LONDON - The government is slashing the budget of the Office of the e-Envoy, the department...is described as a "basic staff". Andrew Pinder, who is the government's e-envoy, will focus more on being a champion of the internet industry, rather than on forming government policy, according to a report ... . Originally, the post was supposed to deal with internet policy across government. However, responsibility ...
LONDON - The government has launched a consultation on its proposals for tough new privacy laws...Under the new proposals, the government aims to introduce new laws that will prevent consumers being contacted via email or SMS unless they have opted in to receive information. Mobile phone companies and their partners will be allowed to provide customers with value-added services, such as traffic ...
LONDON - The government has imposed strict conditions on the BBC's £90m plans to develop a licence...publishers of educational materials, who have been lobbying the government to stop the BBC's plans ... that the government is unwilling to give this responsibility to its new communications regulator and is refusing ...
LONDON - Some 83% of Americans want a government-sponsored Do Not Email Registry to block the daily
Online service, which provides interactive viewers with government information. Electors then choose ...
all UK digital cable and satellite TV networks. The government has earmarked £30m over the next ...
LONDON - The BBC is defending its spend on online activity ahead of a government review...by the government in 1997 and 1998. The BBC spent £73m on web activity last year. It has said it welcomes recommendations from the government review that would help define its online remit. The online review ...
LONDON - The Tories have accused the government of using taxpayers' money to boost its image, after...The government spent £62.7m on advertising across government departments between January ... by the government this year include a recruitment campaign for the Teacher Training Agency created by McCann ... , media and sport, John Whittingdale, said that the government had squandered £15m on advertising, while ...
The government, which has just relaunched last year's TV commercials with an additional £1m spend ... . It is the latest in a series of agency appointments aimed at developing affinity marketing by the government, which is increasingly turning to private sector firms to bolster government campaigns as part of their corporate social ...
on illegal state aids. So far the government has granted the BBC every service it has asked for. There have ... needed a new BBC service. What sort of BBC service is it exactly that the government would actually ... will be done. The government clearly believes the Communications Bill is now perfect. And the BBC will now ...
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