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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 Office: We got data retention wrong
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 loans laptops to prisoners
News The Home Office claims the move will help prisoners and people awaiting sentencing to understand the legal process and prepare their case, especially if it is deemed 'complex'. A Home Office spokesman told silicon.com: "Increasingly judges are... [08 Mar 2006]
Home Office stands firm on 'Snooping Bill'
News The Home Office this week welcomed criticism from the British Chambers of Commerce (BCC) but showed little signs of amending the so-called 'Snooping Bill'. A Home Office spokesman said: "We believe we have a good story to tell in answer of all the... [06 Jun 2000]
Home Office RIP Bill under fire from critics
News The UK Home Office has relegated criticism of the Regulation of Investigatory Powers (RIP) Bill, that innocent people could be sent to jail, into the realms of hysteria. But the Home Office said: "There has been some hysteria over this but the... [10 Feb 2000]
Home Office warned over PFI deal
News A leading contract lawyer has warned the UK Home Office to look carefully at the terms of its 10-year Private Finance Initiative (PFI) deal with the Sema Group, if it's not to go the same way as other high profile failures. [16 Apr 1999]
Home Office to give early warning on security holes
News The Home Office has said it will start giving advance warning about upcoming security patches and software vulnerabilities to essential public services, such as transportation, health and telecommunications. [28 Jul 2004]
Home Office puts IT at heart of crime prevention
News A Home Office spokeswoman admitted the centre would gain extra relevance with the passage of the controversial Regulatory Investigatory Powers (RIP) Bill - currently at committee stage - which gives the police powers to intercept information over... [27 Mar 2000]
Home Office scoops "internet villain" gong
News The Home Office picked up the dreaded Internet Villain 'prize' at last night's Internet Service Providers Association Awards for its implementation of the controversial RIP Act. The judges said the Home Office had frustrated the industry by failing... [14 Feb 2002]
Home Office fights back against human rights allegations
News The Home Office has denied claims that the government's draft Electronic Communications Bill contravenes the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR). A spokeswoman for the Home Office told Silicon.com: "The government believes the Bill as... [27 Oct 1999]
Home Office calls for cybercrime shakeup
News According to reports, the Home Office asked the last survey question in February 2003 - suggesting the reports findings could be at least a year old. A Home Office report called The Future of Netcrime Now, which it began work on two years ago and... [14 Dec 2004]
Home Office drafts code of practice for Snooping
News The UK Home Office has published a draft code of practice designed to allay fears about the Regulation of Investigatory Powers (RIP) Bill, currently in the House of Lords. According to the Home Office the draft code is published before the Bill... [10 Jul 2000]
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 may cover cost of RIP Bill
News The Home Office is considering a U-turn over covering the costs of industry compliance with the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Bill. Charles Clarke, Home Office minister, revealed to Silicon.com last week that the HO is considering funding the... [19 Mar 2000]
Home Office laptop and disc up for grabs on eBay
News The Home Office is investigating the apparent sale of one of its laptops, along with an encrypted data disc, on eBay. The technicians at the repair centre, at Leapfrog Computers in Westhoughton, subsequently found an encrypted Home Office disc... [29 Feb 2008]
