30 Jun 2004]
Five years ago: Government plays down e-Envoy rumours
News The man eventually appointed to the role, Andrew Pinder, took over the mantle in 2002 and will shed it by the end of July. 28.06.1999: The DTI today threw cold water on reports that an e-Envoy - a... [28 Jun 2004]
Accenture boss is new UK government CIO
News Watmore, who replaces e-Envoy Andrew Pinder, has already acknowledged that he's taking on a challenging role. The UK government has appointed the UK managing director of Accenture to be Britain's first... [25 May 2004]
UK Online replacement gets digital TV boost
News Andrew Pinder, the Government e-Envoy, said the topic-based rather than departmental-based approach of the new site makes it easier for people to access government services and information. The... [28 Apr 2004]
UK IT supremo won't be supreme
News The post will replace that of e-envoy Andrew Pinder, who is part of the Cabinet Office. The government's yet-to-be-appointed chief information officer won't have the power needed to stop major project... [14 Apr 2004]
Wanted: UK government 'CIO'
News The "most influential role in UK IT" is officially up for grabs with the government now looking for a CIO to replace current e-Envoy Andrew Pinder this summer. Speaking at the launch of a new online... [01 Mar 2004]
'Give your staff PCs at home', government tells bosses
News HCI schemes and the tax benefits that go with them have been around since 1999 but take-up has remained low up till now, which Trade and Industry Secretary Patricia Hewitt attributes to a "lack of awareness" and e-Envoy... [19 Jan 2004]
Leader: Wanted - government CIO
Leader The role will replace that of current e-Envoy Andrew Pinder and will focus on building e-government services around the citizen rather than simply getting departments to put things online.... [15 Dec 2003]
Lower broadband prices ahead, says govt
News Prices have come down, and I think they'll increasingly come down," said Hewitt at an event to launch the latest UK Online annual report.e-Envoy Andrew Pinder indicated he was also pleased at how far the... [15 Dec 2003]
