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ID cards project adds implementation chief
News The government agency in charge of the impending ID card rollout has appointed an additional senior executive. According to the Identity and Passport Service (IPS), an extra board member has been... [18 Nov 2008]
'Lack of trust' stop top cops' data swaps
News Information capture is an important part of Europol’s functions, and the government should ensure that automatic data loading from Serious Organised Crime Agency to the Europol Information System is... [12 Nov 2008]
UK Plc feels abandoned to cyber crime onslaught
News The government has said that from spring 2009 PCeU will co-ordinate law enforcement of all online offences and lead national investigations into the most serious e-crime. Ollie Ross, director of research at Tif, said... [03 Nov 2008]
Stark warning over cyber attacks on UK businesses
News That was the warning from Mark Oram, head of the threat and infosec knowledge department at the Centre for the Protection of National Infrastructure (CPNI) - the security service tasked with protecting key government and... [29 Oct 2008]
Free PCs and broadband for 20,000 kids
News The initiative is being run by the government education tech agency Becta as part of the Next Generation Learning initiative. Thousands of children in England will receive free computers and access to... [22 Oct 2008]
Schools get new route to cheaper software shopping
News OGCbuying.solutions, the government's procurement arm, and Becta, its technology strategy agency, have agreed a new deal for schools and other educational institutions' software shopping. Schools now... [13 Oct 2008]
Why CIOs aren't on the Chrome straight
News Andrew Watson, British Transport Police CIO, said: "We are not testing Chrome - partly because the internet is such a potential security risk, we would take our steer off of CESG [the government agency... [03 Oct 2008]
Can £7m dent £105bn cyber crime menace?
News Carla Baker, programme manager at Intellect, said: "The government has earmarked £7m and this figure should be kept under constant review and increased according to the changing circumstances. The Home Office admitted... [01 Oct 2008]
Lost data total nears 30 million records
News December 2007: Another large scale data breach rocks the government - the Driving Standards Agency admits losing more than three million learner drivers' details after a hard disk goes missing from a... [30 Sep 2008]
Becta backs open source in schools
News The government agency that administers IT in schools has added an open-source company to its new, 12-strong list of accredited suppliers. Sirius's accreditation to the Becta framework means schools can... [25 Sep 2008]
Government 'mortgaging our high tech future'
News The UK government has been accused of "mortgaging the future" after it pulled funding for high tech start-ups. Speaking at the Cambridge Enterprise Conference last week, Herriot attacked the government... [22 Sep 2008]
ID card contract shortlist gets shorter
News Foreign nationals coming to the UK will be issued with ID cards from 25 November under a separate system developed by the UK Border Agency and the government recently announced an initial run of 50,000... [16 Sep 2008]
Ad gurus called in to help ID cards
News The government predicts the scheme will cost a total of £5.6bn to roll out. G is for Government IT The plans for the ID card scheme were scaled back in March when the government said... [09 Sep 2008]
"Shambolic" security behind Home Office data breach
News The government and its agencies should be a shining example in the treatment of sensitive and personal data for individuals. We are calling for greater public debate and for the government to consider... [27 Aug 2008]
Manchester Airport begins biometric ID trial
News If successful these facial recognition gates could be rolled out across the country with the government promising checks against immigration and security watch-lists on 99 per cent of visitors from outside Europe by 2010. [20 Aug 2008]
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