Posts Tagged ‘government’
In May 2009, the Government published a consultation called ‘Keeping the right people on the database: Science and public protection.’
On this mater which has dominated the news and the blogosphere, they received only 503 formal responses. Seriously, if the blogosphere wants to change the world, it needs to direct people to respond to those …
Dear Sir,
This is my response to your consultation “Consultation on Legislation to Address Illicit P2P File-Sharing“. I believe that the paper “GOVERNMENT STATEMENT ON THE PROPOSED P2P FILE-SHARING LEGISLATION” is dangerously flawed.
In this response, I shall outline four general areas of concern. Practical, Philosophical, Technical and Cultural. I also will provide a …
One of the problems with creating a service which deals with elections, is that boundaries change. One year you might be in the Electoral Constituency of Woking, the next year it might be Guildford. Boundaries have to shift in order to keep each MP with roughly the same number of constituents.
The work to determine how …
Like many people, I’m upset with the direction the Government has taken with regard to “ilicit P2P file sharing”.
They’ve released a document entitled GOVERNMENT STATEMENT ON THE PROPOSED P2P FILE-SHARING LEGISLATION. It’s only 5 pages long, I really suggest you read it.
Being part of a democracy means you’re allowed to talk to the decision makers, …
Tim Berners-Lee has made a call for governments to open up their data. Indeed, Tim’s been appointed by the UK government to do just that.
His central thesis is that we, the taxpayers, have paid for government research and data – we should be able to access it. Easy, free and unfettered access to raw, unadulterated …
