e-government revealed
Home broadband gives kids better GCSE results
News The latest UK internet access report from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) has revealed a clear link between education and online households. Becta, the organisation that advises the government on educational IT, says six years of its... [28 Aug 2008]
ePassport upgrade scaled back
News The figures were revealed in the IPS Annual Report and Accounts for 2008, which also disclosed the IPS spent £84.8m on outsourcing services last year. G is for Government IT The Identity and Passport Service (IPS) has scaled back plans to upgrade... [02 Jul 2008]
Revealed: What students think of tech work
News The UK's leading CIOs revealed… John Suffolk UK government If IT is to plug its skills gap by attracting graduates from other disciplines the industry needs to convince students the work can be as exciting as its potentially wallet-fattening pay... [23 Jun 2008]
Euro 2008 blues dents online booze and TV sales
News The UK's leading CIOs revealed… John Suffolk UK government Online shopping is continuing to grow steadily across many ranges in May but the lack of a home nations team in the Euro 2008 football championship means sales of electrical goods and... [20 Jun 2008]
Revealed: Cyber crimefighting successes
News The police body tasked with fighting e-crime in the UK has revealed some of its cyber crimefighting successes - but e-crime still appears a low priority. E-crime is not explicitly identified as one of Soca's priority areas - drug trafficking... [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]
Tories: Time to wage war on cyber crime
News Describing the government policy towards e-crime as showing a "lack of clear leadership", shadow home secretary David Davis revealed Tory plans to create a police national cyber crime unit, a minister for e-crime, a fraud and cyber crime complaint... [06 Mar 2008]
ID cards: Gov't slaps on fines of up to £1,000
News The latest government ID card plans have revealed people will face fines of up to £1,000 for skipping biometric scans. Penalties ranging from £125 for not notifying the government of the loss of an ID card, to £250 for not applying for a card or... [26 Feb 2008]
ID cards plan: Airport union wants answers
News Meanwhile the government admitted to another embarrassing data mishap after it revealed a CD containing details of 4,000 offenders the Dutch authorities wanted to trace had been missing for almost a year. [20 Feb 2008]
Taxpayer stung by £2.25m HMRC apology
News Financial secretary to the Treasury, Jane Kennedy, revealed the cost in written answers to the House of Commons. The government has admitted it cost £2.25m to send letters of apology to people affected by the loss of 25 million child benefit... [17 Jan 2008]
Commercial WiMax on the council?
News Jewell also revealed, although ConnectMK's products have download limits, those limits will not be enforced for the next six months because Freedom4's back-end billing systems will not be ready in time. [19 Dec 2007]
Downing St responds to silicon.com's Full Disclosure campaign
News The plans have been revealed by the government in response to silicon.com's Full Disclosure campaign, which calls for a review of the data breach notification laws in the UK. In November, Prime Minister Gordon Brown gave the ICO the power to... [10 Dec 2007]
£20,000 reward for missing Revenue discs
News Data protection watchdog the Information Commissioner has also revealed that a number of private and public sector organisations have come forward and admitted problems with data security following the HMRC breach. [05 Dec 2007]
Poll: The most expensive gadgets lost are...
News Last year a Freedom of Information enquiry by silicon.com revealed how many mobile phones have gone astray in a number of government departments, as well as unearthing some more unusual losses. Asked which is the priciest gadget they've lost... [27 Nov 2007]
The Weekly Round-Up: 23.11.07
Round-Up The official's identity will probably be revealed in the press soon and he or she will probably end up as a housemate in Celebrity Big Brother. From atop its ethical equine the Round-Up would suspect this should probably mean an even further loss... [23 Nov 2007]
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