Jacqui Smith

Tech firm seals $12m US freight deal

apn.co.nz     26-Aug-2008   1 related          

New Zealand-based ICT company Imarda sealed a $12 million deal with a major US freight company yesterday. Chief executive Selwyn Pellett expects it to be the biggest information communication technology deal to come out...                    

Battle against al-Qaida brand highlighted in secret paper

guardian.co.uk     26-Aug-2008   13 related          

The material being used in the global propaganda effort "to taint the al-Qaida brand" is designed, in the jargon of Whitehall counterterrorism experts, to "undermine their narrative," according to the classified Whitehall...                    

Gangs that lurk on the edge of society

timesonline.co.uk     25-Aug-2008          

The best clues to fighting the present epidemic of gang crime may be more than 80 years old The interview took all day. I had sat with a gang member in a South London youth centre for hours. During two years of research...                    

Another week, another high profile data loss in the UK

idlogger.wordpress.com     25-Aug-2008          

The bad news just keeps on coming in the UK where that was another big data loss, this time a lost thumb drive: The British government is to data protection as Hurricane Katrina was to New Orleans property values. In the...                    

BUNGLING HOME OFFICE STAFF LOSE 40 LAPTOPS

mirror.co.uk     25-Aug-2008   5 related          

By James Lyons Political Correspondent 25/08/2008 EXCLUSIVE Fury at latest security lapse Dozens of laptops have been stolen from the Home Office or lost by staff. Security minister Lord West has admitted 15 disappeared...                    

Teenager becomes 24th stabbing victim after weekend violence

independent.co.uk     25-Aug-2008   24 related          

An 18-year-old who was stabbed to death in the early hours of yesterday morning has become the 24th teenager to be murdered in London this year. Charles Junior Hendricks was found bleeding to death from a single stab wound...                    

Gary Glitter goes into hiding as police assess vigilante risk

independent.co.uk     24-Aug-2008   715 related          

Police began a risk assessment yesterday after Gary Glitter claimed that he feared being attacked. Officers stressed yesterday that the former glam rocker and convicted paedophile, released last week after nearly three...                    

"Corporatisation" of government functions does not transfer responsibility

libdemblogs.co.uk     24-Aug-2008          

and is not "liberal" either. There are often attempts by ministers (Jacqui Smith is mentioned in Sunday's Independent for example about the recent prisoner data loss) to shirk their responsibility for government cock-ups....                    

Criminal records on sale for just £37

timesonline.co.uk     23-Aug-2008          

Employers are abusing the system to snoop on recruits Jon Ungoed-Thomas and Georgia Warren Police files that were opened up with the aim of helping to protect children from sex offenders are being sold for as little as...                    

Blunder woman: Jacqui Smith discovers the 'curse of the Home Office'

thisislondon.co.uk     23-Aug-2008   1 related          

The 'curse of the Home Office': Jacqui Smith is under growing pressure Sitting in her West Midlands constituency home last night, having faced a barrage of camera crews, Jacqui Smith could have been forgiven for wondering...