Comments on: IdealGov enters its final four weeks

By: Ideal Gov administrator

Ideal Gov administrator — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 17:36:13 +0000

Um, 85 minutes time

If this goes down I’l report on williamheath.net

By: Sam Liddicott

Sam Liddicott — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 17:26:32 +0000

You did say… but not when it was rescheduled for, and thought it must have happened by now.

We anxiously await to read your report…

By: Ideal Gov administrator

Ideal Gov administrator — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 21:31:23 +0000

Oh, er, ah. Didn’t I say? I got distracted and – er – forgot to show up. Most embarrassing. But Ive been graciously forgiven and it’s rescheduled for tomorrow. Alarm, knot in hanky etc etc. And fingers crossed.

By: Sam Liddicott

Sam Liddicott — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 19:29:35 +0000

4 weeks nearly up, what happened in the meeting?

By: David Moss

David Moss — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 19:28:18 +0000

Mr Heath, William, Sir, please Sir, absent http://www.IdealGovernment.com, where do I put references like the following (apart from the No2ID website)?

iPhones could be used for citizen ID:
Directgov chief technology officer David Matthewman told an audience of IT professionals at the Innovate ’09 conference on Tuesday that the government is looking for authentication methods or tokens for use across all government websites.

“It could be biometric fingerprints in the long term,” said Matthewman. “In the short term, it could be an applet on an iPhone, it could be a smartcard. We are agnostic and we are looking for your opinion.”

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Andrew Tyrer, network security platform leader at the Technology Strategy Board (TSB), told ZDNet UK on Tuesday that citizens being able to specify their own privacy settings for their dealings with government was important.

“Privacy and consent informs this work,” said Tyrer. “We will address privacy and understand the concerns.”

By: Paul

Paul — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 18:48:43 +0000

Thanks all. I’ve enjoyed reading this blog for the past few years.

By: Ideal Gov administrator

Ideal Gov administrator — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 21:12:26 +0000

Er, maybe you shd be running this not me. You remembered. I forgot to go. Literally, plain and stupid. I’ve been forgiven and were rescheduling.

By: Sam Liddicott

Sam Liddicott — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 17:49:31 +0000

How did the Oct 6 meeting go?

By: Ruth Kennedy

Ruth Kennedy — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 00:11:37 +0000

errr I meant it WOULDN’T be IDG, of course…!

By: Ruth Kennedy

Ruth Kennedy — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 00:11:08 +0000

It’s interesting to think about what the Guardian will do with a brand which has very significant value – both in terms of content, & vibe/approach (eg WIBBIs). If Ideal Government appeared elsewhere, without the community, it would be Ideal Government, would it. That would be weird.

Meanwhile, what’s the opposite of a barnraising? Surely a party is on the cards??