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Jerry Fishenden @ntouk.bsky.social · Jul 9

“Digital Government at the Crossroads”—in this article for the Cambridge Journal of Law, Politics, and Art I explore why ‘digital government’ needs a rethink and reset to help democracies learn smarter, react faster, and adapt better to the growing challenges they face

Digital Government at the Crossroads

Introduction Governments have launched a series of ambitious digital strategies over recent decades to improve how they operate and interact with citizens. However, many of their anticipated benefits ...

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Jerry Fishenden @ntouk.bsky.social · 2d

I’m going to start serialising extracts from my book ‘Fracture’ in the new year.

It explores what the past three decades of “digital government” initiatives reveal and why democracy and democratic values need to become the essential foundations of a modern and accountable digital state.

Jerry Fishenden @ntouk.bsky.social · Apr 1

The second edition of 'Fracture. The collision between technology and democracy—and how we fix it' is out

Jerry Fishenden @ntouk.bsky.social · Nov 14

a flavour of what my latest book, 'Fracture', is all about—in which I manage to include a reference to 'Hot Fuzz' and a clip of 'the greater good'

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Jerry Fishenden @ntouk.bsky.social · Oct 1

With digital ID back in the news, I thought I'd resurface my @computerweekly.bsky.social piece from 2020—exploring what *good* citizen-centric, democratic ID might look like in place of the hype and failed approaches of the past …

Implementing a 21st century approach to digital identity | Computer Weekly

We need a better, more convenient and effective solution to identity. One that lets us manage our own identity-related data and choose where, when and with whom we share it.

www.computerweekly.com

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Jerry Fishenden @ntouk.bsky.social · 5d

BBC now picking up on reported problems with One Login …

Security concerns over system at heart of digital ID

The government is facing questions over whether One Login can be trusted to keep people's personal data secure.

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Jerry Fishenden @ntouk.bsky.social · Aug 30

Here's my regular reminder about the 'Digital Government and e-Government Archives' — my attempt to curate the major digital government initiatives of the past three or so decades ... all ideas for additions and improvements always welcome

Digital Government and e-Government Archives

This is a living, curated list of documents and links related to UK Government e-government and digital government initiatives since the early 1990s. More will be added as and when time allows. Wherev...

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Jerry Fishenden @ntouk.bsky.social · 15d

I guess the question is how far those changes have helped govt deliver better policy outcomes? Looking around, the evidence seems patchy—digital's still often relegated to transactional service improvements rather than making the public sector become more effective in how it tackles policy issues

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Jerry Fishenden @ntouk.bsky.social · 16d

... more like at least 25 years than 15! :)

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Jerry Fishenden @ntouk.bsky.social · Jan 30

I've been sourcing additional content and updating my book "Fracture" in preparation for its Second Edition.

I recently found this slide from 2000 describing how the best teams were working in Whitehall back then—very similar to the recent discussion about the role and value of 'test-and-learn'.

A PowerPoint slide from 2000 with a bullet point summary of how to develop digitally-enabled policy initiatives through 'Baby Steps': build and learn, iterative, and trial and error, including the need to set expectations with citizens and politicians

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Jerry Fishenden @ntouk.bsky.social · Oct 2

"How playing a musical instrument helps children learn to read"

www.newscientist.com/article/2498...

How playing a musical instrument helps children learn to read

Learning to play an instrument has long been linked to improved reading skills among children, and we may finally understand why

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Jerry Fishenden @ntouk.bsky.social · Oct 1

With digital ID back in the news, I thought I'd resurface my @computerweekly.bsky.social piece from 2020—exploring what *good* citizen-centric, democratic ID might look like in place of the hype and failed approaches of the past …

Implementing a 21st century approach to digital identity | Computer Weekly

We need a better, more convenient and effective solution to identity. One that lets us manage our own identity-related data and choose where, when and with whom we share it.

www.computerweekly.com

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Jerry Fishenden @ntouk.bsky.social · Sep 28

… meanwhile, 23+ years ago ntouk.wordpress.com/wp-content/u...

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Jerry Fishenden @ntouk.bsky.social · Sep 28

GOV.UK One Login is a mess. Alongside reported security issues & missing features like delegation & support for business, it breaks the government’s identity assurance principles: it's impossible to switch easily between different One Login accounts. How did it ever pass a service assessment?

A warning message within the One Login app — stating that everything will be deleted from the app if the user logs out from one of their One Login accounts in order to log in in again with another one, breaking the government's own identity assurance principles.

