Jerry Fishenden
@ntouk.bsky.social
Technologist, writer, composer | Govt adviser—large scale transformation esp. security, identity & privacy + fixing disasters | FIET | London & Lerwick | Latest book https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0F23N7WSS
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Digital Government and e-Government Archives
This is a living, curated list of documents and links related to UK Government e-government and digital government initiatives since the early 1990s. More will be added as and when time allows. Wherev...
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Here's my regular reminder about the 'Digital Government and e-Government Archives' — my attempt to curate the major digital government initiatives of the past three or so decades ... all ideas for additions and improvements always welcome
I'm going to replace a few graphics like this (from the digital government archives) with better (HTML) equivalents in the New Year.
Apart from correcting a few obvious typos, anything else I should update/improve on this one while I'm at it?
Apart from correcting a few obvious typos, anything else I should update/improve on this one while I'm at it?
December 23, 2025 at 8:22 AM
I'm going to replace a few graphics like this (from the digital government archives) with better (HTML) equivalents in the New Year.
Apart from correcting a few obvious typos, anything else I should update/improve on this one while I'm at it?
Apart from correcting a few obvious typos, anything else I should update/improve on this one while I'm at it?
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Digital Government at the Crossroads (2025)
Decades of digital government initiatives have left governments ill-placed in an increasingly challenging & volatile world. It’s time to use technology to help democracies learn smarter, react faster, & adapt better
Decades of digital government initiatives have left governments ill-placed in an increasingly challenging & volatile world. It’s time to use technology to help democracies learn smarter, react faster, & adapt better
Digital Government at the Crossroads
The Cambridge Journal of Law, Politics, and Art has published my article Digital Government at the Crossroads. It explores the need for a radical rethink and reset to ‘digital government’ initiativ…
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December 22, 2025 at 8:36 AM
Digital Government at the Crossroads (2025)
Decades of digital government initiatives have left governments ill-placed in an increasingly challenging & volatile world. It’s time to use technology to help democracies learn smarter, react faster, & adapt better
Decades of digital government initiatives have left governments ill-placed in an increasingly challenging & volatile world. It’s time to use technology to help democracies learn smarter, react faster, & adapt better
Capita really have excelled themselves taking over the Civil Service pension scheme …
December 22, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Capita really have excelled themselves taking over the Civil Service pension scheme …
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The war we’re in (2021)
We're in a hybrid war blending cyberattacks, disinformation, election interference & propaganda to erode democracy. It’s another reason why govt digital strategies need a major reset—to help democracies improve their ability to learn smarter, react faster, and adapt better
We're in a hybrid war blending cyberattacks, disinformation, election interference & propaganda to erode democracy. It’s another reason why govt digital strategies need a major reset—to help democracies improve their ability to learn smarter, react faster, and adapt better
The war we’re in
We’re at war whether we know it or not. Hybrid warfare surrounds us, hiding in plain sight. But I’m not sure anyone wants to hear that as we emerge from the shadow of Covid. Perhaps the …
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December 22, 2025 at 8:36 AM
The war we’re in (2021)
We're in a hybrid war blending cyberattacks, disinformation, election interference & propaganda to erode democracy. It’s another reason why govt digital strategies need a major reset—to help democracies improve their ability to learn smarter, react faster, and adapt better
We're in a hybrid war blending cyberattacks, disinformation, election interference & propaganda to erode democracy. It’s another reason why govt digital strategies need a major reset—to help democracies improve their ability to learn smarter, react faster, and adapt better
It’s nearly Christmas — the perfect excuse to look back at some of my most read blog posts from the past 5 years.
(🎶 drum roll 🎶)
In reverse date order, the posts are …
(🎶 drum roll 🎶)
In reverse date order, the posts are …
December 22, 2025 at 8:36 AM
It’s nearly Christmas — the perfect excuse to look back at some of my most read blog posts from the past 5 years.
(🎶 drum roll 🎶)
In reverse date order, the posts are …
(🎶 drum roll 🎶)
In reverse date order, the posts are …
Winter, when one of my favourite beers starts appearing on draught … one of life’s treats :)
December 13, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Winter, when one of my favourite beers starts appearing on draught … one of life’s treats :)
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Research highlights how the Home Office’s electronic visa system has used migrants as a ‘testing ground’ for the government’s wider digital ID ambitions....
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December 11, 2025 at 8:23 AM
Research highlights how the Home Office’s electronic visa system has used migrants as a ‘testing ground’ for the government’s wider digital ID ambitions....
