Across the Board
WRITTEN ON Friday, April 15th, 2005 BY Anthony J Evans AND STORED IN Across the Board, What do we want?, Wibbipedia/MindtheGap
Why is it that different government departments contradict each other regarding common law marriage? An anecdote:
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WRITTEN ON Sunday, January 9th, 2005 BY Simon Banton AND STORED IN Across the Board
spy.org.uk are providing an archive of responses to their FOI2000 requests – an excellent idea.
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WRITTEN ON Thursday, December 30th, 2004 BY Mike Bracken AND STORED IN Across the Board, Ideal Goverment - project, Political engagement
After a short-spell working with Local Authorities (LAs) in e-government units and with executive level management, it’s clear to me that the motivation of LAs in general, and specifically the back-office and executive employees, varies widely and needs to more clearly understood before across-the-board recommendations can be made. For many authorities, particularly those in the […]
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WRITTEN ON Monday, December 20th, 2004 BY Simon Banton AND STORED IN Across the Board
In the debate about the Cabinet Office instructing civil servants to delete any email over 3 months old in advance of the Freedom of Information Act coming into force, the reason reported (The Times, Saturday) is for ‘good records management practice’ to stop files blocking the system, going on to say ‘It is the end […]
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WRITTEN ON Tuesday, December 7th, 2004 BY William Heath AND STORED IN Across the Board, Design: Co-creation, What do we want?
This man Simon Moores describes a strange encounter. He wrote six times to the tribe of tax gatherers. They wanted him to write to them, but they then wrote back to fine him for not writing to them. This is bizarre. Moores says the tribe is overloaded and ineffectual, and that it’s systems don’t work. […]
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WRITTEN ON Friday, December 3rd, 2004 BY William Heath AND STORED IN Across the Board
Amparo points to an excellent (but off-topic) article in Wired about Gilberto Gil and Brazil’s approach to IP drug patents and Creative Commons licensing. It’s very exciting, it’s an important policy matter etc but it’s not about e-enabled public services. She also sends in a good (but again off-topic) poem – see below.
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WRITTEN ON Thursday, December 2nd, 2004 BY William Heath AND STORED IN Across the Board, Save Time and Money, What do we want?
Another thought on policing. Say you get dragged into a fight by a drunken teenager (or “yoot”) who has barely wiped the milk from his face before filling it up with factory brewed lager which pretends to be imported (“best served ice cold so you can’t tell how awful it is”). What happens? David Copperfield, […]
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WRITTEN ON Tuesday, November 30th, 2004 BY Not waving but drowning AND STORED IN Across the Board
O so many things i don’t understand… under this number 8 item there seems to be contradictions but perhaps it is the home office use of language which i can’t grasp… For instance, this: “However, this is not an automatic requirement and there would need to be a separate decision for each service.”… looks unintelligible […]
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WRITTEN ON Monday, November 29th, 2004 BY Not waving but drowning AND STORED IN Across the Board
What is UK online? An ideal page: clearly written, with clear indication of privacy measures and jargon-free information. Reached through its “Privacy” section, from main www.ukonline.gov.uk following their statement about providing “a single online point of entry to government information and services.” Now this is the kind of path i would like other public services […]
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WRITTEN ON Tuesday, November 2nd, 2004 BY Richard S AND STORED IN Across the Board
Put simply, e-government should be used to reduce the inconvenience and cost of dealing with Government. It should not be used to extend the scope of Government or to amass extra data about citizens. Usually, less Government is better Government. To most people, Government is a “necessary evil:” We pay our taxes; some of us […]
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