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Leader And when you consider the broader political scheme of things, it seems there could be more rocky times for the ID cards project ahead. Our campaign has always had the backing of senior figures in the political and IT community - but this is the... [10 Jul 2006]
Election '05: Richard Allan on his political time
Comment He will, however, be continuing his long-running blog Political Times, although he has now renamed it Post-political times. Sadly for Westminster and the wider tech industry, one of those few who does 'get' IT is stepping down at this general... [29 Apr 2005]
Devil's Advocate: IT, people and productivity
Comment Curiously, our political leaders seem ignorant of these considerations. Indeed, one suspects that the political culture stems from talking too much to chief executives. This week I’ve read one organisation claiming broadband will work magic and... [25 Nov 2003]
Guns, Butter, and the War on Terror
White Paper The larger problem is that the political demands of war can cause government to grow across the board. Wartime can be bad times for economic policy. It's not just that military mobilization (and, this time around, elaborate homeland security... [16 Jan 2005]
Political Instability and Economic Vulnerability
White Paper This paper analyzes and tests the influence of political instability on economic vulnerability in the context of the 1994 and 1997 crises episodes. It constructs four political variables that aim at quantifying political instability. [24 Feb 2004]
Morning edition: Toodle-oo Blu and a wireless mess
News The Times claims the fact that the auction only raised a relatively tiny £6.9bn is a major political problem for the centre-left government. According to the Financial Times, the Italian government was forced to convene an emergency ministerial... [24 Oct 2000]
Q&A: Dell CEO Kevin Rollins
Comment He's also a keen fan of history books who has taken a recent interest in the 'founding fathers' of the US, and likes to read about political leadership in times of crisis - not a comparison that can be drawn at Dell, which continues to... [18 Jan 2005]
The government is watching you - official
News While the almost universal rejection of the data retention orders from the opposition was widely expected to derail the governments plans, last minute political manoeuvring saw it through the House of Lords. [14 Nov 2003]
Are ID cards legal under human rights legislation?
News In a Times article he maintained that the database would not hold information on medical records, religion or political beliefs. Home secretary Charles Clarke is likely to face questions from all political parties on the legal decision, along with... [20 Dec 2004]
Peter Cochrane's Uncommon Sense: Fractal stupidity
Comment To allow political forces to further manipulate waiting and operation times to show acceptable levels of service without actually addressing the real problems, soon sees more administrators than beds. [11 Mar 2004]
Microsoft offers the French 60 per cent off software licences
News Modernisation has been the order of the day since Bertrand Delanoë took political office in Paris. Jens Mühlhaus, a representative of the Greens on the city council, said the decision wasn't taken solely for economic reasons - strategic and... [30 Jun 2004]
Microsoft: Why we chose ODF support over OOXML
News According to Taylor, Microsoft supporting ODF is a sign both of economic and political pressure. There's also political pressure - in the UK central government and various government departments are looking into open source. [23 May 2008]
What should we do with the fat cats?
Comment Hewitt and co are supposed to be the pro-business side of a pro-Joe Public political party. For one thing, how many of the top tech, media and telecoms bosses aren't millionaires many times over? When times are good, we should welcome healthy... [03 Jun 2003]
Election '05: Labour tops campaign website study
News The Labour Party has delivered a blow to rival parties in the run up to election polling day next week by topping a study of the best political websites. The Green Party site came in for criticism over lack of content and frustrating navigation... [25 Apr 2005]
Silicon.com heralds top 50 IT Agenda Setters of 2000
Comment Others with influence but no political office or CEO moniker, include Alan Greenspan (14) and Mary Meeker (19), the Wall Street analyst at Morgan Stanley who moves markets - or at least the stocks she tips or drops. [15 Mar 2000]
