government
RSS government50p broadband tax 'will leave 20 pc of UK without fibre'
News BT reckons a government plan to put a 50p tax on copper lines in order to fund fibre broadband to the country's hard to get to places can only go so far - and will probably never reach the last fifth of the UK. [02 Jul 2009]
Apple bonanza, crime breathalysers and broadband tax
News Issues around content are also being tackled by the government's Digital Britain report, published in June. June was a month full of Apple-related news with the launch of the latest version of the iPhone, the iPhone 3G... [02 Jul 2009]
ID cards: 'A project nobody wants and the nation can't afford'
News The government has been slammed over its decision to press ahead with the national ID card scheme following Home Secretary Alan Johnson's announcement that carrying an ID card will never be compulsory for British citizens. [01 Jul 2009]
IT security training now the 'substantial' task of GCHQ
News The government is turning co-ordination of its IT security training over to the information assurance arm of British intelligence agency GCHQ. In the past, all government IT security training has been... [01 Jul 2009]
Is Digital Britain fat pipe plan realistic?
News Many of the government's recommendations in Lord Carter's Digital Britain report, published earlier this month, require new legislation if they are to be put into practice. The committee will also attempt to find out... [01 Jul 2009]
ID cards U-turn: Pilots to get the choice
News The government has announced it will drop plans to make ID cards compulsory for airside workers. The government has taken the decision to make identity cards voluntary for airside workers, planned... [01 Jul 2009]
£1bn cash for UK's tech start-ups
News The government has announced a venture capital fund for tech start-ups that it hopes one day will top £1bn. The government hopes the fund's cash will eventually reach £1bn within the next 10 years.... [30 Jun 2009]
Parliamentary tech boss backs call for £1bn IT fund
News MP Andrew Miller, chairman of the Parliamentary Information Technology Committee (Pitcom), supported calls for the government to establish the fund, which would be used to loan money to central and local... [29 Jun 2009]
SMEs on target list for UK cyber attack group
News The UK's new cyber security strategy will make a particular effort to engage small and medium-sized enterprises, according to a government-funded security group involved in introducing the initiative. [29 Jun 2009]
'Get the raw data out there ASAP': Berners-Lee
News World wide web inventor Sir Tim Berners-Lee has published advice as to how more government data can be made available online. In a paper on Thursday, Berners-Lee said the government should "start with... [26 Jun 2009]
'Don't let European telecoms law get axed', says Ofcom
News The UK government's Digital Britain report, issued last week, also confirmed that extra-judiciary disconnections will not be allowed as a response to the file-sharing of copyrighted content in the UK. [26 Jun 2009]
Britain to get official cyber attack dogs
News The UK government has announced that it is to form a cyber security agency, one of whose functions will be to develop a cyber attack capability. Further attacks, on countries such as Georgia, have strengthened the... [25 Jun 2009]
Hewlett-Packard (HP) Case Study: Human Rights & Equal Opportunities Commission
White Paper The Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission (HREOC) is an Australian Federal government agency charged with protecting and promoting the human rights of Australian citizens. HREOC was experiencing crippling... [25 Jun 2009]
Identification of Repeated Denial of Service Attacks
White Paper Denial of Service attacks have become a formidable weapon of extortion, vandalism and ideological attacks, causing damages estimated in the millions of dollars to commercial, government and personal sites. [25 Jun 2009]
Overview of Government Contracting Standards Applicable to Oracle Financials and Oracle Project Accounting
White Paper The purpose of this paper is to present an overview of the government contracting requirements related to financial applications and to provide an explanation of how Oracle Project Accounting and other Oracle Financial... [25 Jun 2009]
