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Peter Cruickshank
Teaching & researching information systems management
Lecturer and sometime Research Fellow at Edinburgh Napier University. I teach topics around e-commerce, information and social media strategy, knowledge management and security & governance of information systems. My interests include governance of information systems, risk management, identity and privacy, citizen engagement, and open source for egovernment.
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Found along the way- Mining the Social Web - Github code examples
- Hiding in Plain Sight: A New APT Campaign | Security Intelligence Blog | Trend Micro
- Certificate in Information Security Management Principles | Certificate in Information Security Management Principles | Foundation | IT Governance and Information Security | Certifications | BCS Certifications
- How do we escape the hysteria that threatens to erode public debate? | Peter Beaumont | Comment is free | The Observer
- How I became a password cracker | Ars Technica
- Gamasutra - News - Valve wants to see you sweat - in the name of game design
- ASCC Local Community Councils
- DMBOK2 Framework - DAMA International
- Design-Led Innovation in Government | Stanford Social Innovation Review
- Internet Census 2012
Tag Archives: egovernment
Open source, open data, open options?
I’ve been looking at open source in government and e-participation in particular for a while now, and this seems a good time to try to get into shape my thoughts on some of the reasons why open source is still … Continue reading
Posted in Daily Links, e-government, e-participation, opensource, thoughts, UK
Tagged egovernment, opendata, opengov, opensource, UK
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Opendata quality part 2: Local government in England
An update (now updated on 13 November). Tim Anderson of Norfolk County Council was kind enough to contact me offline. Through him, I’ve learned that local government is also on the case in having another look at data quality. Firstly, there are … Continue reading
Opendata + poor quality control = trouble?
Opening up data seems an inherently good thing, but what about the risks you’re taking on when using the data, particularly in a context that it wasn’t collected to be used for? As Philip Virgo pointed out last week when … Continue reading
Links: Digital Britain and Web 2.0 goodness
Summer holidays must be coming up or something. Another government report was issued this week too: UK Government’s Digital Britain Report (big PDF) Stuff for everyone. Chapter 7 and 8 deal with safety, the changes required to allow government services … Continue reading
City portals: How e-government evolves into e-participation
As part of the Smart Cities Project I have been working with Mark Deakin on a report to provide a context the development of e-government portals by cities. Basically it provides a simple four-phase model to describe their customisation of … Continue reading
Posted in e-government, e-participation, Europe, Methodologies
Tagged city, egovernment, engagement, inclusion, maturity model, transformation
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