Comments on: Me, Tom and the Kam-Fuk non-declaration http://idealgovernment.com/2007/04/me_tom_and_the_kam_fuk_non_declaration/ What do we want from Internet-age government? Wouldn't it be better if... Sat, 04 Sep 2010 21:36:02 +0100 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Dave Birch http://idealgovernment.com/2007/04/me_tom_and_the_kam_fuk_non_declaration/comment-page-1/#comment-1554 Dave Birch Sat, 21 Apr 2007 19:12:12 +0000 me_tom_and_the_kam_fuk_non_declaration#comment-1554 "Tom takes a view there’s little point in writing things that will be toned down or edited out, or in making recommendations that cost money and would get thrown out by HM Treasury." Isn't this, essentially, a counsel of dispair? Perhaps the only viable route to any improvement is to steadily remove more and more functionality from the government. To pick an example well-known to both us, is there any evidence that any of the consultation or comment around the ID card has changed the government's perspective at all? “Tom takes a view there’s little point in writing things that will be toned down or edited out, or in making recommendations that cost money and would get thrown out by HM Treasury.”

Isn’t this, essentially, a counsel of dispair? Perhaps the only viable route to any improvement is to steadily remove more and more functionality from the government. To pick an example well-known to both us, is there any evidence that any of the consultation or comment around the ID card has changed the government’s perspective at all?

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