The recent change in the law allowing councils to sell power to the grid has had me thinking about how passive we are in our relationship to electricity. It comes out of the wall, I have never actually seen it, I am a bit vague as to how ‘it’ actually works (isn’t it electrons going in a big circle back to the power station ? ) and I think AC/DC was a technical term about current before it came to mean something more esoteric. But that’s the sum of my knowledge and I suspect that this relaxed attitude is shared by many in the public sector.
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Opinion about Technology
We have the power, by Michael Ware
6 September 2010 | Michael Ware
Vote with your finger, by John Thornton
Digital technology is playing a major part in the election campaign, but the method of voting has yet to catch up Read more...
22 April 2010 | John Thornton
Efficiency: real and imagined, by David Yip
Whichever party wins the next election, UK political culture is likely to maintain the drive for departmental or public body restructures to gain real or perceived efficiency. However, as the recent NAO report, Reorganising central government, clearly illustrates, failure is inevitable without a strong business case and clear objectives from the outset. Equally, the technology, people and property elements need careful structuring to achieve genuine efficiency savings. Read more...
13 April 2010 | David Yip
Screen savers, by John Thornton
In an increasingly digital world, all nations are vulnerable to cyber attacks that can paralyse services. Is the UK prepared? Read more...
25 March 2010 | John Thornton
Get smart, by John Thornton
Government IT projects have hit problems in the past, but this must not detract from the savings technology can make Read more...
18 February 2010 | John Thornton
Something to watch over me, by John Thornton
Technological advances not only allow more elderly and disabled people to live independently at home, they can save money too Read more...
22 January 2010 | John Thornton
Open sesame, by John Thornton
Should cost-conscious managers take advantage of the treasure trove on offer with open source software? Read more...
20 November 2009 | John Thornton
Silver linings, by John Thornton
The ‘G-cloud’ could help achieve the £7.2bn back-office savings required by ministers – but what is it? Read more...
22 October 2009 | John Thornton
Digital evolution, by Daniel Heery
In the recent Cisco research looking at broadband speeds across the globe, the UK was nineteenth – ‘our infrastructure is perfectly adequate at the moment’ was the headline. It reminded me of what the canal owners said about their infrastructure when asked about railways in the mid-nineteenth century. Read more...
5 October 2009 | Daniel Heery
Share and share alike, by John Thornton
Electronic services can benefit citizens and save money. But first the public has to trust the systems Read more...
18 September 2009 | John Thornton
IT’s the way that you do it, by Peter Dye
Public sector finance directors have identified the demand for efficiency savings as their number one pressure Read more...
10 September 2009 | Peter Dye
Seeing the light
Public organisations really can find cost-saving changes by looking afresh at what they do Read more...
16 July 2009 | John Thornton
Number crunching
Decide now if you’re going to let data streamline or swamp your organisation Read more...
26 June 2009 | John Thornton
Technologically speaking
PF’s new monthly column aims to cut through the IT hype and suggest new ways of using technology in public services.This should help organisations both to become more efficient and to save money Read more…
20 March 2009 | John Thornton

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