The ‘Cloud’ of Unknowing – What a Government Cloud May and May Not Offer: A Practitioner Perspective

Mick Phythian
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Mick Phythian: Centre for Computing & Social Responsibility (CCSR), De Montfort University, Leicester, UK

International Journal of Technoethics (IJT), 2013, vol. 4, issue 1, 1-10

Abstract: Cloud computing is increasingly ubiquitous in the consumer and private sectors and with financial austerity there is pressure on governments to follow suit. However, the relationship between government and citizen is different to that of supplier and customer, despite the advocacy of New Public Management, particularly where the holding of sensitive data is concerned. The paper examines the potential issues of ‘cloud’ and how they may transfer to ‘government cloud’ (g-cloud), along with the potential problems pertinent to ‘g-cloud’ itself. There is an examination of the literature relating to security, legal and technical matters concluding with the considerations and principles that need to be observed prior to any major transfer of citizen data to a relatively new but still developing area of information systems.

Date: 2013
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