Copyright legislation will cost ISPs up to £500m

Government plans to force ISPs to crackdown on copyright abuse will cost the industry between £250 million and £500 million according to an estimate published by the Department for Business. 17 Mar 2010

Becta budget slashed by £40 million

Ed Balls slashes school ICT delivery and e-learning budget 16 Mar 2010

Fears that Digital Economy Bill will pass without full scrutiny

Passage in Commons may see horse trading between the Tories and Lib Dems on which elements are dropped 12 Mar 2010

BCS says Digital Economy Bill needs 'softly, softly' approach

"Better legislation later, rather than hurried legislation," says Chartered Institute for IT 11 Mar 2010

Identity and Passport Service spends £300 per ID card on advertising

And a further £87,700 on marketing and £11,930 on branding 11 Mar 2010

BMA criticises Summary Care Records on Today programme

Patients should be issued with an opt-out form, says the BMA 10 Mar 2010

HP workers picket for a second day

But the company and union will have further talks at the end of the week 09 Mar 2010

DNA database placed on a statutory footing

Cross-party demands for changes to the Crime and Security Bill ignored 09 Mar 2010

New body aims to make Digital Britain vision a reality

But experts say Broadband Delivery UK may lack sufficient funds 05 Mar 2010

Tories urge cabinet secretary not to sign more IT contracts

Amid speculation that more deals are planned 05 Mar 2010

PAC criticises the Equality and Human Rights Commission

Commission wrote off assets worth £1.4m 04 Mar 2010

Buying Solutions signs £4.5bn deal with Atos Origin, HP and Fujitsu

Deal is one of the public sector's largest framework agreements in history 03 Mar 2010

TCS wins UK pensions contract

Contract worth an estimated £600m and will last 10 years 03 Mar 2010

Buying Solutions serves contract notice for assistive technology

Contract is estimated to be worth between £50m and £300m 03 Mar 2010

EU-wide e-ID pilots ready to roll

Stork delivers e-ID common specs and draft planning for pilot projects 02 Mar 2010

Government urged to "come clean" on NPfIT negotiations

Tories accuse government of looking to sign unbreakable contracts with suppliers ahead of the election 02 Mar 2010

Brown renews commitment to DNA database

And defends decision to retain DNA of people released without charge 02 Mar 2010

Q&A: David Myers, former director of shared services at the PM's delivery unit

David Myers talks to Computing about how best to improve the procurement of IT products and services 02 Mar 2010

Saving the web for the future

The British Library plans to take on the huge task of archiving web content that could otherwise be lost forever 02 Mar 2010

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