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News The Home Office made a startling admission on Thursday morning that its plans for making ISPs retain details of customer emails and web surfing have not worked out as it had hoped, and the UK is now "back to square one". [06 Dec 2002]
Home Office ID figures branded "misleading"
News The Home Office's latest attempts to justify its calculations of the cost and benefits of the national ID card scheme have been branded misleading and inaccurate by the London School of Economics (LSE). [05 Aug 2005]
Home Office issues Snooping Bill defence
News The Home Office has defended the RIP Bill after Trade Secretary Stephen Byers raised concerns about its potential to damage business in the UK. The Home Office's response to the controversial Bill comes in the form of nine separate documents... [16 Jun 2000]
Home Office admits three-quarters of its IT projects are late and over budget
News The Home Office is running 125 months late and £50m over budget on its combined IT projects. The Liberal Democrat home affairs secretary, Simon Hughes, obtained the information through a written question he posed to the Home Office. [11 Nov 1999]
Home Office reconsiders Sema over IT2000
News The Home Office has dumped Sema Group as its preferred supplier for the implementation of its IT2000 project. The project was to provide procurement and support for IT within the Home Office over the next 10 years. [14 Nov 1999]
Home Office takes £9k punt on iPod learning
News The Home Office has splashed out on 20 video iPods to deliver 'leadership lessons' to senior civil servants. A Home Office spokeswoman told silicon.com: "Compared to the cost for in-classroom training, the iPods are very competitive, with the... [22 May 2007]
Home and Small Office Network Topologies
White Paper Home and small office networks can be set up in a variety of configurations. Configuration simplicity—Most home or small networks are not managed by an information technology (IT) department. The environment of the network—Whether the network is... [24 Feb 2004]
Home Office rules undermine war against child porn
News A Home Office spokeswoman said: "It's illegal to possess or distribute child porn. The companies which specialise in developing products to combat offensive picture sharing through internet newsgroups and via email claim they need to be able to use... [23 Mar 2001]
Home Office biometrics now underway
News The Home Office's Security Industry Authority (SIA) has announced today that it has signed a deal with ISL Biometrics to install biometric technology for network access. Biometric authentication systems have been installed to give remote workers... [15 Apr 2004]
The Home Office Deduction
White Paper The savings from an office-in-home deduction can be significant, particularly in the case of a taxpayer who is subject to both income and self-employment taxes. If the client claims an office-in-home deduction in the year that he sells his house... [13 May 2008]
ID cards face Home Office review
News The government is re-evaluating its ID cards project as part of a wider review of the Home Office's activities. The Home Office confirmed on Tuesday the ID cards project, which will involve a massive database of personal and biometric data, will be... [12 Jul 2006]
Step-by-Step Secure Wireless for Home / Small Office and Small Organizations
White Paper This white paper presents two deployment methods for secure wireless access: one for Small Office/Home Office (SOHO) networks and one for small organizations. For SOHO networks, this paper describes how to configure secure wireless access for... [19 May 2006]
Data Protection Act humbles Home Office
Comment Although 58-year-old Mr Robertson was too ill to be in the courtroom to hear it, he stood up like a modern-day David against the Goliath that is the Home Office. Now let's go back to 30 November 1999, and a speech by the then Home Secretary Jack... [19 Nov 2001]
ICL group wins £350m Home Office contract
News The Home Office is to award a £350m ten-year PFI (Private Finance Initiative) contract to an ICL-led consortium. Sirius will be charged with operating and developing the Home Office's IT infrastructure, including email, intranet, extranet and the... [12 Jul 2000]
ID cards and shredders to fight fraud, says Home Office
News A leaflet has been produced by the Home Office Identity Fraud Steering Committee to advise the public on how to avoid becoming a victim. Home Office minister Andy Burnham said identity fraud is a growing crime, costing the country more than £1.3bn... [07 Sep 2005]
