Gettin me digit out
Towards a finished report and a theory of state
I am in the final throws of finalising my report The foundations of the digital state for Scottish government. You write a first draft to convince yourself and the second is convince your readers.
The first draft had a lot of blubber/blabber and I am in the midst of a great flensing. Lucky you, you get some choice cuts, and there’s one coming.
At an early stage I decided to split the work - continuously release working papers that are as technical as they need be, and try and keep the main report lighter and more narrative.
As I reviewed the first draft I found that whereas I might have written about A, B and C in a working paper, my thinking on the subject had added D and E and they were in the draft. Part of the flensing has been cutting them out and updating the old working paper.
But today I present a complete working paper on a new Theory of State to inform the necessary institutions for the foundations of the digital state.
To understand the context, it would be helpful if you understood the problem - which is contained Working Paper 9 Reading legislation with a non-functional eye and Working Paper 0 The locus of change, both of which I attach.
