Transformational Government
WRITTEN ON Monday, March 23rd, 2009 BY William Heath AND STORED IN Data nitwittery, Foundation of Trust, Political engagement, Save Time and Money, Transformational Government, What do we want?
So, did the government receive JRRT’s Database State report in a tender and creative spirit? Did they for one moment consider their Transformation Government plans might be mistaken? Not really. To judge by the initial reaction from Michael Wills on the BBC Radio Four Today programme they seem to prefer counter-attack us, rather than stop […]
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WRITTEN ON Sunday, March 22nd, 2009 BY William Heath AND STORED IN Data nitwittery, Foundation of Trust, Transformational Government, What do we want?
JRRT today publishes the Database State report written by five FIPR authors: Ross, Ian, Terri, Philip, Angela and me (helped by many others). See BBC News item here.. See growing Google list of news links here. As JRRT’s PR puts it (full text below) The first ever comprehensive map of Britain’s database state today reveals […]
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WRITTEN ON Sunday, March 8th, 2009 BY William Heath AND STORED IN Data nitwittery, Foundation of Trust, Identity, Transformational Government, What do we want?
The “toxic soup for all” clause 152 is to be dropped it seems (Telegraph): Jack Straw, the Justice Secretary, is to shelve proposals which critics said would have led to patients’ confidential medical records being passed to third parties. A spokesman for Mr Straw said the “strength of feeling” against the plans had persuaded him […]
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WRITTEN ON Tuesday, February 3rd, 2009 BY William Heath AND STORED IN Data nitwittery, Foundation of Trust, Official fibbing/bad stats, Transformational Government, What do we want?
There’s some confusion at the D’oH! about who is the servant and who the master: NHS bosses leading the rollout of the Summary Care Record are refusing to take no for an answer from patients who say they want to opt out, Pulse can reveal. GPs in the first wave of the rollout are being […]
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WRITTEN ON Tuesday, January 27th, 2009 BY William Heath AND STORED IN Data nitwittery, Foundation of Trust, Transformational Government, What do we want?
Guess what. Now we’ve spent loads of money on them and wrecked local infrasrtucture, it seems large databases are unfashionable. Richard Bacon MP of the Public Accounts Committee manages to get a word in edgeways against Johannes Humphrissimus Maximus Interromptor about the world-famous largest ever civilian IT project the NHS’s NPfIT/Connecting for Health: “I think […]
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WRITTEN ON Sunday, January 25th, 2009 BY William Heath AND STORED IN Data nitwittery, Foundation of Trust, Official fibbing/bad stats, Transformational Government, What do we want?
This is a problem. Full text is below, but here’s the toxic clause para 152 of the proposed Coroners and Justice Bill and what it would add to the Data Protection act: Subject to the following provisions of this Part, a designated authority may by order (an “information-sharing order” ) enable any person to share […]
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WRITTEN ON Wednesday, January 7th, 2009 BY William Heath AND STORED IN Design: Co-creation, Design: user-oriented, Save Time and Money, Transformational Government, What do we want?
Hurrah. I see from Kablenet that Directgov has appointed three new directors. Injection of fresh blood is just what DirectGov needs. Obviously we need wonderful, clear, well designed online services. DirectGov, the “flagship” has fallen into a dark place of editorialising in a broadcasting PR monotone, backed with a self-referential and hilariously inept search service. […]
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WRITTEN ON Friday, December 19th, 2008 BY William Heath AND STORED IN Data nitwittery, Design: Co-creation, Foundation of Trust, Transformational Government, What do we want?, Wibbipedia/MindtheGap
The idea of user-driven data (also called buyer-centric commerce, customer managaged relationships, or vendor relationship management – VRM) offers a powerful antidote to the database state. Instead of endless central registers sharing data to form a sort of toxic soup, users (citizens, taxpayers, parents, patients – you and me) would be equipped with a data […]
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WRITTEN ON Saturday, December 6th, 2008 BY William Heath AND STORED IN Data nitwittery, Foundation of Trust, Transformational Government, What do we want?
The meme that the European Court’s Michael Marper DNA judgment has fatal implications for unreconstructed Transformational Government is rolling now. See Henry Porter (hi Henry!) in the Guardian The unanimous judgment of the 17 judges held that the United Kingdom was incontestably in breach of Article 8 – the right to respect for privacy and […]
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WRITTEN ON Friday, December 5th, 2008 BY William Heath AND STORED IN Foundation of Trust, Transformational Government, What do we want?
FIPR and others have long argued that the UK’s excesses in data retention and data sharing are illegal under EU law, and that there will be an expensive and politically humiliating reckoning. Well, the ruling on DNA data retention is a clear first step (Guardian): The rapid expansion of the DNA database in Britain was […]
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