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AS Profile Osborne and the Conservatives want to achieve this by relying on common hardware and open data formats. The Conservatives hope that smaller IT projects will be easier to manage and less prone to delays... [29 Sep 2009]
Tories: We will end the database state
News The Conservatives have said they will cut back on government databases and increase public privacy if they win the next election. The Conservatives have pledged to cut government databases (photo credit:... [17 Sep 2009]
Tories plan to revamp NHS IT gets grim diagnosis
News The Conservatives propose abandoning the idea of a single medical record for each patient in England, in favour of separate electronic medical records for each hospital and GP surgery, based on common data formats to... [10 Aug 2009]
'Nasa hacker' case raised in parliament
News On Wednesday, the Conservatives called for the extradition treaty between the UK and the US to be reviewed to avoid injustice to those accused, citing the case of McKinnon as an example. The Conservative... [16 Jul 2009]
IBM inks ID cards biometrics contract despite Tory scrap pledge
News We will scrutinise these contracts closely but the Conservatives are committed to dropping the ID cards scheme and the national register," shadow immigration minister Damian Green told silicon.com sister site ZDNet UK on... [13 Jul 2009]
Labour politician joins calls to scrap ID cards
News Despite ongoing criticism of the scheme, the Conservatives lost a vote on the motion "That this House believes the government's identity cards scheme should be cancelled immediately", with 293 MP's voting against and 203... [07 Jul 2009]
Conservatives: 'Ofcom as we know it will cease to exist'
News If elected, the Conservative Party would take away Ofcom's policy-making functions, David Cameron said on Monday. So with a Conservative Government, Ofcom as we know it will cease to exist," Cameron said. [07 Jul 2009]
Tories tell vendors: 'Don't sign ID card contracts'
News The Conservatives have urged a group of technology suppliers not to sign contracts for work related to ID cards, as the party will scrap the scheme if it is elected to power. The programme to introduce biometric... [18 Jun 2009]
Tories slam gov't for lack of open source love
News In the statement, the Conservatives released recommendations drawn up by Mark Thompson, a lecturer in information systems at Cambridge University's Judge Business School. Thompson was asked by the... [28 Jan 2009]
David Cameron: Green light for eco tech start-ups
News The Conservatives also detailed plans to introduce a green index to trade the shares of companies doing business in the environmental sector from the UK and around the world. Conservative leader David... [05 Jan 2009]
PM's 100,000 job plan to mean broadband spending spree?
News The Conservatives however have come out in favour of a UK fibre deployment. I am determined the next Conservative government will enable the next digital revolution. Prime Minister Gordon Brown looks to... [05 Jan 2009]
Row over high street biometrics
News Smith criticised both the Conservatives and the Liberal Democrats for saying they would scrap the scheme. Conservative shadow home secretary Dominic Grieve told silicon.com sister publication ZDNet UK in... [10 Nov 2008]
MPs demand more cash for e-crime battle
News The shadow crime reduction minister also claimed that in the last year a public servant has been disciplined for losing, or abusing access to, personal data every day and said the Conservatives would make it a criminal... [05 Nov 2008]
Tories propose 'googling for taxes' scheme
News The move is part of wider legislative proposals made by the Conservatives to make the government more accountable for its spending. The Conservative Party is urging the government to build a website that... [14 Nov 2006]
Google's Schmidt speaks to Tory Party faithful
News Google chief executive Eric Schmidt brought some internet glamour to the Conservative Party on Tuesday when he gave a keynote address at their annual conference in Bournemouth. Schmidt - who polled third in silicon.com's... [04 Oct 2006]
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