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...e in consumer technology, and the improvements technology makes to his personal life, he can’t understa...keep their staff “unbridled, but corralled”: give them the freedom to innovate and explore new i...
215 days ago
A Deloitte feature: cuts must be informed by better understanding of ageing population crisis
...local authority spend - £8.8bn - was on personal social services for older peo...provide to older people. Total expenditure on personal social services is expected t...fensive position of being bombarded with FOI (freedom of information) requests. &nb...
433 days ago
ICO report shows large increase in data loss
The number of complaints about answers to Freedom of Information requests increased by almost 20 per cent in...ts should be able to impose a custodial sentence to tackle the sale of personal data, and says that the ICO...
179 days ago
Officials sacked over social sites
...for misusing social networking sites at work, it has been revealed. A Freedom of Information (FOI) request r...The department said that staff are not allowed to access the sites for personal reasons while at work, but c...
179 days ago
Pipe down and take your medicine
...ate and public sectors. So maybe top bankers are a cautious bunch; the personal risks of gambling with other...usted, you use your last reserves of strength to give them a leg up to freedom; but now they’re standing a...
147 days ago
...personnel, Watmore says, need “much greater personal experience of big projects an...of government, while giving people much more freedom to innovate locally on key as...ls designed to save money almost always limit freedom of manoeuvre at the front lin...
179 days ago
...ople’s lives,” he recalls. Poole’s flair for tackling social and personal problems in the forces led to...localism agenda. The coalition is committed to giving departments the freedom to shape their own policies,...
179 days ago
...after herself, and carry out “personal accounting” so that she cou...ntegrity to build and maintain a personal brand, along with passion for...ector, she replies: “A greater freedom to get on and deliver services...which suits your preferences and personality. One common challenge whe...
179 days ago
...cuss Labour’s manifesto. “Personally, I think we are in a real m.... Instead it suggested a free personal care model – which would pr...more innovation, and greater personalisation so people have more ch...nt also wants to move towards personal social care budgets. Burstow...
179 days ago
... are just the latest devices to emerge in a personal computing revolution which ha...bout the status of such emails in relation to Freedom of Information Act requests, b...lder people are much more guarded about their personal data.” He suggested that b...
98 days ago
...nges, for example, around the need to protect personal data, or the different levels...analysis”.However, the drive for more local freedom may exacerbate this tension in...ur of collaboration, and we need to have good personal relationships with the heads...
179 days ago
Tories promise open government
Conservative party leader David CameronMembers of the public should have the right to demand access to government data sets, the Tory leader has saidMembers of the public should have the right to demand access to government data sets on everything from health to road traffic, the Conservatives pa...
Tags: david cameron, records management, reform of public services, personal freedom
753 days ago
Ex-MI6 chief bemoans state intrusion
A former MI6 chief has spoken about civil libertiesThe former head of MI6 has expressed concern about the loss of civil liberties in BritainThe former head of MI6 has expressed concern about the loss of civil liberties in Britain.Sir Richard Dearlove, who led the Secret Intelligence Service betwe...
Tags: personal freedom, security top level category
753 days ago
