The Home Office have released a 16 page paper on what they believe to be the benefits of the government's proposed ID card scheme. William Heath has read and inwardly digested it, with the prior request that "nobody dismiss this paper as "mad", "fabricated" or "incompetent" because that's no way to conduct a civilised discussion." He finds it impossible, however, to fulfil his own request in the wake of reading the paper:
"But the piece does not feel balanced - it feels like something...well (I said I wouldnt use the word, but) ...fabricated to support a previously held position. It doesn't explore the risks in a balanced way. It's phoney to claim for this ID scheme benefits which more sensible and effective e-government would deliver. This scheme is not the cornerstone for good e-government; that's something different which we shall also need!"
And William is a technophile, committed to finding a route towards e-government services i.e. he wants to see more technology in policing, intelligence, public services of every kind where the deployment of those technologies can improve the delivery of those services.
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