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

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

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

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

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

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 wider implications of interception (“hacking”)

The News of the World “phone hacking” story looks set to run for some time to come. The tale of how journalists and corrupt policemen

driving growth, bucking the trend

I was talking with a colleague recently about how everyone in the IT industry claims to do “value-led” sales these days. So they concentrate on

designing online social security for the future

On Wednesday, the Design Council and the London School of Economics hosted a 1 day conference on “Moving Social Security Online“. It brought together a healthy

some recent bits and pieces

Caught up in too many day to day issues, I’ve fallen behind with links to some of my recent articles … so here’s a quick

fixing the problems of Choose and Book

I like it when IT is used to simplify processes, improve design, save money and generally make life better and more enjoyable. But my encounters

The real value of a good CIO

My monthly column in CIO is out, this month taking a  look at the value a good CIO can bring to an organisation – and the cost