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Andrew Stott was on the UK Transparency Board & the UK Gov first Director of Transparency & Digital Engagement. Tweets here on data, IT & new media are his own.

 London, UK
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Joined May 2009
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. @thameswater cc @ofwat It's not much use having a smoothly written website template that does not actually say anything specific if you don't even train staff to fill in all the blanks!
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Some classics in @doctorow’s thread …
Cory Doctorow NO LONGER ON TWIT TER
@doctorow11 Mar 2024
This marks the 10th anniversary of the Foilies - awards given to the public agencies responsible for the most egregious, absurd and outrageous defiance of freedom of information requests: eff.org/deeplinks/2024/03/fo… 1/
EFF and Muckrock's banner for the FOILies. It depicts a fishbowl with a goldfish. Dangling in the water is a hook that has pierced a piece of paper reading 'THE FOILIES: Recognizing the worst in government transparency. Image: EFF https://www.eff.org/files/banner_library/foilies24_webbanner-b.png CC BY 3.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/us/

ALT EFF and Muckrock's banner for the FOILies. It depicts a fishbowl with a goldfish. Dangling in the water is a hook that has pierced a piece of paper reading 'THE FOILIES: Recognizing the worst in government transparency. Image: EFF https://www.eff.org/files/banner_library/foilies24_webbanner-b.png CC BY 3.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/us/

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Replying to @John_Milner
Eh? According to the report, the point of entry seems to have been via an internet-accessible Terminal Server. While they had introduce 2FA for normal users, they hadn’t done so for sysadmins and third party suppliers using the Terminal Server.
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Great case study in Moldova too by @opencontracting
Open Contracting Partnership@opencontracting14 Feb 2023
Replying to @opencontracting
Building on the experience of governments that have already embedded #opencontracting into their procurement practices, we share the following policies that will help achieve better value for money in the procurement of medicines: open-contracting.org/resourc…
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Good piece ft.com/content/defd4e31-6df1…
Around the world, the data revolution will make it harder for governments to disguise the truth about how the services they provide work. But they’d be better off becoming enthusiastic advocates for the benefits of transparency and sharing the fruits of better information with the voters, rather than hoarding them for the political class alone.

ALT Around the world, the data revolution will make it harder for governments to disguise the truth about how the services they provide work. But they’d be better off becoming enthusiastic advocates for the benefits of transparency and sharing the fruits of better information with the voters, rather than hoarding them for the political class alone.

Jack Shaw@JackTShaw6 Feb 2023
Replying to @JackTShaw
Read @Stephenkb's piece here: ft.com/content/defd4e31-6df1…

Information hoarding won’t benefit governments in the long run

The problem with transparency is that it raises uncomfortable questions for politicians

ft.com
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“The 14 Scariest Things We Saw at Black Hat 2022” by PCMag medium.com/pcmag-access/the-…
“We’re looking for a consultant to investigate open data needs for AI applications” in the Global South, by Open Data Charter medium.com/opendatacharter/w…?
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Replying to @PrivacyMatters @EinsteinsAttic @Foxglovelegal
The practice seem to have put some more accurate advice on their website today - although the 23 June deadline is not highlighted alnwickmedicalgroup.co.uk/ne…
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@PrivacyMatters @HelenRSalisbury @Foxglovelegal The latest from the Alnwick Medical Group FB page today - "PLEASE hold off for a month before contacting the practice" and "not allowing other services access could be hugely detrimental to your care" (!) facebook.com/alnwickmedicalg…
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Replying to @PrivacyMatters
@PrivacyMatters @HelenRSalisbury @Foxglovelegal Seems some GP practices are confused too, and are actively telling patients not to send them (Type 1) Opt-Outs. facebook.com/alnwickmedicalg…
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US State coronavirus dashboard review at preventepidemics.org/wp-cont… Lessons here for the UK too.
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