WRITTEN ON July 8th, 2009 BY William Heath AND STORED IN Design: Co-creation, What do we want?
My correspondent Henry writes to say
I just received a curious survey from the Home Office about their websites… I found the features listed in question 7 particularly interesting (attached) … would the HO seriously endorse community generated content?
I’ve no idea. But let us help them complete their survey in a tender and supportive spirit, and see what comes of it. Even in the darkest plces of government, one feels that enlightenment is never more than a Damascene conversion away.
I think it will take more than a Damascene conversion!
The Home Office was telling people on Tuesday morning that ID Scheme regulations had been approved by the Commons when the votes on the five Statutory Instruments was not due to happen until Wednesday lunchtime.
The wording had been approved, but the regulations had not, but this did not stop them giving the impression that it was all done and dusted.
(see http://www.kable.co.uk/id-cards-07jul09)
Given parliamentary whipping, the end result (passed after a vote, on to the Lords) was not a surprise but that does not give them the right to mislead journalists or pre-empt the House.
I haven’t had a chance to go through the survey. Does it include a bit where we can ask them to stop the Official Fibbing?
It was bad enough the Guardian reporting something similar on Monday…