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Information Technology Policy Panel

Identifying policy issues applicable to the information technology sector and providing guidance to IET members, government and the public.

The IT Policy Panel identifies and advises on policy issues in the field of information technology. It provides expert input to IET submissions to government and parliament. It also provides guidance to the IET across all relevant professional activities including IET strategy formulation.

The panel's composition is drawn from senior members of the IET and influential representatives of the IT profession, drawn from the public, private and research sectors and covering ICT, security and computing.

It is one of fourteen policy panels established by the IET policy department.

Members of the Information Technology Policy Panel

Chair

Jim Norton Independent Director

Members

Nick Coleman Independent Reviewer, Cabinet Office

Stephen Darvill LogicaCMG

Sanjeev Gupta NHS

Graham Knight Consultant

Zoe Lock Technology Strategy Board (TSB)

Humza Malik National Grid plc

Alan Pollock Microsoft

Margaret Smith Consultant

Martyn Thomas CBE Martyn Thomas Associates

Richard Walton Walton-MacKenzie Ltd

Tim Wright CIO, DCSF

Relevant reports and briefings

Information assurance strategy
  PDF (29 k) Updated February 2008

Relevant submissions

2009

• S845 - Consultation on developing a strategy for integrated and smart ticketing
• S842 - All Party Group on Junk Mail
• S838 - Consultation on legislation to address illicit peer to peer file sharing
• S828 - Digital Britain: Interim Report

2008

• S799 - Data Sharing Review February 2008
• S798 - Government Information Assurance Strategy February 2008

Additional submissions made by the IET may be found in the submissions archive.

If you are a member and would like to contribute to the IET's policy work, please join the IT Policy Key.

See also:

• Information technology factfiles
• Information technology key topics

Other Internet resources:

External Links:

• apComms
• ISAF
• UKCCIS
• BuyIT
• CIO Council (Cabinet Office)
• BERR Innovation Group
• EURIM
• Office of Government Commerce
• PITCOM
• UKCRC