Crime records 'too inaccurate'
Press Review 11 July 2001
eGov flops cost Whitehall £1 billion
News Article 5 July 2001
Whitehall has squandered £1 billion on shelved or over-budget computer projects since Labour came to power in 1997.
Online electoral register hit by computer glitch
News Article 31 May 2001
Home Office plans to create a national electoral register for online voting have been hit by a simple computer glitch.
Computer progress in schools slow
Press Review 9 May 2001
Watchdog raises jury fears
Press Review 1 May 2001
NAO attacks third Home Office IT system
Press Review 26 April 2001
IT giants join New Deal initiative
News Article 26 March 2001
Microsoft and Cisco Systems are set to help the government plug the skills gap in the information technology job market, it was announced on Monday.
On-line voting a virtual reality says e-commerce minister
News Article 9 March 2001
The e-commerce minister has predicted that voting on-line is set to become a reality in the very near future.
Internet to spearhead Third World anti-corruption drive
News Article 27 February 2001
The internet will be used in the next phase of the fight against corruption in third world countries, MPs were told on Tuesday.
Whitehall contracts to be monitored
Press Review 21 February 2001
Scrapped IT system sparks row
News Article 16 February 2001
The scrapping of a new £77 million computer system to handle asylum claims has sparked a war of words between the two main parties.
OAPs fuel payments hit by computer meltdown
Press Review 5 December 2000
Government says sorry for pensions fiasco
News Article 19 November 2000
The government has apologised to tens of thousands of pensioners who lost out on millions of pounds of benefit payments as a result of a computer systems failure.
Criminal database scrapped - cost £100 million
Press Review 2 November 2000
Taxman writes-off one million records
Press Review 25 October 2000