HMCIO talks Sense ...which is a Refreshing Surprising Novelty from HMG. Hopefully IT is Contagious.
Clouds are a Secure Environment for Total Information Awareness Systems whenever their Driver and Special Access ProgramMING Defaults are Based on Full Disclosure and Positively Reinforcing Mutually Beneficial Protocols and Algorithms.
That sort of Information, of course, would maybe definitely require further Definitive Explanation with a CIO such as Her Majesty's CIO, John Suffolk.
It is therefore not helpful and can even be considered obstructive to visit the John Suffolk Cabinet Office website, [the "John Suffolk" link supplied by El Reg .... http://www.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/events/tower/john_suffolk.aspx ] which provides no information for possible virtual immediate electronic contact other than a referral to http://www.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/ContactUs.aspx , which in its turn offers sweet FA, with nothing more than a snail mail address and a switchboard number.*
But such is so typical of governments and services in an Information Age which can Analyse Perfectly every Bit of Communication to discover its True Future Semantic Intent by Reading ITs Raw MetaData, to batten down the hatches and hide behind their Failure to Deal with IT, for whatever Reason, be it Ignorant or Arrogant or Criminal or because of their Unsuitablity for Future Office because of their Fear and Self Loathing of Exposure to Past Damaging Mistakes .... thus Concealing and Exacerbating and Guaranteeing further Incompetent Wasteful Delivery of Chaos which John Suffolk himself agrees with totally ..." ... we have no understanding of the consequences of the decisions that we are making."
It is hard not to conclude that anyone in Public Service who cannot be easily reached is in hiding from the public in that which they do, which is an untenable unsatisfactory position/situation allowing for Cynical and Criminal Abuse and Milking of the Public Purse and All with No Greater Benefit to the Common Good?
Such is the Enigma and Sham in Democracy which is really a Guaranteed Failed Autocracy whenever News and Views cannot be Directly Immediately Shared with Whomever one would wish to Share Information. Today, whenever Immediate Contact is so easily arranged/virtually provided, are such Scams and Shams Unnecessary and Counter-Productive....... and would merely be as Fuel causing Dissent and Disquiet.
Get your Virtual Act Sorted Out would appear to be the #1 No10 Cabinet Office Priority for that is where IT is all going wrong and where Everything is Headed.
* Or have I missed his email address, easily found elsewhere. [ Any who may have ventured to communicate with Government on Future Matters will know that they will rarely/hardly ever reply to ensure that they are considered top dog with the information which they are passed/sent, but that only works for a very short while, and then the information flow starts to rebound back on them to cause untold grief and major expensive problems, but all easily fixed with the perfect remedy of Massive Cash Injection into Information Flow Source, which should have been done at the Outset rather than Milked for a More Personal Benefit. Failure at this Juncture Guarantees the Pain and Ignominy of Epic Defeat in the Face of what should and could and would have been Certain Glory.
Crikey, it's Friday again, already, El Reg. Where does the Time Fly? And without IT, what would any of us know about what we should/would/could be doing ....... because we can, whenever One can and the Knowledge is Shared?