government it in news
Number of free ATMs to increase by a third
News A government initiative that has rolled out 419 non-charging cash machines to low income areas is set to increase deployment by a third by the end of the year. The initiative run by HM Treasury and the ATM Working Group was set up 18 months ago to... [18 Jul 2008]
Privacy watchdog to get power to raid
News The UK's privacy watchdog could get new powers to raid organisations under government proposals to "sharpen its teeth". The government launched its consultation on the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) powers and funding following the Data... [17 Jul 2008]
Whitehall IT to be carbon neutral by 2020
News The government has announced plans to make Whitehall's computer systems wholly carbon neutral by 2020 by adopting various green IT strategies, including automatically powering down PCs, configuring virtual servers and selective deployments of thin... [17 Jul 2008]
O2 considers high fibre rollout
News We will continue working closely with Ofcom and the government to achieve this. Following BT's Tuesday announcement that it was to plough £1.5bn into a fibre-access rollout to 10 million homes, an O2 spokesperson told silicon.com sister site ZDNet... [17 Jul 2008]
RIM warns on BlackBerry PDF flaw
News John Suffolk UK government RIM is warning businesses to disable the function that allows a BlackBerry to read PDF files until an update can be issued, after a security flaw was found in the company's software. [17 Jul 2008]
SMS roaming cuts 'could stifle competition'
News Tom Phillips, chief government and regulatory affairs officer at the GSMA, said in a statement: "According to our analysis, the average price of SMS roaming services in the EU has declined by 18 per cent in the last year, as operators launch new... [16 Jul 2008]
Defra to ditch desktops and PDAs
News Government CIO John Suffolk is expected to launch a national green IT strategy at the end of this month. A Whitehall department wants to scrap desktop and handheld computers in favour of lone laptops. [16 Jul 2008]
Privacy chief fights UK-wide database
News The UK's privacy tsar has made a plea to the government not to rush through a centralised database of all UK communications. A database of all calls, emails and internet traffic, to be stored by the Home Office for at least 12 months, is thought to... [15 Jul 2008]
UK failing to respect computing heritage
News John Suffolk UK government IT chiefs have hit out at the lack of respect the UK as a nation gives to its computing heritage following the mothballing of the Museum of Computing in Swindon.silicon.com asked a number of CIOs whether the UK made the... [15 Jul 2008]
EC to outline slash in roaming rate
News Reding gave operators a retail target of 12 cents per text but a study for the Danish government recommended 4.2 cents. The cost of sending a text message when mobile-phone users are outside their home state in the European Union will drop 70 per... [15 Jul 2008]
'Greedy' appliances to power one million homes
News Squeezing more energy out of power supplies will help power more than one million homes, the government claims. The government also announced an initiative with retailers to take inefficient light bulbs off the shelves by 2011, claiming energy... [14 Jul 2008]
UK must overhaul data sharing rules
News Government has been urged to overhaul the way it handles public information in the wake of a string of damaging data losses. Whitehall has neither the framework nor the leadership to properly protect the public's personal data, a review by... [11 Jul 2008]
Gov't to ramp up IT outsourcing?
News A government pledge to outsource more IT contracts ignores a history of blown budgets and missed deadlines, unions claim. A spokesman for the PCS told silicon.com: "Our concerns about the private sector's ability to run government IT contracts... [11 Jul 2008]
Gov't data retention - how much is too much?
News He said the draft bill was unnecessary as government could gain access to all the communications data it needed from ISPs under the existing Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act. At present it is unclear whether the draft bill will call for data... [10 Jul 2008]
ID cards face student scorn
News G is for Government IT One comment said: "This government ID data base gives me the creeps. People aged 16 to 25 have been using the site MyLifeMyID.org, launched today, to discuss the £4.4bn National Identity Scheme (NIS). [09 Jul 2008]
Keep updated for stories matching government it in news via RSS