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good piece in GeekWire about the 40th (!) reunion of the team that brought the world, er, Windows 1.0
Inside the Windows 1.0 reunion: How a scrappy team shipped the product that changed everything, eventually
A core group of early Microsoft developers and business leaders reunited this week, 40 years after releasing Windows 1.0, sharing previously untold stories and reflecting on a landmark project that se...
www.geekwire.com
December 12, 2025 at 8:23 AM
good piece in GeekWire about the 40th (!) reunion of the team that brought the world, er, Windows 1.0
Ugh, this looks horrible — the "artist's impressions" are more like some dystopian AI slop.
Oxford Street has long needed improving, but if anything this makes it look even worse whilst displacing and shortening useful (and busy) bus routes.
Oxford Street has long needed improving, but if anything this makes it look even worse whilst displacing and shortening useful (and busy) bus routes.
Oxford Street traffic diversion plan ahead of pedestrianisation
www.bbc.co.uk
November 21, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Ugh, this looks horrible — the "artist's impressions" are more like some dystopian AI slop.
Oxford Street has long needed improving, but if anything this makes it look even worse whilst displacing and shortening useful (and busy) bus routes.
Oxford Street has long needed improving, but if anything this makes it look even worse whilst displacing and shortening useful (and busy) bus routes.
This is in danger of becoming an evergreen tweet …
I see road charging is back in the news ahead of the budget, although it's hardly "news"—here's a Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology note on this very topic from, er, 1998!
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November 9, 2025 at 3:20 PM
This is in danger of becoming an evergreen tweet …
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“Digital Government at the Crossroads”—in this article for the Cambridge Journal of Law, Politics, and Art I explore why ‘digital government’ needs a rethink and reset to help democracies learn smarter, react faster, and adapt better to the growing challenges they face
Digital Government at the Crossroads
Introduction Governments have launched a series of ambitious digital strategies over recent decades to improve how they operate and interact with citizens. However, many of their anticipated benefits ...
www.cjlpa.org
July 9, 2025 at 5:56 AM
“Digital Government at the Crossroads”—in this article for the Cambridge Journal of Law, Politics, and Art I explore why ‘digital government’ needs a rethink and reset to help democracies learn smarter, react faster, and adapt better to the growing challenges they face
I’m going to start serialising extracts from my book ‘Fracture’ in the new year.
It explores what the past three decades of “digital government” initiatives reveal and why democracy and democratic values need to become the essential foundations of a modern and accountable digital state.
It explores what the past three decades of “digital government” initiatives reveal and why democracy and democratic values need to become the essential foundations of a modern and accountable digital state.
The second edition of 'Fracture. The collision between technology and democracy—and how we fix it' is out
a flavour of what my latest book, 'Fracture', is all about—in which I manage to include a reference to 'Hot Fuzz' and a clip of 'the greater good'
November 3, 2025 at 9:52 AM
I’m going to start serialising extracts from my book ‘Fracture’ in the new year.
It explores what the past three decades of “digital government” initiatives reveal and why democracy and democratic values need to become the essential foundations of a modern and accountable digital state.
It explores what the past three decades of “digital government” initiatives reveal and why democracy and democratic values need to become the essential foundations of a modern and accountable digital state.
Reposted by Jerry Fishenden
With digital ID back in the news, I thought I'd resurface my @computerweekly.bsky.social piece from 2020—exploring what *good* citizen-centric, democratic ID might look like in place of the hype and failed approaches of the past …
Implementing a 21st century approach to digital identity | Computer Weekly
We need a better, more convenient and effective solution to identity. One that lets us manage our own identity-related data and choose where, when and with whom we share it.
www.computerweekly.com
October 1, 2025 at 1:53 PM
With digital ID back in the news, I thought I'd resurface my @computerweekly.bsky.social piece from 2020—exploring what *good* citizen-centric, democratic ID might look like in place of the hype and failed approaches of the past …
Reposted by Jerry Fishenden
Here's my regular reminder about the 'Digital Government and e-Government Archives' — my attempt to curate the major digital government initiatives of the past three or so decades ... all ideas for additions and improvements always welcome
Digital Government and e-Government Archives
This is a living, curated list of documents and links related to UK Government e-government and digital government initiatives since the early 1990s. More will be added as and when time allows. Wherev...
