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EURIM Information Governance Working Group

The original objective of this group was to rebuild confidence in the competence of the public, private and voluntary sectors to securely manage the sharing of identity and information services by identifying and publicising good practice. It has, however, become apparent that much of the data on file is not only insecure but unfit for purpose, sometimes lethally. There are wide variations in quality and availability alongside poor safeguards against fraudulent manipulation and policies of “no departmental liability”.  The political implications of this situation go well beyond the issues of privacy and surveillance.

Introduction, Objectives and Strategy

Work Programme for 2010 and Forthcoming Meetings

Recent Meetings

Group Outputs (Papers and Briefings)

Other Relevant Documents & Links

Members Page – for meeting details, minutes, working drafts, and additional group information

Previous work programme for this group

 

 

Introduction, Objectives and Strategy

This group builds on work on Privacy, Personal Identity and Data Sharing, from the debate on the original European Data Protection Directive and the Regulation of Investigatory Powers, through exercises on Medical Data Protection and on Identity Cards, to the recent inquiries with regard to Information Assurance.

The current objectives include:

  • to reconcile practical experience of what works with the aspirations of those seeking to promote new methodologies and technologies (including for privacy and surveillance);

  • to understand and address the issues of individual and organisational behaviour and motivation;

  • to provide practical guidance as to who should be responsible for doing what, reconciling conflicting legislation over what can/should/not, be retained or shared, with whom and under what circumstances;

  • to ensure the UK has governance regimes that make it a location of choice for the identity and information services that are at the heart of global electronic commerce, because if these move offshore so do many of the wealth creating industries they support;

  • to greatly improve the quality (accuracy, availability, presentation etc.) of the information used for public service delivery and for policy formation, implementation and performance monitoring.

Strategy
Parliamentary and political: to change the nature of current debate on data protection and information assurance by showing that the secure sharing of good quality information is already commonplace, including in the public sector and that the need is to replicate, reinforce, reward and build on existing good practice.

Industrial and professional: to provide a neutral umbrella for officials to meet with industry (users as well as suppliers and consultants) to discuss practical co-operation in overcoming fragmentation and confusion regarding responsibilities, liabilities and governance, including to share experience of existing processes for handling interactions between those who do not trust each other as well as those who do.

 

Work Programme for 2010 and Forthcoming Meetings

This follows up on work that arose from the Directors Round Table in November 2008. The overall objective is to set the agenda and provide a forum to bring together the people and organisations that will provide the critical mass to make things happen. There are six overlapping and inter-linked sub-groups.

1. Basic Principles: tasked to –

  • produce and publicise balanced guidance covering the elements that constitute good governance (clarity of accountability, responsibility, ownership, quality, security, availability, people processes etc.);

  • create credible policy frameworks against which suppliers can deliver transparently, thus enhancing client and customer confidence in their products and services.

The main task for 2010 is to turn the material produced to date into attractive and effective multi-media presentations for the influence-rich, time poor audiences who decide policy priorities. The sub-group is looking for partners to help achieve this.

2. Security by Design: tasked to –

  • change market behaviour so that the security of the complex online systems on which society now relies is commonly built in from the start and from the top rather than added “by afterthought”;

  • change public sector behaviour so that clear statements of the level and nature of security expected form part of the initial planning for new programmes with shared audit and assessment services.

The outstanding task is to assemble a consortium of those willing to work together to:

  • ensure that good practice becomes commonplace among the market leaders;

  • present and promote the material produced to date, adding case studies of success from their experiences and that of their partners and customers; and

  • secure action on the recommendations by government and by the relevant professional bodies and trade associations.

3.  Value of Information: tasked to –

  • cause organisations, particularly public sector, to treat information as a valuable asset, to be invested in and protected, alongside finance, people and property, less neglect turn it into a toxic liability;

  • educate the new intake of MPs on the critical importance of good information to policy formation and public service delivery.

The outstanding task is to assemble a consortium of those willing to work together to:

  • see that good practice become commonplace;

  • present and promote the material produced to date, adding case studies of success from their experiences and that of their partners and customers; and

  • secure action on the recommendations for action by government and by the relevant professional bodies and trade associations.

4. ID Governance: tasked to

  • address those issues that may require political action, including governance frameworks for responsibility, liability and accountability, with the aim of also making the UK a location of choice for international operations that must exchange information with those operating different regulatory regimes. That entails basing the UK regime on global best practice, particularly for cost-effective and efficient inter-operability, disputes resolution and redress;

  • brief MPs and senior officials on how best to implement electronic Individual Voter Registration (eVR) in Great Britain, as provided for by the Political Parties and Elections Act 2009, under which individuals will be able to update their own registration data, replacing the traditional method in which the head of the household tended to provide all the information. A political priority is guidance on avoiding pitfalls.

