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Gov't spends £18m on comms surveillance
News The figures were not recorded in Hansard, but were confirmed to be correct by the Home Office yesterday. Telecommunications companies and internet service providers have received more than £18m from the government in the... [07 Aug 2008]
The Weekly Round-Up: 23.05.08
Round-Up In this week's Hansard - the verbatim record of debates in both Houses of Parliament - tucked in between discussions on polyclinics and an education and skills survey was a short but lively debate on the legal use of the... [23 May 2008]
Web 2.0 and the public sector
Comment A range of pilots run by the Ministry of Justice and the Hansard Society have explored how citizens can contribute to the development of new policies and offered new platforms for government officials to communicate on... [11 Oct 2007]
YouTube and texts to rock the vote?
News The Citizen Calling project has been developed by the Hansard Society to help parliament explore ways in which mobile phones might support consultations. The Hansard Society's director of e-democracy... [31 Aug 2006]
MPs ask for IT lessons from India
News According to Hansard, Wyatt said: "India has the largest number of graduates and postgraduates in computer science and the UK has more than 100,000 vacancies. The government has dodged questions about the adoption of... [22 Jul 2005]
Terrorist websites "unacceptable", says Clarke
News According to Hansard, Clarke said the Foreign and Commonwealth Office and intelligence agencies are to build a database that contains details of people who provoke terrorism. The government has announced plans to clamp... [21 Jul 2005]
Government plagued by raft of PC thefts
News According to government information service Hansard, Burstow also asked parliamentary under-secretary for the Department of Transport Karen Buck and others the same question. The UK government has suffered at least 122... [13 Jul 2005]
Hansard Society slams parliament's website
News The Hansard Society, which promotes parliamentary democracy, has produced a report that criticises parliament for a lack of clear communications with the public. Parliament in the Public Eye", Hansard... [01 Jun 2005]
Ofcom and the comms bill: Your chance to shape the law
News It will be organised by the Hansard Society (a charity promoting effective parliamentary democracy) and Post (parliament's own science advisers) who will summarise the discussions and regularly report back to the committee. [24 May 2002]
Government figures oust ISPs from internet power list
News Andrew Tsai from Dotname Registry was voted fourth, while Stephen Coleman from the Hansard Society and E-envoy Andrew Pinder ranked second and third respectively. E-government lobbyists and domain name registrars... [22 Mar 2002]
John Lamb's week: E-marketers say show me the money
Comment A Hansard Society fringe meeting will be asking "What do we want from MPs' websites? Monday: Ecommerce still looks like a money-spinner for some, even if the dot-com boom is well and truly over. Senior marketing managers... [21 Sep 2001]
Blair gives techie-spice a job he really, really wants
Comment Evidence of any predisposition towards ecommerce is meager - a search of the parliamentary records of Hansard uncovers very little from the youthful MP on the subject of ebusiness, the internet or technology. [12 Jun 2001]
Online vote swapping - will it turn the election upside down?
Comment Stephen Coleman, director of the Hansard Society's e-democracy programme, agrees with Baum. The swap shop ideals always made perfect sense, but this time Noel Edmonds isn't in charge. With the general election imminent,... [25 May 2001]
Bungling MPs breaking online campaign laws
News According to Dr Stephen Coleman, director of the Hansard Society's e-democracy programme, most MPs don't know they even have websites, let alone how to change them. The nub of the matter is the use of political titles in... [15 May 2001]
Vote for your virtual MP
News The IPPR report - Realising Democracy Online: A Civic Commons in Cyberspace - is written by Dr Coleman, director of the e-democracy programme for the LSE Hansard Society, and Professor Jay Blumler, emeritus professor of... [19 Mar 2001]
