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Are there lessons from the world of organised crime for the world of disorganised government? 

Sometimes the juxtaposition of two items in a news broadcast catapults my mind towards unusual targets. A report of yet another Government IT fiasco preceded a headline about mafia arrests in Sicily. My mind made the connection between the two [...]

Whitehall Farce is not funny

Despite the oft-vaunted remarks of Gordon Brown that “new technology” will deliver much-needed efficiencies in the Civil Service, we still see more evidence to the contrary. Let’s hope that someone actually does something about the latest PAC report on the Dept for Transport shared services fiasco. Excuse me if I don’t hold my breath. The latest [...]

Gordon Brown throws in the towel!

We cannot stop data blunders says Gordon Brown. The Prime Minister, Gordon Brown, appears to have surrendered to the problem of government data leakage, despite growing public concern about the regularity of serious failures by public bodies to safeguard sensitive personal data. I propose to send Mr Brown a copy of my summary of practical measures that [...]

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