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Prisoner data breach firm paid £100m
News The Conservative party shadow home secretary, Dominic Grieve, added in a statement: "The public will be alarmed that the government is happy to entrust their £20bn ID card project to the firm involved in this fiasco, at... [22 Aug 2008]
ID card project gets new boss
News Meg Hillier is the new Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Identity, with responsibilities that include the identity card project, Freedom of... [27 Jul 2007]
ID cards status to be made public
News But the chief secretary of the Treasury, Paul Boateng, said the information was exempt from the Freedom of Information Act and would... [04 May 2007]
Who's in charge of government IT?
News At the Department for Constitutional Affairs, parliamentary under secretary of state Baroness Ashton of Upholland continues to be responsible for the Freedom... [23 May 2006]
'Tunisia not fit to host world web summit'
News About 10,000 participants, including at least 45 world governmental leaders and UN secretary-general Kofi Annan, are scheduled to attend, along with top executives from Google, Intel, Microsoft and others. [15 Nov 2005]
Protect the net from UN menace, says US senator
News In December 2004, Coleman called for the resignation of UN secretary-general Kofi Annan, saying that his subcommittee's investigations had unearthed evidence of far-ranging fraud inside... [19 Oct 2005]
MPs slam "secretive approach" to IT project failures
News During a debate in the Commons, parliamentary under secretary of state for work and pensions Maria Eagle MP said: "The number of cases that are stuck has dropped from some 120,000 to... [21 Oct 2004]
Freedom of Information requests will be free
News Constitutional Affairs Secretary Lord Falconer has since said requests will cost nothing in the "vast majority" of cases and confirmed that any request costing under £450 to answer will be free. Set to... [20 Oct 2004]
World Summit on the Information Society kicks off
News The possibility of having to make a decision on the issue has been sidestepped, however, with UN secretary general Kofi Annan charged with convening a working group to discuss the matter. China had also... [10 Dec 2003]
Your 'secret' files to be opened by 2005
News According to The Guardian cabinet secretary Sir Richard Wilson advised the Prime Minister that it was better to delay further open government legislation until departments could cope with the Data Protection Act. [30 Oct 2001]
Blair appoints new e-minister
News The appointment comes three days after Hewitt was promoted to secretary of state for trade and industry. The 33-year-old MP was part of a backbench revolt against Jack Straw's amendments... [12 Jun 2001]
Internet Freedom condemns UK government
News The consultation paper, unveiled last week by Home Secretary, Jack Straw, outlines plans to make Internet service providers responsible for ensuring all electronic communications are available for police scrutiny. [29 Jun 1999]
UK set for freedom of information bill
News However, the bill has met opposition from some MPs, including Home Secretary Jack Straw, who claimed the release of information on police activity would jeopardise their operations. The... [23 Jul 1998]
Future of Freedom of Information Act in doubt
News The chairman of the Select Committee on Public Administration, Rhodri Morgan, confirmed that Minister without Portfolio Peter Mandelson, Home Secretary Jack Straw, the leader of the... [06 Jul 1998]
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