PICTFOR

The 2012 Parliament and Internet Conference will take place in Portcullis House on Thursday 25th October. The Conference, now in its seventh year, brings together leading figures from Government, Parliament, academia and industry to discuss and debate the most pressing policy issues facing the Internet. For further information, please visit http://www.parliamentandinternet.org.uk/ or email admin@pictfor.org.uk. All PICTFOR members are warmly invited to attend.

Schools from Preston, Southport, and London have been announced as winners of the sixth Make IT Happy competition, run by the Parliamentary Internet, Technology and Communications Forum (PICTFOR), and e-skills UK, at an awards ceremony held at the Houses of Parliament. Make IT Happy challenges 9-11 year olds to demonstrate how technology can be used [...]

It is great to see Stephen Mosley  MP (@mp4chester) reminding everyone about our PICTFOR schools competition in his blog:    This year’s Make IT Happy theme of “Make IT Healthy” calls for schools to use IT to improve their own physical, mental or emotional health, or to reach out to help others in the community do [...]

PITCOM meeting report May2011: Delivery of the Government’s IT strategy The four-part plan The government has launched an ambitious ICT strategy aimed at delivering better services in tough financial times. So how does it break down? Download report. Pitcom May 2011 Government IT Strategy