local government in comment and analysis
Peter Cochrane's Blog: Quality by design
Comment The result of such misguided decision-making is evident throughout industry and government. Not for them the bargain clothes rail at the supermarket or the discontinued lines, or manager's bargains down at the local electronics store. [09 Jul 2008]
Editor's Blog: Less data equals more privacy
Comment Yesterday we revealed there have been 30 data losses in central government, 50 in public sector organisations and 17 in local government in the months since the HMRC embarrassed itself. It seems strange that - for some reason - the government has... [26 Jun 2008]
Leading a horse to water
Comment One of the more sophisticated ways in which the government is trying to save money is through departments and local authorities sharing back-end processes. Government CIO John Suffolk is number five in this year's silicon.com CIO50 list. [23 Jun 2008]
David Lister
CIO Profile Lister actually trained as an architect before moving into IT in local government and then the chemicals industry. The archetypal 'paratrooper' CIO David Lister has once again donned his transformational combat fatigues for a new role at the Royal... [11 Jun 2008]
Richard Steel
CIO Profile He's involved in a number of other groups, including the Public Sector Infrastructure Group, Government Connect Stakeholder Board and the Identity and Passport services local government advisory board. [11 Jun 2008]
Dylan Roberts
CIO Profile Roberts, who has been at Leeds Council since 2003, is on the Local Government National CIO Council, is the Yorkshire and Humber regional executive of Socitm and chairs the West Yorkshire CIO group. As head of ICT at Leeds City Council, Dylan... [11 Jun 2008]
What scores in the global tech league?
Comment It seems every government is now playing this game, because the analysts are all publishing detailed charts and research that details the best place to offshore - aiming to guide those managers responsible for setting up offshore delivery centres. [03 Jun 2008]
Tech innovation goes global
Comment A location might also be chosen because it offers a vast number of software engineers - or because its population has access to free wi-fi and cutting-edge government services. Few CIOs can rely on local suppliers for all their technology needs. [03 Jun 2008]
Dear silicon.com... Tech skills slump, gov't snooping, Segway safety
Comment HMG simply ignores objections with the "nothing to fear, nothing to hide" argument but HMG doesn't like being under the microscope any more than you or I, so you can bet the law will be worded so it doesn't apply to government departments... [22 May 2008]
The Weekly Round-Up: 09.05.08
Round-Up Call it a miserable old cynic but The Round-Up's guessing the government won't lose too much sleep over unclaimed benefits. Now the horse has long since bolted, the government decides to shut the stable door and secure its data. [09 May 2008]
The Weekly Round-Up: 11.04.08
Round-Up The ringleaders need to learn that our fingerprints are not government property. The campaign is an attack on government plans to take the biometric details of UK citizens for ID cards, starting next year. [11 Apr 2008]
People are mugs over identity theft
Comment What we need, other than the exercise of common sense, is to adopt a more universal view of the dangers of unrestricted personal information flow than simply have government warn us all to use paper shredders and regularly check our credit ratings. [08 Apr 2008]
Dear silicon.com...Naked CIO, silver skills and ID card anger…
Comment I'm beginning to think local government has tainted me into an unemployable 31 year old with 14 years real world experience! People do need to pull together though if they are to stop the government and their sneaky ways! [14 Feb 2008]
Geography lessons for online retailers
Comment Law enforcement and government agencies can use geolocation to trace the internet routes of cyber criminals, look at domains and investigate the use-history of IP addresses associated with crimes to prosecute criminals. [09 Jan 2008]
Dear silicon.com... in defence of Leopard, trash talk, iWant iPhone, lost data...
Comment Rather than passing legislation to penalise the individual, and passing the buck onto local authorities, this government, so keen on micromanaging every other aspect of our lives, should pass enforceable legislation that ensures that manufacturers... [08 Nov 2007]
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