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Category Archives: future Britain
reforming government technology and the #CIO100
This has been a busy and significant week for government’s reform of technology, and its role in improving our public services. On Tuesday, the UK government’s Chief Technology Officer, Liam Maxwell, posted a blog on Rebalancing technology across government. He … Continue reading
IT, tax avoidance and the total cost of ownership
The recent interest in “off payroll” taxation of individuals looks like it’s about to be trumped by the much more significant issue of “offshore” company taxation. The Sunday Times ran a piece last weekend stating that: “Apple and Google are avoiding … Continue reading
data privacy visualised (6 years on….)
It’s over 6 years since I blogged about how the principles of Creative Commons might be applied to privacy and data protection, particularly to help simplify users’ understanding of what would be done with their data. I included this mock-up … Continue reading
more detail on the draft principles for the UK identity assurance scheme
In my recent post draft principles for the UK identity assurance programme I said if people were interested, I could post more detail of the thoughts that underpin them. It’s clear from comments on this site and elsewhere that additional detail would … Continue reading
draft principles for the UK identity assurance programme
The snappily named “Identity Assurance Programme Privacy and Consumer Group” has been busy for some time now, debating and distilling a set of privacy-based principles to underpin the new UK Government identity assurance programme. As Chair of the group, I … Continue reading
whilst not blogging …
… I have remained busy writing elsewhere, including the following: “Platform alteration“, CIO March 2012 “G-Cloud is open for business“, CIO February 2012 “Digital defaulters value focus over process“, CIO, January 2012 “Free and radical“, CIO, December 2011 “CIOs’ central … Continue reading
the disruptive cloud
The recent announcement that Amazon has created a secure web space for the US government is hardly going to make anyone fall off their chair in surprise. Ensuring that cloud services can be used by governments has been the direction … Continue reading
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cyberspace and the riots
A variety of media, politicians and commentators have rushed to blame social media such as Twitter and Facebook for helping fuel the recent riots in London and elsewhere, with calls to “switch them off” when they appear to be assisting … Continue reading
bridging the faultline
There has long been a recognition at a political level of the important role that IT could play in helping rethink and improve our public services, as the recent House of Commons PASC report on Government IT makes clear. Yet despite the … Continue reading
House of Commons publishes its Report on Government IT
The House of Commons Public Administration Select Committee (PASC) has today published its report on Government and IT (PDF). I had the privilege of working for the Committee as their Specialist Adviser for this inquiry. I hope the report will help bring … Continue reading
