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ID cards: 'A project nobody wants and the nation can't afford'
News The Home Secretary… thinks it has been a waste and wants to scrap it, but the Prime Minister won't let him. The government has been slammed over its decision to press ahead with the national ID card scheme following Home... [01 Jul 2009]
£1bn cash for UK's tech start-ups
News Science and Innovation Minister, Lord Drayson, said in a statement: "We must safeguard the government's record investment in the science and research base over the past decade. The government has announced a venture... [30 Jun 2009]
Britain to get official cyber attack dogs
News Robert Hannigan, the prime minister's security adviser, said the OCS would be about "drawing together what people are already doing in the Ministry of Defence, the intelligence services and the police". [25 Jun 2009]
'Innovation, not cutbacks, is right prescription for NHS IT'
News Cutbacks in technology spending are the wrong remedy for the NHS in an economic downturn, according to a junior minister at the Department of Health. However, cultural change is necessary for innovative technology and... [22 Jun 2009]
Why Carter's putting business on the back burner
Comment During a half-hour question and answer session at the launch of the government's Digital Britain blueprint this week, the penultimate question fired at Lord Carter by the assembled press pack was, did the minister really... [19 Jun 2009]
Tories tell vendors: 'Don't sign ID card contracts'
News Damian Green, the shadow immigration minister, told silicon.com sister site ZDNet UK on Wednesday that the Tories want to remind the five companies that have been selected to bid for contracts to provide ID cards that... [18 Jun 2009]
Tube mobile coverage in time for 2012 Olympics?
News Communications minister Lord Carter has put the idea of mobile coverage on the London Underground back on the government agenda - only months after it emerged a planned Tube mobile trial had been shelved indefinitely. [17 Jun 2009]
G-Cloud in the sky: The future home for gov't apps
News Communications minister Lord Carter has said that "substantial savings" can be made in public spending by building a government-wide cloud computing platform. In the government's Digital Britain report published... [17 Jun 2009]
£6 broadband tax to fund fibre for all
News Speaking at the launch of the final Digital Britain report in London today, Communications Minister Lord Carter said it is very likely the market will deliver next-generation broadband for between 50 and 65 per cent of... [16 Jun 2009]
Delayed: Digital Britain report
News We can confirm that he will step down at summer recess with the completion of his work, as originally intended and with the full agreement of the Prime Minister. The government has said that the Digital Britain report is... [15 Jun 2009]
The Weekly Round-Up: 12.06.09
Round-Up UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown might be as popular as Steve Ballmer in a Mac developer workshop but he knows how to tap into the populist vibe to detract attention from the state of his government. The Prime... [12 Jun 2009]
Brown enlists web father to open up gov't data
News Brown made the announcement in Prime Minister's Questions on Wednesday, during a speech on constitutional reform. Gordon Brown is bringing in the inventor of the web, Sir Tim Berners-Lee, to help open up government data. [10 Jun 2009]
Photos: What Brown's reshuffle means for tech
Photo Sugar's remit will include acting as an adviser to small business and government, working closely with small business minister Shriti Vadera and trade and investment minister Mervyn Davis. The man with... [10 Jun 2009]
David Wilde
CIO Profile Before David Wilde joined Westminster City Council as CIO, he held a number of public sector roles, including head of ebusiness and head of internal and electronic communications for the Office of the Deputy Prime... [01 Jun 2009]
Google books hit with copyright probe
News Vladimir Tosovsky, industry minister for the Czech EU presidency, told a news conference: "The Commission will carefully study the whole issue and, if need be, take steps. The European Union's executive body will study... [29 May 2009]
