Dear Stephen,
I hadn't noticed this threat but thank you for alerting me
to it. This is probably part & parcel of the seemingly
inexorable march of the commercialisation & privatisation
of government ("Modernisation of Governance" in Newspeak).
They didn't get away with charging us to read the laws that
we pay them to produce for us through copyright royalties,
so they are working on ways to charge us for using the
internet, or perhaps making the information available on
the internet so bad that we are forced to buy paper copies
and boost the profits of the 'agency' responsible for
printing our laws.
The scam probably has some fairly innocuous-sounding
business jargon attached to it such as 'maximising
alternative (US: 'alternate') returns' (MAR) or 'switching
consumer sources' (SCS). All euphemisms for (MTSP) 'make
the suckers pay' or (MTSPM) 'make the suckers pay more'.
Yours,
Tom Davidson
On Thu, 19 Apr 2001 10:23:34 +0100 "Wood, Stephen"
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> UK online does offer the services you mention at: http://www.ukonline.gov.uk/online/ukonline/quickFind this includes a comprehensive index and search engine for govt sites and a news service and links to publications. The performance of the search engine for govt sites is much improved compared to open.gov and includes indexing using keywords and related terms.
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> Steve Wood
> Intranet/GSI Editor
> HM Treasury
> 020 7270 5310
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Hanstock, Terry [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: 18 April 2001 11:01
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Closure of open.gov.uk web service
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>
> Has anyone noticed this ominous announcement on the open.gov.uk website
> (http://www.open.gov.uk)?
>
> >>>Closure of open.gov.uk web service
> >>>The open.gov.uk web service will be gradually withdrawn over the next few
> months and cease to be available from 1st July 2001.
> >>>Similar services are provided by the UK Online citizen portal at
> > <http://www.ukonline.gov.uk>
> >>>We strongly recommend that any bookmarks you may have for the open.gov.uk
> domain are deleted.
>
> I find the current site invaluable both for keeping up to date with new
> official publications made available on the Web (via the "What's New"
> section) and as a quick and comprehensive index to existing governmental and
> quasi-governmental websites. In it present state, UK Online citizen is
> regrettably a poor relation
>
> Terry Hanstock
>
> Faculty Liaison Officer
> Library & Information Services
> The Nottingham Trent University
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> Goldsmith Street
> Nottingham
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