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Freecycle Diaries: Anyone for tennis?
Comment Thinking 'MI5-style letter-drop', I name a spot behind a sack of unopened compost that's been languishing at the bottom of the fire-escape for years, adding that I'll put it in a brown envelope and tape the whole thing up in a plastic bag. [30 Apr 2007]
MPs probe government over EDS
News MPs have asked the government whether they will sack EDS over continuing IT problems in the Child Support Agency (CSA). Since its introduction in 2003 the CSA has writen off £1bn in claims, while around £750m in child support payments remain... [27 Oct 2005]
Child porn downloads ignored by firms
News The survey of 200 UK IT managers by the Internet Watch Foundation (IWF) also found 38 per cent would not even discipline or sack an employee for downloading illegal pornography. Three-quarters of companies would not report employees caught... [11 May 2005]
CIO Jury: Govt IT failures - should heads roll?
News The widely held perception is that private sector organisations are more ruthless about accountability for botched projects than the private sector, as seen with MFI's recent decision to sack two of its directors after a multi-million pound supply... [03 Feb 2005]
Leader: Sort out your IT policy - how hard can it be?
Leader Similarly a company may try to sack an employee who spreads porn via the company email system, but if they've never actually been told not to then cue the inevitably successful unfair dismissal case. Like a frustrated parent telling their child to... [30 Apr 2004]
Peter Cochrane's Uncommon Sense: The blue sack
Comment As a child I can remember being fascinated by the late evening ritual of the shops in my small town closing and the proprietors marching down the street, carrying their blue sacks, which would be pushed into a hole in the wall of the bank. [15 Aug 2002]
