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Revealed: Cyber crimefighting successes

News E-crime is not explicitly identified as one of Soca's priority areas - drug trafficking, organised immigration crime and fraud - as set by the government. The Association of Chief Police Officers and the Metropolitan Police Service are waiting to...

Tags: nhtcu, soca, cyber crime

[15 May 2008]

Met Office forecasts blue skies for green IT

News These computational workhorses and their predecessors at the Met Office Hadley Centre crunched through global data to produce evidence for the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change reports, whose predictions of a 0.2C temperature rise per...

Tags: met office, energy, green it

[09 May 2008]

New president takes the reins at Socitm

News He is also a member of the Identity and Passport Service local government advisory board. Socitm recently formed the local government CIO council to represent the interests of local governments to the main CIO Council.

Tags: cio, newham, local government, richard steel

[29 Apr 2008]

Samsung chief steps down after tax indictment

News There has been widespread speculation that once the government eases restrictions, South Korea's major family run conglomerates would snap up local banks. South Korea's most powerful businessman said yesterday that he would step down after 20 years...

Tags: ceo, samsung, tax

[22 Apr 2008]

Cyber crime: Police not taking it seriously

News Make your voice heard by leaving a Reader Comment below or emailing us in confidence at editorial@silicon.com.silicon.com is currently running its e-Crime Crackdown campaign for a dedicated high-tech national police crime unit to deal with the...

Tags: hacking, police, e-crime

[07 Apr 2008]

Did Microsoft use desktop dominance in OOXML standard?

News In 2005, Microsoft started a process to standardise OOXML in an effort to appeal to government customers, who favour standards-based software, and improve interoperability with third-party products. In a letter seen by silicon.com sister site CNET...

Tags: standard, microsoft, ooxml

[04 Apr 2008]

Social networks to stamp out sex offenders

News If you're doing it because you're trying to prevent criminal offences and the action is proportionate, then the government should be able to do this," said Briskman. Registered child sex offenders could soon be legally obliged to supply local...

Tags: criminals, protection, children, guidelines

[04 Apr 2008]

Local gov't CIOs to set national agenda

News Local government CIOs are being invited to join a UK-wide body that will help shape national IT policy. The Local Government CIO Council met for the first time on 1 April after being set up by local government IT group the Society of IT Management...

Tags: john suffolk, socitm, cio

[02 Apr 2008]

India's Wipro to create hundreds of UK tech jobs

News Key factors in the choice of location will be local access to science and engineering graduates and government tax breaks. Indian IT giant Wipro is set to create hundreds of new jobs in the UK by taking advantage of government tax breaks and...

Tags: wipro, premji, tax, consultancy

[20 Mar 2008]

Brits get more data security savvy

News Three-quarters of respondents said they are more worried about the safety of their personal information than before, with 53 per cent no longer confident in the ability of banks, local authorities or government departments to handle personal...

Tags: ico, security, information, data protection act

[19 Mar 2008]

Police forces lack e-crime expertise and resources

Police forces lack e-crime expertise and resources

News All 12 CIOs and IT directors on this week's CIO Jury are backing silicon.com's e-Crime Crackdown campaign for a dedicated national police e-crime unit, following the government's decision to hand over the now defunct National High-Tech Crime Unit...

Tags: cio jury, e-crime, cio, crime

[18 Mar 2008]

Police backs calls for e-crime unit

News Shadow Home Secretary David Davis launched a stinging attack on the government's track record for tackling e-crime, saying it had exposed every person and business in the UK to online criminals. It is absurd that the government removed the NHTCU...

Tags: cyber crime, nhtcu, e-crime, crime

[12 Mar 2008]

e-Crime Crackdown - silicon.com launches national campaign

News Our campaign is calling for more government funding to tackle e-crime. Previous comprehensive spending reviews by the government have made no mention of e-crime or the PCEU unit put forward by Acpo and the Metropolitan Police Service.

Tags: cyber crime, e-crime, nhtcu, threat

[12 Mar 2008]

Local gov't adopts web-savvy interaction

News Web services are becoming an increasingly important way for citizens to interact with local government and councils are responding with improved websites. The number of visitors to council websites sites increased by more than 10 per cent in the...

Tags: socitm, online, web services, local government

[04 Mar 2008]

'Fundamental' flaws in Child Support Agency IT

News Richard Steel, VP of local government IT user group Socitm, said: "When designing a complex IT system, a prerequisite is fundamental review of the relevant businesses processes before the detailed specification can be produced.

Tags: government, eds, child support agency, maintenance

[04 Mar 2008]

SMS gets Oxfordshire residents out of deep water

News The Environment Agency has encouraged local government to be better prepared regarding flood warnings. Wireless from A to Z Click on the links below to find out more… A is for Antivirus B is for Bluetooth

Tags: text, oxfordshire, flood, sms

[26 Feb 2008]

Government admits to 200 more laptop thefts

News Department for Communities and Local Government: 28 laptops stolen and four mobiles stolen and one lost. The government has admitted almost 200 laptops have been stolen from various departments, including the Ministry of Justice (MoJ), since 2001.

Tags: laptops, theft, figures, measures

[19 Feb 2008]

Linux-based laptop latest OLPC rival?

News Referring to the device's use of Linux, the spokesperson said - aside from the fact that avoiding Windows brings down the cost of the laptop - the decision was influenced by government guidelines that encourage a "move away from the monopoly...

Tags: olpc, linux, laptop, education

[19 Feb 2008]

Government reveals snooping figures

News The government's snooping watchdog has issued its latest report revealing there were more than 253,000 requests to eavesdrop on individuals' communications in the last nine months of 2006 - including 1,694 requests by local authorities.

Tags: snooping, comms, phone-tap, person

[30 Jan 2008]

Web services slash CO2 emissions

News Online services increasingly being rolled out by local government are saving thousands of tonnes in CO2 emissions, it has been claimed. Research commissioned by the Department for Communities and Local Government found the web services of...

Tags: savings, co2, councils, local government

[18 Jan 2008]

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