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RSS home secretaryCovert surveillance must be reserved for serious crimes, says government
News Speaking on Monday at the Royal Society of Arts, Home Secretary Alan Johnson said: "[the public] will not accept such powers being used to spy on people who put their rubbish out on the wrong day, or let... [05 Nov 2009]
Gary McKinnon
AS Profile The latest development in the case was the Home Office's decision it would be unlawful for the Home Secretary to halt the proceedings, given a High Court decision to allow the... [29 Sep 2009]
First ID card watchdog named
News The new identity commissioner will report to the Home Secretary once per year and the report will be laid before parliament. Pilling's previous roles include permanent secretary to the... [14 Sep 2009]
Crime In Focus : A paper examining pitfalls in public crime mapping
White Paper In July 2008, UK Home Secretary Jacqui Smith pledged that interactive maps, which allow every neighbourhood in England and Wales to access local crime information, were to be put in place by every police... [20 Aug 2009]
Microsoft after Gates, Google Chrome, ID cards, printer woes and more
News Last but not least, the perennial favourite of ID cards with yet more axe-grinding from critics after the Home Secretary confirmed the scheme will now go ahead only on a voluntary basis. silicon.com's... [03 Aug 2009]
Extradition for Nasa hacker rules high court
News McKinnon had tried to argue that former home secretary, Jacqui Smith, was wrong in law to push for the extradition despite his diagnosis of Asperger's syndrome, and that the director of public... [31 Jul 2009]
Photos: UK's ID card revealed
Photo The design for the British cards was unveiled by Home Secretary Alan Johnson at events in London and Manchester today. Photo credit: Home Office The Home Office claims... [30 Jul 2009]
Revealed: £12.4m cost of pilots' ID cards project
News The scheme, initially intended to make ID cards compulsory among pilots and other airside workers from this year, will now go ahead on a voluntary basis after being scaled back by Home Secretary Alan... [23 Jul 2009]
'Nasa hacker' case raised in parliament
News Conservative shadow home secretary Chris Grayling said that in cases such as McKinnon's, which could be tried in two jurisdictions, the UK "appears to be subcontracting justice to other countries" by... [16 Jul 2009]
Soca's cybercrime cops score 21 convictions
News In response to a written parliamentary question this week, Home Secretary Alan Johnson said from April 2006 until March 2009 the e-crime unit of the Serious Organised Crime Agency (Soca) was involved in... [15 Jul 2009]
IBM inks ID cards biometrics contract despite Tory scrap pledge
News Former home secretary Jacqui Smith acknowledged in March that to cancel two of the ID card contracts would cost £40m. The Home Office told ZDNet UK that cancelling IBM's NBIS contract... [13 Jul 2009]
Labour politician joins calls to scrap ID cards
News MacKinlay urged Home Secretary Alan Johnson to bite the bullet, saying: "He is having to cope with the denouement of a failed idea. The debate follows the Home... [07 Jul 2009]
The Weekly Round-Up: 03.07.09
Round-Up This week the world's least loved IT project (and let's just say there's plenty of competition for that title) got another kick in the teeth with the new Home Secretary announcing that ID cards would... [03 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... [01 Jul 2009]
ID cards U-turn: No compulsory cards for pilots
News In a statement, Balpa general secretary Jim McAuslan attributed the government's U-turn to the influence of Home Secretary Alan Johnson, who replaced Jacqui Smith at the beginning of the... [01 Jul 2009]
