e-government metropolitan
Thin clients switch on digitally excluded
Case Study Meanwhile, in St Helens, the project has benefited from being able to make use of the council's metropolitan area network for backhaul - sharing the resource with a school. Government, local authorities and communities are starting to wake up to... [17 Jun 2008]
E-crime unit on track, says police chief
News Detective superintendent Charlie McMurdie, Metropolitan Police Service e-crime chief and one of the architects of the proposed Policing Central e-Crime Unit (PCEU), said that regular talks are taking place between government, police bodies and... [13 Jun 2008]
Phishing, malware and online fraud is booming
News The Association of Chief Police Officers and the Metropolitan Police Service are waiting to see if the Home Office will grant £1.3m in start-up costs for their proposed Policing Central E-crime Unit, which would co-ordinate cyber crime... [06 Jun 2008]
ANPR "ring of steel" watches over Manchester
News The network of 15 automatic number plate recognition (ANPR) cameras cover main approaches to the metropolitan area. Every car is screened against a network of police and government databases, with the system able to instantly trigger alerts about... [05 Jun 2008]
Cyber crime: The global battle
News Acpo and the Metropolitan Police Service are waiting to see if the Home Office will grant £1.3m in start-up costs for their proposed Policing Central E-crime Unit, which would co-ordinate cyber crime investigations by local forces nationwide. [05 Jun 2008]
Don't paper over cracks in the digital nation
Comment Solihull Metropolitan Council's community housing head of IT, Chris Deery, told silicon.com: "We are aware of the disadvantages suffered by the residents in these blocks and this is part of the council's attempt to improve their life chances. [23 May 2008]
Revealed: Cyber crimefighting successes
News The Association of Chief Police Officers and the Metropolitan Police Service are waiting to see if the Home Office will grant £1.3m in start-up costs for their proposed Policing Central E-crime Unit, which would co-ordinate cyber crime... [15 May 2008]
National fraud reporting centre to arrive next year
News The chief of e-crime for the Metropolitan Police Service, Charlie McMurdie, revealed last week she expected government funding for a national cyber crime unit was imminent. The model will examine how the centre could capture, store and share... [28 Apr 2008]
Police e-crime unit set for green light
News Speaking at the Infosec security show in London, The Metropolitan Police Service's detective superintendent Charlie McMurdie said: "I'm fairly convinced we'll get the required sum of £5.3m some way or the other. [25 Apr 2008]
UK 'failing on cyber crime'
News He criticised the Home Office's delay in providing the £1.3m start-up costs for the Policing Central E-crime Unit (PCEU), proposed by the Metropolitan Police Service and Association of Chief Police Officers. [03 Apr 2008]
Gov't pledges to take e-crime seriously
News The announcement comes in the wake of an e-crime discussion meeting between Home Office minister Vernon Coaker, Association of Chief Police Officers (Acpo) representatives and the Metropolitan Police's head of e-crime Charlie McMurdie. [26 Mar 2008]
Businesses may be forced to pay for e-crime police
News It follows a suggestion that the Policing Central E-crime Unit, proposed by the Association of Chief Police Officers (Acpo) and the Metropolitan Police Service, would be jointly funded by the Home Office, Acpo and businesses. [17 Mar 2008]
Police backs calls for e-crime unit
News Detective Superintendent Charlie McMurdie, who has just stepped aside as head of the Metropolitan Police's e-crime unit, has already put proposals for a Policing Central E-Crime Unit (PCEU) to the Home Office. [12 Mar 2008]
e-Crime Crackdown - silicon.com launches national campaign
News Previous comprehensive spending reviews by the government have made no mention of e-crime or the PCEU unit put forward by Acpo and the Metropolitan Police Service. The campaign has received backing from the Metropolitan Police, Shadow Home... [12 Mar 2008]
Local gov't adopts web-savvy interaction
News Janet Callender, CEO of Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council said websites are increasingly underpinning frontline services and improve efficiency. The four sites rated as excellent are those belonging to East Sussex County Council... [04 Mar 2008]
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