John & Jerry: a tale of two blogs
Her Majesty’s Government’s CIO discusses on his new blog the 10-year future of the IT industry. He asks us to consider a world where: The concept of desktop disappears…payment comes from infrastructure...
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Government IT spend: Jerry’s killer graph
Another Jerry Fishenden post crying out for comment from HMG’s blogging CIO John Suffolk. In the killer graph, green line is public sector IT spend, blue line total inputs, and red line is...
View ArticleJerry F/John S conversation gets under way (with some comment glitches)
John Suffolk’s blog isn’t taking comments from me for some reason (nothing personal I’m sure). So I’ll put my latest on his latest here instead: John – delighted to see you pick this up Jerry’s...
View ArticleMore Scottish enlightenment on privacy and databases
This in from Scotland Public sector organisations should avoid creating large centralised databases of personal information and keep clear audit trails of how identity data is used, under new proposals...
View ArticleCensus: the opt-out and the opportunity
My letter to ONS I’ve been asked (by pacifists and others concerned that the 2011 census is managed by a US defence contractor) what are the legal options for non-participation. I know it’s not a...
View Articlepreannouncement: CTPR/IdealGov ICT strategy competition
@NTOUK and @williamheath are heartily fed up with half-baked government IT strategies. Having to read the current proposal is the last straw. Modernising Govt promised the same in 1999. The 2009 draft...
View ArticleSmarterGov 09: shades of IdealGov 04
At first glance the new Smarter Government white paper looks pretty refreshing. The stuff on freeing up data is good: ‘Public data’ are ‘government-held non-personal data that are collected or...
View ArticleMichael Wills: “Courteous & mutually respectful dialogue” (#CMRD: was “It’s...
In a speech yesterday Michael Wills (whom I dont know myself, but he’s Labour member of Parliament for Swindon North, and a Minister of State at the Ministry of Justice) called for a new, more...
View ArticleTime to say what we want from government IT
It’s time to say what we want from government IT. Let’s do this together. Let’s say “wouldn’t it be better if” about how tech affects transparency, costs and the quality of public services and how they...
View Article#idealgits & the “lost decade” in identity and personal data
The #idealgits process now has a supportive champion in Jim Knight, DWP Minister charged with all digital aspects of Smarter Government. Jerry and I had a second meeting (we can’t really say where or...
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