'Evening All.
Hot off the press, Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary has sent me this statement on the MyPolice 'web heist' fandango which rocked the Twitterverse to its foundations today.
Here it is in its full glory:
"We spoke with the owners of mypolice.org, and it is clear that we offer very different online products. Both however aim [...]
Entries Tagged as 'transformational government'
MyPolice/My Police: HMIC Speaks
March 10th, 2010 · 12 Comments · Digital Stuff
Tags:government·HMIC·mypolice·social media·transformational government·web 2.0
Grand Re-Designs
February 15th, 2010 · No Comments · Post-eGov
A quick peruse of MySociety’s excellent TheyWorkForYou.com reveals the Conservatives have been rather busy lately tabling a raft of parliamentary questions (PQs) – several dozen in fact – about the cost of redesigning government websites. Specifically, the sums spent by Whitehall on revamping their web offerings since 27 June 2007, the date Tony Blair handed over the reins [...]
Tags:government·metrics·online content·performance·transformational government·transparency·user satisfaction·websites
Public Sector Data Sharing - More Developments
December 2nd, 2009 · No Comments · Uncategorized
While penning an update for Public Sector Forums on the 'Effective Partnership Data Management' project I blogged about recently, I was alerted to the fact that a government review of information sharing legislation around benefits data is currently underway.
Given the public kerfuffle and subsequent climb-down earlier this year over the Coroners Bill, I hunted high [...]
Tags:data sharing·government·privacy·transformational government
Dissecting 'The Economic Case for Digital Inclusion'
October 26th, 2009 · 11 Comments · Post-eGov
We all want digital inclusion - so I was delighted to see the launch this week of the Race Online 2012 campaign by Martha Lane Fox, the Government's Champion for Digital Inclusion.
Of particular note is new research unveiled by the campaign which attempts, possibly for the first time, to quantify the potential financial benefits to [...]
Tags:digital britain·digital inclusion·efficiency·government·investigation·research·transformational government
Data Sharing: A Debate Not to be Missed
September 22nd, 2009 · 1 Comment · Post-eGov
I'm hugely excited by this. Sir David Varney, Gordon Brown's personal advisor on Transformational Government and architect of the Government's approach to data sharing, personalised public services and transformation in general is to face his critics in a public debate next month.
In a rare public appearance, Sir David - a man with a whole agenda [...]
Tags:data sharing·government·privacy·psf·sir bonar·transformational government·varney
The most intrusive Government database ever?
August 7th, 2009 · 3 Comments · Post-eGov
Very quietly last week, the Government published this report. It's worth reading because it sets out plans to build what is effectively the ultimate 'Big Brother' database.
The project, being led by the Department for Communities and Local Government, is called EPDM, short for 'Effective Partnership Data Management'.
Though sounding fairly innocuous, EPDM has been described by [...]
Tags:data security·data sharing·databases·privacy·transformational government
