All Database Software News - May 2008

Revealed - Government plans to tap phone and internet use

The Home Office is considering radical plans to develop a centralised surveillance system to track in real-time every kind of electronic activity undertaken by citizens.

Charnwood Council uses web to increase community safety

Charnwood Borough Council is using a web-enabled system to improve community safety. The Leicestershire council has taken part in a three-year pilot...

Political pressure on NHS trusts to use immature database

The first NHS trusts to upload medical details to a national database as part of the £12.4bn National Programme for IT (NPfIT) were pressured for political reasons to push ahead quickly despite the immaturity of the technology, an independent report is set to reveal.

Connecting for Health faces criticism over national IT programme

Connecting for Health, which runs much of the NHS's £12.4bn National Programme for IT , is expected to come under strong criticism in a report commissioned by the government into the progress of online health records.
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