force mandate
The McCue Interview: Dave Lynch, CIO, Go Ahead Group
Comment Of course there are financial benefits to economies of scale when it comes to IT but there is no mandate to force that on the different business units. Dave Lynch, a no-nonsense northerner hailing from... [30 Jan 2008]
CIOs lack skills for growth
Comment Organisations are increasingly waking up to the power and potential of technology as a force for growth and innovation but professor N Venkatraman, of the Boston University School of Management, questions whether CIOs... [04 May 2007]
Mobile roaming price-cuts in sight
News While ministers from across Europe backed plans for wholesale and retail price cuts, some are debating the necessity of introducing legislation to mandate immediate price cuts rather than allow the industry time to trim... [12 Dec 2006]
Photos of the month - October 06
Photo Upcoming features include the ability to display other nearby aircrafts on the screen to prevent mid-air collisions - but that will have to wait on a mandate from the aviation industry to install GPS on every plane. [31 Oct 2006]
No RFID mandate for US drugs - yet
News As part of new measures designed to prevent counterfeit drugs being passed off as real pharmaceuticals, the FDA is putting in place regulations that will force drug makers to make sure they can provide a 'pedigree' of... [14 Jun 2006]
US heading for online data retention law?
News A more extensive mandate would require them to keep track of the identities of email and instant messaging correspondents and save the logs of internet phone calls. We applaud the attorney general's initiative in... [31 May 2006]
Survey on Adoption and Potential Application of RFID in the Government
White Paper The strongest driving force is the mandate imposed by giant retailers like the Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.and the Tesco Plc.on their suppliers on RFID tagged shipments. Such mandate has led to... [10 May 2006]
Lords vote for ID cards opt-out clause
News But Baroness Scotland warned peers against blocking the bill again and said the House of Lords should give way to the will of MPs in the Commons because they "have the mandate of the people of this country". [28 Mar 2006]
Lords defeat ID cards bill for fourth time
News But Home Office minister Baroness Scotland of Asthal said peers should drop their opposition to the ID cards bill, respect the superiority of the House of Commons and "bow to their mandate". Home Secretary Charles Clarke... [20 Mar 2006]
DHS 2.0: Rethinking the Department of Homeland Security
White Paper The task force evaluated DHS's capacity to fulfill its mandate as set out in the Homeland Security Act of 2002 based on four criteria: management, roles and missions, authorities, and resources. This... [25 Jan 2005]
The Just Demands of Peace and Security: International Law and the Case Against Iraq
White Paper A renewed Security Council mandate may be useful or desirable, but it is not necessary. The Security Council previously has authorized the use of force against Iraq, the Council has not rescinded but... [28 Dec 2004]
Police let down by e-crime ignorance
News It's not just more high-level forensic police that Eurim and IPPR want to see benefiting from an e-crime training drive, recommending: "the Home Office works with and through Skills for Justice and professional institutions to... [18 May 2004]
Internet 'next generation' up and running
News In June 2003, the department set a mandate that all agencies be IPv6-ready by 2008. Moonv6, the network used in the testing, is an IPv6 backbone built by the University of New Hampshire InterOperability Laboratory (IOL),... [23 Mar 2004]
Inktomi axes 20 per cent of it staff
News David Peterschmidt, president and CEO of Inktomi, said in a statement "Current economic conditions in enterprise software mandate that Inktomi further adjust its cost structure to move towards cash flow breakeven... [09 Oct 2002]
The RIP Act: What the parties say
News Charles Clarke and I have made it quite clear that we have no proposals to mandate data retention for seven years," she added. If they try and force them, they'll simply leave the country," Allen warned. [31 May 2001]
