@craiggrannell
I have often wondered how politicians deal with tech. They, themselves are largely clueless and they rely on awful or very partial sources. They do use some tech but it's mostly consumer level stuff and anyone with a bit of knowledge there is lauded as a tech expert across the board. They're usually biased to their origin tech, which is invariably proprietary and often have little experience of a) enterprise grade tech b) Open Source & Open Protocols c) Understanding user needs & experiences beyond the commercial silos they bubbled up in.

And then there's lobbyists. Politicians are far too credulous with them. There needs to be a register of every representation from commercial interests, with detailed & open minutes. And a hefty jail term for not! Any contract with the government must be open! The 'commercial interest' fig leaf must not be available. It's for the public, it's worth a lot of money and the cost of that is 'everything out in the open - from the outset!