Audit requirements are satisfied by including with every electronic document a separate certificate of completion and a legally binding audit trail with the identity of the signer, a time stamp, and location information.

FORBES: eSignature Serves The Public Sector

Up to 40 separate studies of defence expenditure are close to completion, which will be submitted to the NSC's small secretariat, led by the new national security adviser, Sir Peter Ricketts, a former head of the Foreign Office.

ECONOMIST: The future of British defence