I’ve been trying to find a topic to write about these past two weeks, but haven’t found something that really inspired me into outrage. I’ve just become too jaded. There have been stories of incompetence and abuse of authority – the rising aviation accident death rate due to Transport Canada’s refusal to act as a [...]
http://canadians4accountability.org/blog/2011/11/21/the-age-of-unaccountability/
Turning information technology silk purses into sows’ ears (part 2) Two days ago I posted on the sad state of affairs in government vis-à-vis information technology and management. I finished by suggesting that what is needed is an IT czar at the deputy minister level, with similar resources. Well, as if by magic, a story [...]
http://canadians4accountability.org/blog/2011/08/06/turning-information-technology-silk-purses-into-sows-ears-part-2/
Here in the dead of summer, accountability news is at its low point. There have been a few stories of interest, though. About four weeks ago, the Globe and Mail ran apiece about what the author called Canada’s “accountability deficit.” In it, she describes the incredible inefficiency of government information management practices – the quirky, [...]
http://canadians4accountability.org/blog/2011/08/04/turning-information-technology-silk-purses-into-sows-ears/