Victorian
Government
Contact Centre
1300 366 356
Government
Contact Centre
1300 366 356
Main Menu
Resize Text
Categories, RSS and More
RSS News Feeds
Rate this Site
Members Forum
Public sector needs to improve quality of information, warns Eurim
Parliamentary group gives cautious welcome to the EU's plans to open up more public sector data, by Sade Laja. Guardian Professional, Monday 19 December 2011. "Sharing data on public services could have serious consequences unless the material has been valued, maintained and protected and the original reasons for its collection have been taken into account, the Information Society Alliance (Eurim), has warned..."
Further information on Public sector needs to improve quality of information, warns Eurim
Last updated: 22 December 20111
Related Links
- Improving the Evidence Base - The Quality of Information Status Report and Recommendations of the EURIM Sub-group on the Quality of Information - in pdf format (174kb)
- (This document requires the use of Adobe Acrobat Reader). EURIM, June 2011. "The drive to put central and local government data online, open to public scrutiny, has revealed the long standing problems of quality that lie behind the reluctance of departments and agencies to trust one another's data, let alone share their own lest its shortcomings be revealed. Decisions on spending cuts need to be based on good information, and seen to be. Meanwhile demands from regulators and government agencies for the collection and retention of data that is not required for operational purposes (but “might” be needed in future) reduce UK competitiveness and add to public sector costs. The scale and nature of current duplication, inconsistency, confusion and error (both random and systemic) derives from failure to apply the disciplines of information management. The consequences include personal tragedy, avoidable suffering, inefficiency, waste and policy decisions based on mythology, hunch and guesswork - rather than the well-informed analysis of timely and reliable data..."
Added: 22 December 2011
Rating: 0
Search, Login and Options
Search
Mailing List
Enter your email address to subscribe or unsubscribe from the eGov What's New mailing list.
Email a Friend
Please enter email address of the person you wish to send this page to.
