http://davepress.net/2009/08/09/googlelocalgov-review/ Using the internet to make government more interesting Mon, 14 Jun 2010 17:06:57 +0100 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://davepress.net/2009/08/09/googlelocalgov-review/comment-page-1/#comment-3510 MJ Ray Thu, 20 Aug 2009 07:30:46 +0000 http://davepress.net/?p=1624#comment-3510 The idea of local gov.uk "going to bed with Google" fills me with dread. The potential drawbacks are obvious: export of personal data, oversight by the US FBI and so on. Is there no sector of British life which isn't for sale to the private sector? Why won't local gov support local business more, breaking IT projects into chunks that someone smaller than google can manage? That would probably be good for interoperability and sustainability too. The idea of local gov.uk “going to bed with Google” fills me with dread. The potential drawbacks are obvious: export of personal data, oversight by the US FBI and so on. Is there no sector of British life which isn’t for sale to the private sector? Why won’t local gov support local business more, breaking IT projects into chunks that someone smaller than google can manage? That would probably be good for interoperability and sustainability too.

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