The road to digital PA is paved with good intentions and directives unnecessary

On Sat, 26 May 2007, in E-government , read old and new , by Ernesto Belisario

"While in Rome is discussed, Sagunto is conquered." With this quote we can summarize what is happening in recent months to the process of computerization of public administration. Let me be clear: no one ever had any illusions that it could be a path easy and painless, but I can not hide my concern for the long time [...]

I do not know what a website

On Mon, May 21, 2007 in Miscellaneous , Judgments interesting , by Ernesto Belisario

It is a provocative, or the rant of a pensioner fasting technology, but the candid statement of a British judge, Peter Openshaw. The admission came as he celebrated the hearing of a trial concerning offenses committed through computer tools. The Judge has, in fact, invited the parties to use a language more [...]

Privacy, security and mobile phones

On Sat, 19 May 2007, in Cybercrime , Privacy , by Ernesto Belisario

In recent days a lot of news about the (delicate) relationship between the use of mobile phones and privacy: 1) By Matthew Flora learned that David Del Vecchio (aka Dante) has discovered how, through the Nokia Suite, you can retrieve deleted messages until a year earlier. They are clearly the implications of confidentiality [...]

Nasty surprises

On Wed, May 16, 2007, in E-government , read old and new , by Ernesto Belisario

When I am called to give lectures to the public employees often cite the "Law of Galsworthy" that "if there is one thing more certain than the others (which is very uncertain) is the fact that no procedure will have a public course that an individual would expect. " In commenting usually say, and [...]

SEE - I DO NOT SEE

On Wed, May 2, 2007 in Privacy , by Ernesto Belisario

And 'now, some time ago that Google Maps has begun experiments to allow viewing of maps at a resolution that allows to detect even the people as well as roads and buildings. More recently it was discovered a trick that allows you to increase the quality of service they currently provided [...]

Work in progress: Finished

On Tue, May 1, 2007 in Blogging , Miscellaneous , by Ernesto Belisario

After a long absence due to, among other things, the redesign and reorganization of the site ... I come back to post! The work is finished even if I do not exclude some additional tweaking. I have many things to write, and (alas) no time to do it ... in in the next day to recover, at least in part, the backlog of reflections and [...]