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UK Audit Commission slams PFIs
News For this reason, Griffith thinks that however much opposition the PFI gets, the government will continue to support it. Public condemnation of the UK government-backed Private Finance... [18 Sep 1998]
UK unions vote to kill off public/private initiatives
News The Council's statement notes that the UK government's reliance on PFIs has doubled in the last year and is expected to rise. Greater public investment is urgently needed for better public services and the... [17 Sep 1998]
Manufacturing union leader calls for more IT investment
News Government policy, on the other hand, seems to be cure rather than prevention. Britain's manufacturing sector suffers from low investment in IT, according to Roger Lyons, general secretary of the... [16 Sep 1998]
Software bug leaves schoolkids with wrong exam results
News Helen Hallett, the board's senior officer, told Silicon: "We had to develop new software for our science modules, to cope with a tiering structure introduced by the government. A database glitch at The Northern Exam... [11 Sep 1998]
US Net authorities refuse to negotiate
News The hopes of an Internet ruled by industry, not by government, have been dashed by the refusal of two leading federal agencies to take part in negotiations. The Internet community has until 30 September to produce an... [10 Sep 1998]
Norweb seals GIB telecoms deal
News GIB provides contact details for public sector personnel from the National Health Service, central and local government. The company reckons that will save it £600 per month. Norweb has won a contract to... [10 Sep 1998]
NEWS FLASH: UK government pushes through high-tech justice reform
News Professor Richard Susskind, a member of the group that developed the paper, says some in the civil justice system have been encouraging the government to develop such a plan for ten years now. The... [10 Sep 1998]
Police to use virtual reality to steer kids away from crime
News Attending the launch, and lending the project government endorsement, was Home Office minister, Kate Hoey. It is part of a coordinated effort to make citizens aware of the implications of the Crime and... [09 Sep 1998]
Former MI5 agent publishes secrets on the Net
News A former security service official, David Shayler, has foiled UK government attempts to prevent the publication of MI5 secrets by launching a Web site that promises to reveal all. The UK government... [08 Sep 1998]
Scottish schools move from Macs to PCs
News The purchase is also part of the National Grid for Learning initiative set up by the UK government last year. It is a major change for us," said Donald Thomas, head of finance and personnel at South... [08 Sep 1998]
Microsoft and DoJ call IT stars to court
News The government also contends Maritz was partly behind efforts to 'blunt' Java. Microsoft and the US Department of Justice (DoJ) have revealed who will be testifying in the anti-trust case due to start later this month. [07 Sep 1998]
China enjoys PC boom
News With the influence of Hong Kong - now they have it back - the Chinese government may see this as a new form of business," said Snowdon. He went on to tell Silicon News that it sounds... [07 Sep 1998]
UK suffers as Fujitsu closes chip plant
News But he added: "Next year the labour laws that existed under the conservative government will be changed and that will make it more difficult, but even then Britain will have the least employment... [04 Sep 1998]
Summit attempts to keep the Net international
News Iana is currently funded by the US government, but a US white paper agreed earlier this year to hand over control to industry representatives on 1 October 1998. If the Berkman summit is not a success, Schneider said the... [03 Sep 1998]
Gates accused of 'predatory behaviour'
News In reply to a request for the case to be dropped, the government accused Microsoft of a strategy of denial. It also claimed Gates had an 'astonishing lack of recall' when faced with his own documents. [02 Sep 1998]
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