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RSS secretaryCovert surveillance must be reserved for serious crimes, says government
News Speaking on Monday at the Royal Society of Arts, Home Secretary Alan Johnson said: "[the public] will not accept such powers being used to spy on people who put their rubbish out on the wrong day, or let their dogs foul... [05 Nov 2009]
Full steam ahead for plans to cut off file-sharers
News Secretary of state for business, innovation and skills Peter Mandelson has reiterated the government's 'three strikes and you're out' plan to cut off illegal file-sharers' internet access. Speaking at a cabinet creative... [29 Oct 2009]
IT tsar confirmed: Cabinet Office names Angela Smith
News Previously, Smith was parliamentary private secretary to Yvette Cooper at Communities and Local Government and the Treasury. The Cabinet Office has named Angela Smith as responsible for government IT and information... [16 Oct 2009]
Bletchley Park WWII codebreakers honoured
News The Foreign Secretary David Miliband has paid tribute to the work done by the World War II codebreakers at Bletchley Park who cracked the Enigma code used by Nazi Germany's military. The Foreign... [13 Oct 2009]
Gary McKinnon
AS Profile The latest development in the case was the Home Office's decision it would be unlawful for the Home Secretary to halt the proceedings, given a High Court decision to allow the extradition in July. Gary McKinnon has... [29 Sep 2009]
Digital Britain fibre tax 'to be law before next general election'
News Stephen Timms, Minister for Digital Britain and financial secretary to the Treasury, said the government is committed to making its £6 per year tax on landlines law to pay for rolling out next-gen broadband in the UK. [23 Sep 2009]
Microsoft asks shareholders: How much should execs get paid?
News Microsoft general counsel and board secretary Brad Smith said in a statement: "Given the interest in executive pay, we think it makes sense to encourage more dialogue with our shareholders on our compensation approach. [21 Sep 2009]
First ID card watchdog named
News The new identity commissioner will report to the Home Secretary once per year and the report will be laid before parliament. Pilling's previous roles include permanent secretary to the Northern Ireland... [14 Sep 2009]
Crime In Focus : A paper examining pitfalls in public crime mapping
White Paper In July 2008, UK Home Secretary Jacqui Smith pledged that interactive maps, which allow every neighbourhood in England and Wales to access local crime information, were to be put in place by every police force in the... [19 Aug 2009]
Digital Britain: Treasury's Timms set to be next broadband ambassador?
News Timms, currently financial secretary to the Treasury, will replace Stephen Carter as communications minister, the newspaper said on Monday. Junior minister Stephen Timms is set to assume responsibility for implementing... [04 Aug 2009]
Microsoft after Gates, Google Chrome, ID cards, printer woes and more
News Last but not least, the perennial favourite of ID cards with yet more axe-grinding from critics after the Home Secretary confirmed the scheme will now go ahead only on a voluntary basis. silicon.com's top stories for... [03 Aug 2009]
Extradition for Nasa hacker rules high court
News McKinnon had tried to argue that former home secretary, Jacqui Smith, was wrong in law to push for the extradition despite his diagnosis of Asperger's syndrome, and that the director of public prosecutions was also wrong... [31 Jul 2009]
Photos: UK's ID card revealed
Photo The design for the British cards was unveiled by Home Secretary Alan Johnson at events in London and Manchester today. This is the first glimpse at what the British ID card will look like. People living in Manchester... [30 Jul 2009]
Azul Linhas Aereas Brasileiras Establishes Efficient Administrative Systems to Support Airline Launch
White Paper The challenge was to comply with requirements imposed by regulatory agencies, including Brazil's Civil Aviation National Agency and Secretary of Internal Revenue and maintain necessary transparency for regulatory groups... [30 Jul 2009]
Revealed: What counts as normal broadband in Britain?
News Whilst the research does serve to provide information for people wishing to choose a provider, ISPA urges any future research to ensure that a greater share of the market is covered to provide a more complete assessment for consumers,"... [28 Jul 2009]