The sub-group has split the two exercises with draft material timetabled for high profile review meetings in June/July, with the new intake of MPs, including a workshop to look at the experience of the Scandinavian nations. The drafts will then be expanded for a next round of review in the Autumn. These are potentially major exercises because we can find no other group looking at the issues of governance (as opposed to technology) in the UK/EU.

5. Quality of Information: tasked to follow up the round table with the Audit Commission, National Audit Office and others on 22nd February, “Uncovering the Truth” by:

  • collecting and publishing evidence on the impact of good/poor information quality on service delivery, resource allocation and policy formation.

And drafting recommendations for:

  • industry and professional action to improve the quality of information management at all levels;

  • improving understanding of the basic principles and importance of good information management among policy makers, decision takers and other end-users at all levels;

  • improving the quality of public sector information management and its use for policy formation.

The group aims to have its first drafts ready for review June/July.

6. Secure Sharing

This sub-group is joint with the Security by Design and Public Service Delivery Procurement sub-groups. It is currently assembling a team (including from the relevant trade associations, professional bodies, suppliers of all sizes and observers with procurement and policy responsibility), to look at the procurement of security advice by the public sector. There are problems of fragmentation and duplication of process compounded by severe shortage (both quantity and quality) of those with the necessary skills.

 

Forthcoming Meetings

All sub-groups work mainly by e-mail/teleconference with physical review meetings at approximately six-week intervals. The Information Governance Group has been asked to organise a high profile political briefing meeting in June/July for the new intake of MPs. The precise date has yet to be fixed.

Date Description
09 Sep 10 Quality of Information Subgroup Meeting More details...EURIM Members & Registered Observers Only
14 Sep 10 Identity Governance Subgroup Meeting More details...EURIM Members & Registered Observers Only

 

