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BCS warns over IT degree funding
News Minister of state for higher education, Bill Rammell, said: "The government is right that public policy should give priority to students who have not studied for a first degree over those who already have one. [20 Jun 2008]
E-crime unit on track, says police chief
News It comes after Home Office minister Vernon Coaker told a House of Lords science and technology committee that the National Fraud Reporting Centre (NFRC) could take the lead on co-ordinating e-crime investigations nationwide. [13 Jun 2008]
Photos: Talons, Eagles and Enforcers - the tech behind war
Photo Here Baroness Ann Taylor, minister of defence equipment and support, tries out the controls for the Surveillance Target Acquisition and Weapon Sight system (Staws) and Enforcer Remote Controlled weapon system. [26 Mar 2008]
Gordon Brown orders data security spot checks
News Prime Minister Gordon Brown said all government departments and agencies will also have their procedures for the storage and use of data checked by security experts. During Prime Minister's questions in the House of Commons yesterday, he said: "We... [22 Nov 2007]
MoD to advance its tech plans
News Baroness Taylor, minister for defence equipment and support, said the DTP will help make the MoD's R&D programme more coherent and form the basis of its national and international partnerships with academia, industry and allies. [15 Nov 2007]
Data sharing 'could sap public confidence'
News However, Sir David Varney, the Prime Minister's adviser on public-service transformation, said the nature of the data to be shared between government departments was still under discussion. The current push by the government towards increased data... [12 Nov 2007]
Computer games 'can help plug IT skills gap'
News Young people need to become more enthused about science subjects and the possibilities of a career in IT to make the UK more competitive in the future, according to Stephen Timms, minister for competitiveness. [22 Oct 2007]
Tech to suffer in Brown's new look Whitehall?
News The new science minister, Ian Pearson, tried to allay these fears by promising that science will be "at the heart of" DIUS but Willis has since maintained his stance. The DfES has been split by the new prime minister, Gordon Brown, into the... [13 Jul 2007]
In brief: NHS IT chief to leave, Facebook "fogies", Vodafone wireless price cuts
News Network security is a major growth area where the UK has a good opportunity to become a global leader if it develops new technology, said minister for science and innovation Malcolm Wicks. The head of the £12bn NHS IT modernisation project has... [18 Jun 2007]
Crime pays - and pays very well in cyberspace
Comment This year the e-Crime Congress, an event I helped organise, will hear from UK politicos such as Home Office minister Vernon Coaker, shadow home affairs minister James Brokenshire and information commissioner Richard Thomas. [07 Mar 2007]
UK techies want in on Nasa moon plans
News This week DTI science and innovation minister Malcolm Wicks met with NASA chief Dr Michael Griffin to discuss the possibilities for UK involvement in lunar exploration, as well as other potential areas for future collaboration.silicon.com Public... [01 Dec 2006]
Prepare for some 'digital tension'
Comment The question should be a matter of concern to our own Prime Minister in waiting, probably Gordon Brown. Europe must also, like the UK, facilitate a dramatic upgrading of its 'e-skills' and an interest in science and technology with particular... [27 Sep 2006]
ID cards scheme under fire again
News The criticisms come as Prime Minister Tony Blair pledged to make ID cards a key plank of Labour's next election manifesto. The damning report by MPs on the government's Science and Technology Committee said the Home Office's approach to the ID... [04 Aug 2006]
Grids and anti-terror bio-sensors get funding boost
News Science and innovation minister Lord Sainsbury said in a statement: "The projects are at the cutting edge and are helping to make the UK the best place in the world for science and innovation. They are among the 160 successful entrants to the... [25 Nov 2005]
Biometrics and RFID tracking on anti-crime wish-list
News Home Office minister Andy Burnham said in a statement: "We are dealing with increasingly sophisticated, organised criminality and we need to ensure that our use of science and technology meets the challenge. [22 Nov 2005]
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