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When IT Meets Politics
Discussing the intersection between politics and the information society.
January 2011
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Re-writing the rules of revolution and counter-revolution
- Winsafe Ltd 27 Jan 2011 -
Let Battle Commence: review of the digital IPR enforcement directive
- Winsafe Ltd 25 Jan 2011 -
Herding the sheep on-line to be fleeced
- Winsafe Ltd 24 Jan 2011
Perhaps we should remember that the Islamic fundamentalists have long been more sophistcated than western revolutionaries in their use of technology - they have long been early adopters - from the ...
This is the probably the best time to input new thinking on how to reconcile the various positions on IPR enforcement and turn the current lose-lose conflict, protecting the creativity of the past ...
HMG needs to ensure that its on-line services are fit for purpose, including availability, usability and resilience as well as security before getting to enthusiastic about the savings it can make. ...
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Local Government does IT better and cheaper
- Winsafe Ltd 22 Jan 2011 -
Why do we never learn? The pre-conditions for public sector systems success
- Winsafe Ltd 17 Jan 2011 -
Have we learned the lessons of past public sector IT failures?
- Winsafe Ltd 17 Jan 2011 -
Turning inflexible and toxic outsourcing contracts into win-win partnerships
- Winsafe Ltd 17 Jan 2011 -
How the digerati are driving away high "net worth" customers
- Winsafe Ltd 16 Jan 2011 -
"Making Policy that Happens" - National School of Government course withdrawn
- Winsafe Ltd 05 Jan 2011 -
My New Year Resolutions were cancelled because I could not get on-line
- Winsafe Ltd 04 Jan 2011
I was also intrigued by the way in which Councils are expected to disclose all spend over £500 while Cabinet Office is negotiating behind closed doors with its Top 19 ICT suppliers. When will the ...
The main reason why such problems persist long after they were first identified is that those who plan clever policies using fashionable technology are promoted to repeat their mistakes elsewhere ...
The Group feels that current guidance may be inadequate for those faced with such problems and that there may be a need to clarify and extend current guidance with regard to good practice, ...
With the implementation of the Spending Review in the offing it is important that, if it is to happen with as little adversity as possible for all concerned, that measures are not bogged down in ...
I know that "a democratic politician is one who who can support three irreconcible policies before breakfast" but our growing army of elderly electors are also more likely to vote than the young ...
Over the next month or I will be looking to see if there is the industry support for serious policy studies on some of the topics that the new government will have to address and that the ...
Does that mean that most servers (including those of the malware communities) collapse into alcoholic stupor alongside their support staff and were not rebooted until this morning?