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National security

July 2012

  • Launch of UK Border Agency

    UK Border Agency to launch 'allegations database'

    MPs welcome agency's plans for National Allegations Database to improve performance in following up intelligence leads from the public

April 2012

  • HP loses MoD payroll and pensions deal to CSC

  • £9m cost of eye scanning 'would have been better spent on immigration staff'

March 2012

  • e-Borders to get bigger as Green unveils revamped programme

    Home Office minister Damien Green says revised e-Borders programme is on track to cover all non-European Economic Area flights from next month

February 2012

  • IRIS eye-scanners scrapped by two UK airports

  • Hampshire Fire and Rescue fight fire

    Hampshire fire service's WAN small step means giant leap for collaboration

  • Police's new £30m e-crime hubs ready to go live

  • Heathrow facial recognition plan may miss Olympics deadline

January 2012

  • GCHQ offers 'retention payments' to keep technology experts

    Government intelligence service says it needs to make overall package for internet security specialists 'competitive' to stop employees leaving for big private firms

November 2011

  • Government plans open data push

    Initiatives aimed at supporting economy to be included in chancellor's Autumn Statement

  • MoD acknowledges laptop losses

    Ministry of Defence says it is increasing encryption to minimise impact
  • Government plans cyber security hub

    Standards, skills and new cyber crime unit also prominent in national strategy

October 2011

  • Whitehall 'proactively' addressing lack of IT security skills

    Measures to attract and retain specialist cyber security staff are under way, says government

September 2011

  • Defence plans to build information architect skills

    MoD Information Strategy includes plans for enterprise architecture, digital identities, an improved intranet and cyber security skills

August 2011

  • MPs criticise defence supplies IT

    Public accounts committee warns of threat to frontline operations until new systems are delivered in 2014

July 2011

  • UK Border Agency pays axed e-Borders contractor £5m

    Payment made to Raytheon as indemnity while arbitration over the termination of its contract to lead the border surveillance programme continues
  • Home Office plans to sharpen biometric checks

    Investments in new technology to watch for potential terrorists and dangerous materials included in counter-terrorism strategy
  • MI5 makes 1,061 bugging errors

    Security Service was responsible for 62% of wrong applications for communications data in 2010

June 2011

  • Ministry of Defence signs for ruggedised laptops

  • Defence college signs MoU with Tiger Scheme

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