Recent Meetings and Papers

Date Subject Papers
26 Jul 10 Individual Voter Registration Subgroup Meeting Summary ReportEURIM Members & Registered Observers Only
26 Jul 10 Identity Governance Subgroup Meeting Summary ReportEURIM Members & Registered Observers Only
30 Jun 10 Identity Governance Subgroup Meeting Summary ReportEURIM Members & Registered Observers Only
15 Jun 10 Identity Governance Subgroup meeting on electronic Individual Voter Registration (eVR) Summary ReportEURIM Members & Registered Observers Only
Presentation - Erland FlaterudEURIM Members & Registered Observers Only
Presentation - Paul WilsonEURIM Members & Registered Observers Only
08 Jun 10 Quality of Information Subgroup Meeting Summary ReportEURIM Members & Registered Observers Only
26 May 10 Identity Governance Subgroup Meeting Summary ReportEURIM Members & Registered Observers Only
PresentationEURIM Members & Registered Observers Only
29 Apr 10 Quality of Information Subgroup Meeting Summary ReportEURIM Members & Registered Observers Only
27 Apr 10 Identity Governance Subgroup Meeting Summary ReportEURIM Members & Registered Observers Only
20 Apr 10 Electronic Voter Registration Teleconference NotesEURIM Members & Registered Observers Only
15 Apr 10 Quality of Information Subgroup Meeting Summary ReportEURIM Members & Registered Observers Only
25 Mar 10 ID Governance Subgroup Meeting Summary ReportEURIM Members & Registered Observers Only
PresentationEURIM Members & Registered Observers Only
18 Mar 10 Quality of Information Follow-up Meeting Summary ReportEURIM Members & Registered Observers Only
22 Feb 10 Joint with the Audit Commission: Uncovering the Truth: Using Information to Deliver More for Less: A roundtable discussion Report
Recording 1 [.wav] (5MB)
Recording 2 [.wav] (8MB)
03 Feb 10 Identity Governance Subgroup scoping meeting Summary ReportEURIM Members & Registered Observers Only
13 Nov 09 Security by Design Subgroup Meeting Summary ReportEURIM Members & Registered Observers Only
06 Nov 09 Basic Principles Subgroup Meeting Summary ReportEURIM Members & Registered Observers Only
22 Oct 09 Editorial team for Information Assurance paper  
09 Oct 09 Security by Design Subgroup Meeting to review first draft of group report  
21 Sep 09 Meeting on Compliance with Government Connects Codes of Practice Summary ReportEURIM Members & Registered Observers Only
16 Sep 09 Basic Principles Subgroup Meeting Summary ReportEURIM Members & Registered Observers Only
03 Sep 09 Value of Information Subgroup Meeting Summary ReportEURIM Members & Registered Observers Only
28 Jul 09 Value of Information Subgroup Meeting Summary ReportEURIM Members & Registered Observers Only
21 Jul 09 Meeting on Compliance with Government Connects Codes of Practice Draft Summary ReportEURIM Members & Registered Observers Only
09 Jul 09 Basic Principles Subgroup Meeting Summary ReportEURIM Members & Registered Observers Only
09 Jul 09 Security by Design Subgroup Meeting Summary ReportEURIM Members & Registered Observers Only
PresentationEURIM Members & Registered Observers Only
23 Jun 09 Meeting of the Subgroup Chairs Summary ReportEURIM Members & Registered Observers Only
05 Jun 09 Value of Information Subgroup Meeting Summary ReportEURIM Members & Registered Observers Only
07 May 09 Identity Governance Subgroup Meeting Summary Report
07 May 09 Value of Information Subgroup Meeting Summary ReportEURIM Members & Registered Observers Only
01 May 09 Basic Principles Subgroup Meeting Summary Report
27 Apr 09 Security by Design Subgroup Meeting Summary ReportEURIM Members & Registered Observers Only
09 Apr 09 Identity Governance Subgroup Meeting Summary ReportEURIM Members & Registered Observers Only
09 Apr 09 Basic Principles Subgroup Meeting Summary ReportEURIM Members & Registered Observers Only
Basic Principles Framework - Concept DiagramsEURIM Members & Registered Observers Only
Information Governance in the Context of Policy EvaluationEURIM Members & Registered Observers Only
08 Apr 09 Value of Information Subgroup Meeting Summary ReportEURIM Members & Registered Observers Only
Notes of Meeting with Catriona Massey of the Knowledge Council
EURIM Members & Registered Observers Only
Emerging Themes from Desk ResearchEURIM Members & Registered Observers Only
05 Mar 09 Data Value Subgroup Meeting Summary ReportEURIM Members & Registered Observers Only
03 Mar 09 Security by Design Subgroup Meeting Summary ReportEURIM Members & Registered Observers Only
PresentationEURIM Members & Registered Observers Only
18 Feb 09 'Data Value' work-stream scoping meeting Summary ReportEURIM Members & Registered Observers Only
12 Feb 09 'Security by Design' work-stream scoping meeting Summary ReportEURIM Members & Registered Observers Only
PresentationEURIM Members & Registered Observers Only
23 Jan 09 'Basic Principles' work-stream scoping meeting Summary ReportEURIM Members & Registered Observers Only
18 Dec 08 Directors' Round Table follow-up forward planning meeting Summary ReportEURIM Members & Registered Observers Only
24 Nov 08 The Directors Roundtable on Information Governance Summary Report
More details...
14 Nov 08 Data Sharing Subgroup meeting Summary ReportEURIM Members & Registered Observers Only
Presentation from ExperianEURIM Members & Registered Observers Only
Presentation from EDTEURIM Members & Registered Observers Only
09 Oct 08 Group meeting Summary ReportEURIM Members & Registered Observers Only
PresentationEURIM Members & Registered Observers Only
List of supporting papersEURIM Members & Registered Observers only
29 Aug 08 Data Sharing Subgroup meeting Summary ReportEURIM Members & Registered Observers Only
09 Jul 08 Data Sharing Subgroup meeting Summary ReportEURIM Members & Registered Observers Only

 

Group Outputs (Papers & Briefings)

Date

Type of Output

Title

Nov 09 Status Report Summary From Toxic Liability to Strategic Asset: Unlocking the Value of Information
Sep 09 Status Report Unlocking the Value of Information
Mar 09 Response Communications Group: Response to the Digital Britain Interim Report
Jun 08 Case Studies Case Studies associated with the Identity Management & Information Parliamentary Showcase held on 10 June 2008
Feb 08 Group Position Paper Information Sharing Protocols
Response from Tom Watson MP
Feb 08 Consultation Response EURIM response to the Thomas-Walport Consultation
Outputs prior to 2008

 

Other Relevant Documents and Links

Valuing Information as an Asset by Chris Higson & Dave Waltho
What is Information Governance?
ISAF/BCS Personal Data Guardianship Code - www.bcs.org/datacode
Public Procurement Sub Group Status Report: Good Practice in Procurement
Outputs prior to 2008

 

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