Information chief defends data strategy in letter to commissioner

The government’s chief information officer (CIO) has written to Helen Dixon, after she claimed his office “spends a lot of time lecturing” her.

Barry Lowry, who is responsible for the state’s handling of public services data, is said to have been surprised by the comments by the data protection commissioner (DPC), which were reported by The Sunday Business Post last week. At a public event in Israel, Dixon also accused the state of ...