e-envoy
RSS e-envoyFraud-hit tax credits website to remain closed
News MPs also criticised HMRC for ignoring advice and guidelines from the Office of the E-Envoy on setting up a secure government service online. The tax credits website closed down by ID fraudsters in 2005... [19 Mar 2007]
Former e-Envoy Pinder gets Becta job
News Former e-Envoy Andrew Pinder has been appointed chair of the government agency which oversees the use of IT in schools and colleges. Skills minister Phil Hope said in a statement: "Andrew was the Prime... [11 Jan 2006]
Can new strategy stop government IT disasters?
News He said: "If we're brutally honest, transformational government contains a lot of well-intentioned information but is essentially the same plan that has been repackaged over the course of the past six years, since the original conception... [17 Nov 2005]
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]
Ecommerce dropped in ministerial reshuffle
News Dr Jeremy Beale, head of the e-business group at the Confederation of British Industry, said: "It would be nice to have a knowledge economy minister because what we don't have is someone who will drive across government... [12 May 2005]
Opinion: Local government don't get open source
Comment When I set up a similar forum at the Office of the e-Envoy, it cost £40,000 in time, even with free Lotus Notes software and support from IBM. Despite the savings local governments could realise from... [11 May 2005]
Election '05: Digital divide must be addressed
Comment When I worked with the Office of the e-Envoy (OeE) between 2000 and 2002, this fear of not being able to reach parts of the population was a source of real concern to us all. As the general election... [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... [16 Feb 2005]
Microsoft appoints UK government 'tsar'
News Fishenden has been with Microsoft since 1997 where he worked closely with the old Office of the e-Envoy at the Cabinet Office and the big Government Gateway online platform project. Microsoft has... [21 Jan 2005]
5 years ago: UK e-envoy dubs government IT 'a disaster'
News 17.01.00 UK e-envoy Alex Allan has admitted that the government's IT systems are in chaos. Allan was new to the e-envoy post when this piece was written, and how... [17 Jan 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. Gershon, knighted for his... [16 Nov 2004]
5 years ago… UK e-Envoy promises action on ecommerce
News 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. It feels off looking back to a time when the concept of... [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 28.06.1999: The DTI today threw cold water on reports that an e-Envoy - a special government official responsible for internet and ecommerce issues - is soon to be appointed. A DTI spokesman told... [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]
