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July 26, 2006
It Can Happen to Even The Best of Us
Did you know that I'm the secretary of the IAIDQ's UK community of practise? No, I thought not - and you probably don't know what the IAIDQ is either, eh?
The International Association for Information & Data Quality was established in 2004 to "cultivate information excellence" and "help transform organizations and society, improving the quality of life everywhere." Blimey I think that's the first time I've read the vision statement - big or what? I really look forward to seeing improvements in the quality of life EVERYWHERE!!!
My main objective in joining the association as a charter member (and then getting involved in some of its organisational challenges) was to facilitate a forum for people struggling to improve poor data quality. The association has had very limited success in doing that to date (it's less than 2 years old, after all) and I have to admit to finding the name itself amusing (Information and Data are both included and I'll leave the anoraks to debate the difference between the two), but one thing that's clear is ...
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Posted by Steve Tuck at July 26, 2006 1:45 PM
