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WRITTEN ON Wednesday, January 21st, 2009 BY David Moss AND STORED IN Uncategorized
… with one step towards ideal government: At Prime Minister’s Question Time, Gordon Brown announced that the bid to exempt Parliament from the Freedom of Information Act, under which the expenses were due to be published, would be abandoned …
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WRITTEN ON Saturday, January 10th, 2009 BY David Moss AND STORED IN Uncategorized
Business and ID cards Just a quick reminder about the Digital Identity Forum’s joint seminar with EEMA at the British Computer Society in London on January 29th … With speakers and panelists including • Meg Hillier, the Parliamentary Under Secretary for Identity • … Whatever your opinions about ID cards — and I’ve made mine […]
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WRITTEN ON Saturday, December 20th, 2008 BY William Heath AND STORED IN Uncategorized
The Obama campaign seems to take good manners quite seriously throughout. Here’s the policy for the many thousands of comments on change.gov: * Know the comment policy – Change.gov’s comment policy has four components that serve as guidelines for those interested in posting comments: stay focused, be respectful, tell the truth, no spam. * Set […]
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WRITTEN ON Thursday, December 18th, 2008 BY David Moss AND STORED IN Uncategorized
Speaking on 16 December 2008 to Ideal Government’s favourite organisation, Intellect, Jacqui Smith (the Home Secretary) said: … Safeguards, openness, proportionality and common sense. For the public to have confidence that we will protect them and protect their rights, it is our responsibility as a government to ensure that these standards apply even as technology […]
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WRITTEN ON Monday, December 15th, 2008 BY David Moss AND STORED IN Uncategorized
On the twelfth day of Christmas, IPS gave to me: Twelve consultations, Eleven more excuses, Ten mobile milestones, Nine hopeless budgets, Eight CRB checks, Seven plastic visas, Six false non-matches, FIVE PRIVATE KEYS! Four ITTs, Three thumbprints, Two new IDs And a bill for a hundred billion.
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WRITTEN ON Sunday, December 14th, 2008 BY David Moss AND STORED IN Uncategorized
IPS need suppliers to help them to deploy the NIS. Should suppliers bid for NIS work? Back on 8 November 2007, here on the Ideal Government website, 10 problem areas were identified for suppliers to consider. The list of problems has been maintained and has grown now to 32. The expanded list makes gruesome reading […]
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WRITTEN ON Friday, December 12th, 2008 BY David Moss AND STORED IN Uncategorized
Comment deleted by the author as there’s a good chance it’s rubbish
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WRITTEN ON Thursday, December 11th, 2008 BY David Moss AND STORED IN Uncategorized
A copy of the following email was sent to me, presumably by mistake: From: CabSec To: SecStateDTI Copy: Chris.Galley@homeoffice.x.gsi.gov.uk] Date: 11 December 2008 Subject: Woolies Pete Wake up, will you! Spliff* needs an answer by Sunday. 800 large high street retail premises up for grabs, trusted brand name, perfect for registering people’s biometrics. What’s the […]
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WRITTEN ON Wednesday, December 10th, 2008 BY William Heath AND STORED IN Uncategorized
Funnily enough, just as Sir Bonar embarks on his Stake Holder research programme, I had an email from the eminent molehunter Sir David Normington about a similar exercise in the Home Office. The Ts&Cs weren’t as dire as Sir Bonar’s; this was a confidential exercise (though we are asked to supply our answers via a […]
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WRITTEN ON Tuesday, December 9th, 2008 BY David Moss AND STORED IN Uncategorized
Some ideas are fully formed. Some are half-baked. The ingredients for this one are still scattered all over the worktop. Ideally, someone who knows what they are talking about can cook them up into a healthy meal.
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