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Jerry Fishenden @ntouk.bsky.social · Sep 28

Using AI to automate and accelerate what government currently does replicates the same mistaken approach as the “website government” mindset of the past three decades: it’s “faster horses” instead of improving how government — and democracy — works

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Jerry Fishenden @ntouk.bsky.social · Sep 27

Good to see the FT exposing some of the hybrid warfare we’re currently encountering

www.ft.com/content/0b35...

The Russian spy ship stalking Europe’s subsea cables

Covert operations in waters surrounding the British Isles pose a grave threat to critical infrastructure and a fresh challenge to Nato

www.ft.com

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Jerry Fishenden @ntouk.bsky.social · Sep 23

Here’s a brief selection of photos from my recent US road trip along the Blues Highway … a most welcome intermission from the day job :)

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Travellin’ the Blues Highway

Images and reflections from a recent road trip up through the Great Smoky Mountains and down the Blues Highway. Great Smoky Mountains Cherokee, North Carolina First up is the capital of the Eastern…

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Jerry Fishenden @ntouk.bsky.social · Sep 20

Clarksdale … another great experience of the blues and its history

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Jerry Fishenden @ntouk.bsky.social · Sep 20

Great to have been in BB King’s Blues Club, Memphis, just a few days before the 100th anniversary of his birth

The cover page of the local free Memphis newspaper featuring BB King to celebrate 100 years since his birth

A blues band — singer, bass, guitar, piano and drums — on stage performing at BB King’s Blues Club

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Jerry Fishenden @ntouk.bsky.social · Sep 17

Musical road trip, USA — Nashville, Memphis and New Orleans

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Jerry Fishenden @ntouk.bsky.social · Jul 9

“Digital Government at the Crossroads”—in this article for the Cambridge Journal of Law, Politics, and Art I explore why ‘digital government’ needs a rethink and reset to help democracies learn smarter, react faster, and adapt better to the growing challenges they face

Digital Government at the Crossroads

Introduction Governments have launched a series of ambitious digital strategies over recent decades to improve how they operate and interact with citizens. However, many of their anticipated benefits ...

www.cjlpa.org

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Jerry Fishenden @ntouk.bsky.social · Jun 18

my guest article for the Digital Government Network giving some insights into my book 'Fracture. The collision between technology and democracy—and how we fix it'

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Fracture: The Collision Between Technology and Democracy—and How We Fix It - Digital Government Network

Drawing on over thirty years of digital transformation initiatives to explore how governments can get their mojo back—and learn smarter, react faster, and adapt better.

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Jerry Fishenden @ntouk.bsky.social · Jun 18

my guest article for the Digital Government Network giving some insights into my book 'Fracture. The collision between technology and democracy—and how we fix it'

digitalgov.network/fracture-col...

Fracture: The Collision Between Technology and Democracy—and How We Fix It - Digital Government Network

Drawing on over thirty years of digital transformation initiatives to explore how governments can get their mojo back—and learn smarter, react faster, and adapt better.

digitalgov.network

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Jerry Fishenden @ntouk.bsky.social · Jun 12

A few snaps of the local birdlife here in #Shetland

A puffin stands on a cliff edge looking out to sea

Two hungry gulls sit on a van’s roof at the back of a fish and chip shop

A gannet in flight, a piece of seaweed on its beak for building its nest

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Jerry Fishenden @ntouk.bsky.social · May 31

Back with the tammie norries … as the excellent Wikipedia entry tells us: “they breed in muckle colonies on seawart cleuchs or islands, nestin in craggy scores or in bourie ben the yird”

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The Associated Press @apnews.com · May 20

BREAKING: George Wendt, who played a beloved barfly on "Cheers" and found another home onstage, dies at 76.

George Wendt, who played a beloved barfly on 'Cheers' and found another home onstage, dies at 76

George Wendt, an actor with an Everyman charm who played the affable, beer-loving barfly Norm on the hit 1980s TV comedy “Cheers,” has died. He was 76.

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bryanglick.bsky.social @bryanglick.bsky.social · May 13

Another one for the digital identity crowd...

The government’s GovUK One Login digital identity system has lost its certification against the government’s own DIATF trust framework for digital identity systems. Read the full story here:

www.computerweekly.com/news/3666238...

Gov.uk One Login loses certification for digital identity trust framework | Computer Weekly

Computer Weekly has learned that a key technology supplier to One Login chose to allow its certification to lapse, and as a result One Login has also been removed from the accreditation scheme.

www.computerweekly.com

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Jerry Fishenden @ntouk.bsky.social · Apr 25

I need a bigger bingo card!

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