In the 1999 book “Reinventing Government”, information is placed at the centre of the government reform model: The rings identify multiple aspects that need to be addressed
Category: open government
improving data science ethics
Just over a year ago the UK’s data science ethical framework was put out for consultation. The purpose of the framework was to give civil
the canary that ceased to be
Yesterday I resigned from the Cabinet Office‘s Privacy and Consumer Advisory Group (PCAG) nearly 6 years after I first became involved, initially as its Chair and more
NAO on ‘Digital Transformation in Government’
Yesterday saw the release of the National Audit Office’s report on ‘Digital Transformation in Government‘. The main conclusion from Amyas Morse, head of the NAO,
“re-engineer government, abolish government departments”
Ed Vaizey MP, former minister at the Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS), made the following comments in a recent interview: “I would completely re-engineer government.
“Dear Sir – about this data sharing …”
Twenty-six UK businesses, academics, professional bodies and civil society leaders have today published a letter in the Daily Telegraph expressing concerns about the current state
Trust in an algorithmic world
We have long since entered a world increasingly reliant upon software – from the software in our mobile phones, to online websites, to fly-by-wire aviation
CIO updates
A quick recap of some of my recent CIO columns. Making a success of digital government (October 2016) Part 5 of the Digital Economy Bill, currently making
the Digital Economy Bill Part 5 – Data Sharing
Last week I gave my oral evidence to the public bill committee considering the Digital Economy Bill (PDF). I was invited in my capacity as co-chair
the future shape(s) of the public sector?
The Institute for Government produced a report in 2014, the shape of the Civil Service: remaking the grade. It looked at the breakdown of the civil service
the problem with “data sharing”
The consultation closed recently on the “Better use of data in government” proposals. It has been some two years in the making and yet seems to
more CIO bits and pieces
Here’s a summary and links to my last few CIO columns of 2015. Looking forward to what 2016 brings. Service design thinking December 2015. The use
