It’s hard to believe that 5 years have passed since the UK Government’s Government Gateway was launched back in the long, dark, cold days of January 2001.
Author: Jerry Fishenden
Technologist, writer, composer.
What future for biometrics? (And our DNA)?
The Personal Genome Project (PGP) raises some interesting issues that could impact our thinking around other identity issues – including the ongoing debate in the UK about
More thoughts on transformational government
I was talking last week with a variety of senior government officials from the West Indies about how technology is still often an after-thought rather
Transformational government and identity
It’s been pointed out to me that there’s a certain irony arising from my blog entry of Oct 31 2005 (learning from others): … we need
The Public Awareness of Technology
I’ve written before about how we need to find new ways of communicating technology issues to a wider audience. Technology surrounds us everywhere and helps
Learning from others
As the UK National Identity Card debate continues, there is considerable worldwide technological expertise in this field that can help us ensure the proposals are
The UK National Identity Card
Oct 18 2005, the UK National Identity Card The text below is the full version of my article that appears in today’s “The Scotsman”. A
Public sector technology and the “blame game”
There’s an interesting piece in Prospect (October 2005) by Michael Cross on Public Sector IT Failures (available online at the time of writing – click here). The article provides a
SOA and the Board
To Whittlebury Hall to deliver a Keynote at the Triple i Convention, a “by invitation only” residential convention for senior IT strategists in Enterprise and Public Sector organisations.
Border control, day 2
Day two of the Global Border Control Technology Summit here in London. And another day of interesting insight into the state of the art around electronic documents,
Border control, day 1
Day one of the Global Border Control Technology Summit here in London. There’s a large, international turnout reflecting the importance of the topic of border control and
2005 Speaker Abbot Award
To my old stomping ground, the House of Commons, courtesy of an invitation from the Speaker and the Parliamentary Press Gallery: many thanks to Rob Gibson and
new tech observations from the UK (ntouk) 