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Bletchley Park's Alan Turing gets official apology
News Alan Turing, the mathematician and cryptographer whose work played an essential role in the efforts of codebreaking-centre Bletchley Park during WWII, received a posthumous apology from Prime Minister... [14 Sep 2009]
'Nasa hacker' case raised in parliament
News However, Home Secretary Alan Johnson told parliament that the current government will not respond to the calls for change. McKinnon's MP David Burrowes, who is also the shadow minister for justice, said... [16 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]
Photos: What Brown's reshuffle means for tech
Photo New home secretary Alan Johnson has inherited a raft of ambitious and sometimes controversial tech projects from Jacqui Smith, who stepped down from the post last week. Serial tech entrepreneur Sir Alan... [10 Jun 2009]
£250k to help police ID stolen phones
News Home Office minister Alan Campbell said the funding will be used to integrate the Police National Computer (PNC) with the National Mobile Phone Register (NMPR) - meaning police officers will be able to... [17 Mar 2009]
Extra coppers to clobber copper crooks
News Home Office minister Alan Campbell said the pilot will be evaluated at the end of March, with the possibility of subsequently being rolled out across the country. The Home Office has unveiled a plan to... [12 Jan 2009]
MPs demand more cash for e-crime battle
News Criticism over the PCeU's funding is misguided, according to Home Office minister Alan Campbell, as the unit will be supported by other bodies under the £29m National Fraud Programme, which includes the... [05 Nov 2008]
Parliament websites go to the polls
News Last year's winners included health minister Alan Johnson MP and this year's winners will be announced in November. Parliament and politicians are increasingly making use of the web but it's now the... [20 Jun 2008]
YouTube et al told to tackle cyber bullies
News Education Secretary Alan Johnson said the providers of video-sharing sites need to take firmer action to block or remove offensive school videos in the same way pornographic content has been cut from such sites. [10 Apr 2007]
MPs seek to block BBC free downloads
News Alan Reid MP, the Liberal Democrat spokesman for e-commerce and small business, is now treasurer, and Lord Erroll, who is a member of the European Information Society Group, will be a crossbencher between the House of... [27 Jun 2005]
Labour: ID card bill will return before the summer
News Labour's election campaign co-ordinator, Alan Milburn, said that following events including the ricin case trial, the public needs to be reassured that "every action" was being taken by government, the police and... [15 Apr 2005]
EDS under fire over £456m child support IT fiasco
News Works and pensions minister Alan Johnson told MPs that no decision has been made on whether to ditch the CSA IT system but he admitted that it had not improved enough for the government to rule out the... [18 Nov 2004]
India diary: Day ten - A classic offshoring facility
Comment The place has been feng shuid - a waterfall in the gardens outside the building is supposed to bring luck - and the grounds are landscaped with modern decking that Alan Titchmarsh and the BBC Ground Force team would be... [30 Jun 2004]
Devil's Advocate: Medieval historians bite back
Comment Following Alan Turing, there was a ferment of ideas as people worked to gain an understanding of computational techniques. We can point with pride to the achievements of Alan Turing, who provided an... [02 Mar 2004]
£1.1m police firearms database takes aim at gun crime
News Alan Green, Deputy Chief Constable of Greater Manchester Police and ACPO spokesman on criminal use of firearms, told silicon.com that funding had been a "big issue". Speaking at the launch today, Home Office... [25 Nov 2003]
