The Irish Times ran a nice editorial piece yesterday (2006/05/11) on the Electoral Register that highlighted the administrative failure that surrounds the Electoral Register. One good line: “IF the potential for abouse exists within the voting system – and it unequivocally does – the Government’s responsibility is to protect democracy and correct the electoral register” …
Those nice punters concerned citizens over at Tuppenceworth have taken up cudgels in defence of democracy and quoted from my post explaining scrap and rework to explain to their readers why they should prepare for a feeling of dé ja et ré ja vú… (french for “I’ve been here before, and I’ll be here again”). …
sheeeeeeeessssshhhhh! I’m just winding down from the last few days of excitement around the ICT Expo Information Quality Master Class. Larry English was over to do a Master Class on Information Quality. It went very well, and I think Larry enjoyed his visit to Dublin. Everyone seemed to get a lot out of what was …
Folks, amongst the things you shouldn’t do is mess around with your blog theme on a borrowed laptop at 01:00 in the morning when you should be sleeping. It causes you to make a booboo and a have to revert to a different template that doesn’t look as good. Nut bunnies.  Update at 2006/05/11: I …
Simon has thrown down a bit of a challenge…Â can I show why Information Scrap and Rework isn’t good enough because it seems like a sensible starting point… First off… let me provide a reference that should educate and delight (at least some of you) that explains what this Information Quality yoke is all about… …
Saw this on the Labour party website: Coughlan calls for the establishment of Irish Open University Interesting. What about: Oscail (www.oscail.ie) DCU’s distance learning school? What about UL’s courses in Project management that are offered over distance learning. And above all else… what about the Open University in Ireland? Perhaps what is needed is some …
Simon over at tuppenceworth has been on to me. Apparently my blog isn’t quite meeting his expectations. Can’t have that. Simon’s problem is that he isn’t quite sure what scrap and rework is. He says that it sounds bad to him, and I use it in a way that suggests it is a thing we …
Damien Blake written a good piece on IrishElection.com regarding his view on how to address the Electoral Register. Much of what he says has merit as a short term solution. He suggests that we scrap the register (no problem there) and rework it from scratch (again, no problem there) rather than limp on with a defective …
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The literati over at Digital Rights Ireland have a nice posting on their blog about the issues surrounding the use of PPS numbers and the overwhelming need for clarity of governance in their use to avoid ‘scope creep’. Here is the link to that post… http://www.digitalrights.ie/2006/04/20/pps-numbers-and-cradle-to-grave-tracking/ Defined processes that address identified root causes, operating in the …
I had a look at the Reach Service Portal ( a central portal for citizen information). They had a helpful link to a form to register for the Register of Electors. Very helpful. My thoughts are as follows: Â If there is no standard template in existence amongst local authorities ( to the Minister’s surprise), why …