Category Archives: public services

Updated UK Government ID Assurance Principles published

As I mentioned in ID Assurance Principles — an interim update,  the privacy-related principles that will underpin the UK Government’s identity assurance programme for digital public services have continued to be developed — and yesterday, the latest draft was published online. This … Continue reading

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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

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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

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digital government, open architecture and innovation: why public sector IT will never be the same again

UPDATED 07.09.2012: see postscript The paper I co-authored with Mark Thompson is now online – “Digital government, open architecture, and innovation: Why public sector IT will never be the same again”. This appears in the advance access section of the Journal … Continue reading

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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