ntouk.wordpress.com
August 30, 2024 at 9:31 AM
Here's my regular reminder about the 'Digital Government and e-Government Archives' — my attempt to curate the major digital government initiatives of the past three or so decades ... all ideas for additions and improvements always welcome
With digital ID back in the news, I thought I'd resurface my @computerweekly.bsky.social piece from 2020—exploring what *good* citizen-centric, democratic ID might look like in place of the hype and failed approaches of the past …
Implementing a 21st century approach to digital identity | Computer Weekly
We need a better, more convenient and effective solution to identity. One that lets us manage our own identity-related data and choose where, when and with whom we share it.
www.computerweekly.com
October 1, 2025 at 1:53 PM
With digital ID back in the news, I thought I'd resurface my @computerweekly.bsky.social piece from 2020—exploring what *good* citizen-centric, democratic ID might look like in place of the hype and failed approaches of the past …
GOV.UK One Login is a mess. Alongside reported security issues & missing features like delegation & support for business, it breaks the government’s identity assurance principles: it's impossible to switch easily between different One Login accounts. How did it ever pass a service assessment?
September 28, 2025 at 3:53 PM
GOV.UK One Login is a mess. Alongside reported security issues & missing features like delegation & support for business, it breaks the government’s identity assurance principles: it's impossible to switch easily between different One Login accounts. How did it ever pass a service assessment?
Using AI to automate and accelerate what government currently does replicates the same mistaken approach as the “website government” mindset of the past three decades: it’s “faster horses” instead of improving how government — and democracy — works
September 28, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Using AI to automate and accelerate what government currently does replicates the same mistaken approach as the “website government” mindset of the past three decades: it’s “faster horses” instead of improving how government — and democracy — works
Good to see the FT exposing some of the hybrid warfare we’re currently encountering
www.ft.com/content/0b35...
www.ft.com/content/0b35...
The Russian spy ship stalking Europe’s subsea cables
Covert operations in waters surrounding the British Isles pose a grave threat to critical infrastructure and a fresh challenge to Nato
www.ft.com
September 27, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Good to see the FT exposing some of the hybrid warfare we’re currently encountering
www.ft.com/content/0b35...
www.ft.com/content/0b35...
Here’s a brief selection of photos from my recent US road trip along the Blues Highway … a most welcome intermission from the day job :)
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Travellin’ the Blues Highway
Images and reflections from a recent road trip up through the Great Smoky Mountains and down the Blues Highway. Great Smoky Mountains Cherokee, North Carolina First up is the capital of the Eastern…
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September 23, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Here’s a brief selection of photos from my recent US road trip along the Blues Highway … a most welcome intermission from the day job :)
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Clarksdale … another great experience of the blues and its history
September 20, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Clarksdale … another great experience of the blues and its history
Great to have been in BB King’s Blues Club, Memphis, just a few days before the 100th anniversary of his birth
September 20, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Great to have been in BB King’s Blues Club, Memphis, just a few days before the 100th anniversary of his birth
Musical road trip, USA — Nashville, Memphis and New Orleans
September 17, 2025 at 1:39 AM
Musical road trip, USA — Nashville, Memphis and New Orleans
“Digital Government at the Crossroads”—in this article for the Cambridge Journal of Law, Politics, and Art I explore why ‘digital government’ needs a rethink and reset to help democracies learn smarter, react faster, and adapt better to the growing challenges they face
Digital Government at the Crossroads
Introduction Governments have launched a series of ambitious digital strategies over recent decades to improve how they operate and interact with citizens. However, many of their anticipated benefits ...
www.cjlpa.org
July 9, 2025 at 5:56 AM
“Digital Government at the Crossroads”—in this article for the Cambridge Journal of Law, Politics, and Art I explore why ‘digital government’ needs a rethink and reset to help democracies learn smarter, react faster, and adapt better to the growing challenges they face
Reposted by Jerry Fishenden
my guest article for the Digital Government Network giving some insights into my book 'Fracture. The collision between technology and democracy—and how we fix it'
digitalgov.network/fracture-col...
digitalgov.network/fracture-col...
Fracture: The Collision Between Technology and Democracy—and How We Fix It - Digital Government Network
Drawing on over thirty years of digital transformation initiatives to explore how governments can get their mojo back—and learn smarter, react faster, and adapt better.
digitalgov.network
June 18, 2025 at 9:17 AM
my guest article for the Digital Government Network giving some insights into my book 'Fracture. The collision between technology and democracy—and how we fix it'
digitalgov.network/fracture-col...
digitalgov.network/fracture-col...