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RSS governmentGovernment urged to address UK ecommerce
News Ecommerce specialists and the UK government must work together more closely to address consumers' needs, according to Michael Sharples, founder and managing director of 3D software company, Stratum Media. [12 Jul 1999]
Take cyber crime seriously, government told
News Microsoft UK's chief security advisor, Ed Gibson, has attacked the government over what he claims is a lack of effective reporting channels for internet-related crime. Rejecting the offer of a microphone and choosing... [02 Feb 2006]
Government websites fail on accessibility
News Government agencies are continuing to flout the government's own guidelines for interoperability, and failing to comply with the most basic standards designed to make websites accessible to people with... [26 Nov 2003]
Government denies passport fingerprinting plan
News The government has denied claims that it is pushing forward its ID card scheme with plans to start fingerprinting passport applicants next year. Mandatory fingerprinting would be a handy building block for the ID card... [13 Apr 2005]
Leader: Government free from hacker attempts?
Leader Government departments have been prodded into revealing some of the details of hacker attempts against them. The hacker, a 39-year-old man from north London, says he was searching US government systems... [12 Jul 2005]
5 years ago... Government pushes UK as ecommerce leader
News In it, she projects that 90 per cent of government procurement will be carried out electronically by 2000 to 2001, and 25 per cent of government services will be available online by 2001. It suggests... [07 Oct 2003]
Government ditches plans for standard e-procurement platform
News The government is to trial XML interoperability standards that will allow different departmental e-procurement systems to talk to each other. Whitehall procurement body the Office of Government Commerce... [18 Jun 2003]
Government IT procurement report to be published next week
News The UK government is expected to flesh-out details of its investigations into several high-profile IT project failures next Monday. Launching the Performance and Innovation Unit (PIU) report on ecommerce with the PM... [14 Sep 1999]
Government open source licensing plans under fire
News In a draft consultation document published this week, the office of the e-Envoy has sent its clearest signal yet to government departments that they should pay more attention to open source. Furthermore,... [12 Mar 2004]
Government IT services spend to outstrip private sector in £7bn spree
News Major UK government IT projects will lead to a £7bn public sector bonanza on IT software and services by 2006, according to a new report. The ‘UK Public Sector Market 2003 - The Market for Software and IT Services’ study... [27 May 2003]
Hack attacks: Government grapples with "hacking incidents"
News The UK government's IT infrastructure continues to be a target for hackers, new figures have revealed. In response to a series of parliamentary questions by Liberal Democrat Paul Burstow, government... [11 Jul 2005]
Government websites out of date and badly maintained
News In the same week the e-envoy lauded the government's plans to get the UK online by 2005, new research shows three quarters of government sites are out of date. Phil Ryan, chairman of The Security Forum,... [05 Dec 2001]
Inbox: Government IT ignoring red lights?
Comment I wonder if you could sue the government for negligence. Government IT took a beating, with readers getting worked up over a story claiming tech projects in the public sector are "doomed", as a £224m... [30 Mar 2009]
Spam: Government 'too busy' to deal with it, says ICO
News The Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) said this week it lacks the power to fight spam because the government has not had time to discuss implementing effective powers. According to a senior member of the ICO, the... [14 Sep 2005]
Government of Manitoba Enterprise Architecture: Principles, Strategies and Directions
White Paper Manitoba's Enterprise Architecture guides the development, deployment and operations of Information Communication Technology (ICT) systems for the Government of Manitoba. It contains a number of ICT principles,... [17 Jun 2005]
