Parliament investigates effective governance of IT

Public Administration Committee

Good governance: the effective use of IT

Tuesday 8 March 2011

Committee Room 6 Meeting started at 10.33am ended at 12.33pm

Witnesses Professor Helen Margetts, Oxford Internet Institute, Dr Ian Brown, Oxford Internet Institute, and Dr Edgar Whitley, London School of Economics Professor Nigel Shadbolt, University of Southampton, and Sir Ian Magee, Institute for Government.

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