Thursday, January 18, 2007

National data sharing - an ambitious aim unlikely to be achieved / Computer Business Review,
17 January 2007
http://digbig.com/4qssh
"Recent reports have suggested that the UK government is planning to create a super database to hold citizens' details. Meanwhile, UK prime minister Tony Blair has denied the super database idea, but is planning to share data at a national level anyway. However, national data sharing will be very challenging, not least due to the many data quality and integrity issues, and is unlikely to succeed."