Government & Public Sector

European Union (E.U.) governments have rubber-stamped rules governing the patentability of inventions implemented by computers, known as the software patents directive, standing by an agreement they reached in May, according to an E.U. spokesman.

British Columbia has signed a 10-year, Can$300 million outsourcing agreement with IBM that the government says will to enhance IT operations and services. Announcing the deal, a B.C. Ministry of Management Services release call it

Canada’s crusade against spam has reached a decisive phase with government and industry agreeing to a series of “best practices” to combat the menace....

Swift action by Management Board of Cabinet has defused what could have been a major embarrassment for the Ontario government

According to Donovan Gow, vice-president of equity research with American Technology Research in Greenwich, Conn., the IT security picture, while gloomy, is not altogether bad.

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The number of phishing Web sites associated with online identity theft scams grew by 33 per cent in November, after dropping off in September...

A cybersecurity advocacy group on Tuesday called on U.S. President George Bush to focus more resources on computer issues and elevate the top IT security position at the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to the assistant secretary level.