The impact of modern technologies – or more often, the fear of the impact of technologies – on our world is nothing new. Consider this, written
Category: social exclusion
“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
Uber, platforms and regulation
The employment tribunal ruling that Uber drivers have won the right to be classed as workers rather than self-employed is not particularly surprising when viewed from
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
Hype, Blockchain – and some Inconvenient Truths
For all the froth and hype about blockchain, you’d think it was going to bring about world peace, and simultaneously solve every problem known to
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
CIO roundup
Here’s a summary, with links to the full pieces, of some of my recent CIO columns: Data-enabled service design October 2015 The chorus of people
online citizen accounts
The idea of an online government account where we can see everything in one place has been kicking around since the late 1990s and the
A (brief) history of UK Government moves towards a platform-based architecture
The vision — 1998 onwards There’s been a long-standing vision to use technology in a way that doesn’t fossilise the old paper-based way of running the public
