….ye wha’? There has been a lot written in relation to the electoral register and other matters about using information from other sources to improve the quality of information that you have or to create a new set of information. This makes sense, other people may already have done much of the work for you …
Propogation of information errors and the risks of using surrogate sources Read More »
http://www.progressivedemocrats.ie/press_room/1812/ Senator Minihan makes a good deal of sense in his speech to the Seanad (Irish Senate, second house of our executive). His is the closest I have seen in the debates and coverage thus far to an apolitical statement of purpose. Also, he has touched on a number of potential root causes for the …
Something’s wrong – I find myself agreeing (in general) with a PD Read More »
I heard about this piece of bother on RTE Radio 1 news today. Apparently a Fianna Fail TD is up in arms that people who had been renting a phone handset from eircom and subsequently bought a new one and didn’t return the rented phone or alert eircom that they were no longer using it …
Phone company not employing psychic dog – shock! Read More »
I have been distracted from compiling my post on the use of excel as a data interchange mechanism by some other snippets of what Dick Roche said at yesterday’s Dail committee meeting as reported in the Irish Times (page 9) and Dublin’s freesheet Metro (page 5)… The Census Enumerators haven’t gone away… €5 million to €6 million …
Finger print scanning and Indelible Ink in the Electoral Process Read More »
As the blog is getting legs a bit now, I thought it best to consolidate the posts of the last few weeks on the Electoral Register issues into one point of reference, particularly for readers new to the site. I am also taken the opportunity to upload a few additional articles etc. that I have written on …
Electoral Information Quality – A Consolidating post Read More »
Quality is defined as the ability of a product or piece of information to meet or exceed the expectations of its customers/consumers. Quality begins in the design stage, at the white board when you are figuring out how your process should work. I won’t waste my energy today rattling on about our Electoral Register issues, …
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” …
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 …
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… …
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 …
Reponse to Damien Blakes’ post on irishelection.com Read More »