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ID cards: 'A project nobody wants and the nation can't afford'
News The Home Secretary… thinks it has been a waste and wants to scrap it, but the Prime Minister won't let him. The government has been slammed over its decision to press ahead with the national ID card... [01 Jul 2009]
Britain to get official cyber attack dogs
News Robert Hannigan, the prime minister's security adviser, said the OCS would be about "drawing together what people are already doing in the Ministry of Defence, the intelligence services and the police". [25 Jun 2009]
Delayed: Digital Britain report
News We can confirm that he will step down at summer recess with the completion of his work, as originally intended and with the full agreement of the Prime Minister. The government has said that the Digital... [15 Jun 2009]
The Weekly Round-Up: 12.06.09
Round-Up UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown might be as popular as Steve Ballmer in a Mac developer workshop but he knows how to tap into the populist vibe to detract attention from the state of his government. The... [12 Jun 2009]
Brown enlists web father to open up gov't data
News Brown made the announcement in Prime Minister's Questions on Wednesday, during a speech on constitutional reform. Gordon Brown is bringing in the inventor of the web, Sir Tim Berners-Lee, to help open up... [10 Jun 2009]
David Wilde
CIO Profile Before David Wilde joined Westminster City Council as CIO, he held a number of public sector roles, including head of ebusiness and head of internal and electronic communications for the Office of the Deputy Prime... [01 Jun 2009]
Calls for gov't Phorm investigation rejected
News The Prime Minister's Office has rebuffed a public call for a government investigation into Phorm, saying that the independent Information Commissioner's Office is responsible for ensuring that the... [21 May 2009]
Peter Cochrane's Blog: Become a bandwidth scavenger
Comment On one day our Prime Minister announces that every home in the UK will have 2Mbps broadband in 2011, and the next a Korean minister announces that everyone in his country will have... [06 May 2009]
Compliance with Data Handling Procedures in UK Government
White Paper The Report was drafted at the request of Prime Minister, Gordon Brown, in response to HMRC's loss of 2 compact discs containing 25 million child benefit records in November 2007. The UK Data Handling... [17 Apr 2009]
The Era of "e"
White Paper The success story of the Software Industry, showing a sustained growth rate of more than 60% per year, and the lessons to the other emerging sectors, has lead one to setting up the 108 recommendations by the Prime... [23 Mar 2009]
Editor's Blog: The footballing CIO
Comment Watmore joins the FA from the Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills where he was permanent secretary, and before that he was head of the Prime Minister's Delivery Unit in Number 10. There's... [18 Feb 2009]
You Are the Weakest Link - Goodbye
White Paper Prime Minister Gordon Brown recently stated that the government cannot promise the safety of personal data entrusted by the public, citing human error as the reason, so that's okay then isn't it? Human... [12 Feb 2009]
Satyam scandal, police search row and Apple without Jobs
News With Prime Minister Gordon Brown setting aside £18bn for investment to help UK plc get through the recession, silicon.com also took a look at what tech investments the PM should be spending the UK's cash... [02 Feb 2009]
Editor's Blog: The UK's most optimistic entrepreneur?
Comment Don't forget - just last week business minister Baroness Vadera found herself being criticised for claiming she could see "a few green shoots" of economic recovery. And getting into sub-prime loans. The... [19 Jan 2009]
Broadband for all: A shot in the arm for egov
News Earlier this month the Prime Minister named "digital infrastructure" as a possible area ripe for investment to help the UK through the downturn, with suggestions government spending may be directed... [14 Jan 2009]
