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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... [18 Nov 2008]
'No lost memory sticks' shocker for gov't dept
News Despite the losses, the NIO still shines compared to other government departments. While seemingly a week doesn't go past without another government data loss as a... [18 Nov 2008]
Yahoo!'s Yang steps down as CEO
News John Suffolk UK government announced a layoff of at least 1,430 by the end of 2008 in October. under fierce financial pressure, has begun a search to replace company co-founder Jerry Yang as chief... [18 Nov 2008]
Lords: 'Do we really need £12bn super comms database?'
News West indicated the government was looking to have a database in place by 2012, saying it would help retain communications data as the public moved to using VoIP for everyday calls.... [17 Nov 2008]
Shared services spend to reach £4bn by 2012
News Shared services, where government department share back-office facilities, such as HR, payroll or IT systems, is one of the lynchpins of money saving initiatives set out in the Gershon... [17 Nov 2008]
Council trio tighten grip on public data
News The NLPG is a dedicated address list set up for local government which contains over 30 million residential and business addresses. Brent data integrity services manager Chris Waterman told silicon.com... [14 Nov 2008]
Prisons hanging on the mobile phone jamming tech
News The IMB says that the number of phones inside London's largest prison has "shot up alarmingly" this year and attributes the rise to a lack of use of the Bodily Orifice... [12 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... [12 Nov 2008]
Beat bobbies need more cash for smartphones
News In a report into government plans to update policing practices for the modern era, Policing in the 21st Century, the Committee states: "Personal digital assistants can... [10 Nov 2008]
The 10 projects at the heart of NHS IT
News Questions have been raised by the Patient Information Advisory Group, a government advisory group, over whether the law supports the retention and processing of... [10 Nov 2008]
ID card costs rise - but is the security weakening?
News Ian Angell, a professor at the London School of Economics (LSE) and one of the authors of a report into the scheme, said this undermines the... [07 Nov 2008]
Microsoft CEO: "Not interested" in Yahoo!
News due to a potential legal battle with the US government. didn't want to sell the business to us, and we moved on. Find out who made this year's Agenda Setters list of the... [07 Nov 2008]
ID scheme treads the high street for fingerprints
News Home Secretary Jacqui Smith will invite high-street businesses today to tender to be biometrics enrolment centres for the National Identity Scheme, which the government will use to issue... [06 Nov 2008]
Google pulls plug on Yahoo! ad deal
News David Drummond, Google's chief legal officer said in a blog post Wednesday: "After four months of review, including discussions of various possible changes to the agreement, it's clear that government... [05 Nov 2008]
MPs demand more cash for e-crime battle
News In a parliamentary debate on internet fraud today, MPs said the government needs to "look again" at the £7m funding for the Police Central e-crime Unit (PCeU).... [05 Nov 2008]
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