Barnet Eye emails all Barnet Councillors re FOI reports on state of Barnet Council

 I today sent the following email. I will post the full reports on my future shape blog today

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From: Roger Tichborne

To: cllr.a.brodkin@barnet.gov.uk ; cllr.a.campbell@barnet.gov.uk ; cllr.a.cornelius@barnet.gov.uk ; cllr.a.mcneil@barnet.gov.uk ; cllr.a.strongolou@barnet.gov.uk ; cllr.a.tambourides@barnet.gov.uk ; cllr.b.coleman@barnet.gov.uk ; cllr.b.evangeli@barnet.gov.uk ; cllr.b.gordon@barnet.gov.uk ; cllr.b.salinger@barnet.gov.uk ; cllr.b.schama@barnet.gov.uk ; cllr.c.omacauley@barnet.gov.uk ; cllr.c.rogers@barnet.gov.uk ; cllr.c.salinger@barnet.gov.uk ; cllr.d.cohen@barnet.gov.uk ; cllr.d.seal@barnet.gov.uk ; cllr.d.yawitch@barnet.gov.uk ; cllr.e.greenspan@barnet.gov.uk ; cllr.g.cooke@barnet.gov.uk ; cllr.g.johnson@barnet.gov.uk ; cllr.g.old@barnet.gov.uk ; cllr.g.sargeant@barnet.gov.uk ; cllr.h.rayner@barnet.gov.uk ; cllr.j.hart@barnet.gov.uk ; cllr.j.johnson@barnet.gov.uk ; cllr.j.marshall@barnet.gov.uk ; cllr.j.tambourides@barnet.gov.uk ; cllr.j.tierney@barnet.gov.uk ; cllr.k.mcguirk@barnet.gov.uk ; cllr.l.rutter@barnet.gov.uk ; cllr.m.braun@barnet.gov.uk ; cllr.m.shooter@barnet.gov.uk ; cllr.p.coakleywebb@barnet.gov.uk ; cllr.r.houston@barnet.gov.uk ; cllr.r.thompstone@barnet.gov.uk ; cllr.r.turner@barnet.gov.uk ; cllr.s.khatri@barnet.gov.uk ; cllr.s.rajput@barnet.gov.uk ; cllr.s.sowerby@barnet.gov.uk ; cllr.z.zubairi@barnet.gov.uk ; cllr.a.finn@barnet.gov.uk ; cllr.h.hart@barnet.gov.uk ; cllr.w.prentice@barnet.gov.uk ; cllr.a.harper@barnet.gov.uk ; cllr.a.hutton@barnet.gov.uk ; cllr.a.moore@barnet.gov.uk ; cllr.a.schneiderman@barnet.gov.uk ; cllr.a.slocombe@barnet.gov.uk ; cllr.a.sodha@barnet.gov.uk ; cllr.b.perry@barnet.gov.uk ; cllr.b.rawlings@barnet.gov.uk ; cllr.c.farrier@barnet.gov.uk ; cllr.d.longstaff@barnet.gov.uk ; cllr.d.thomas@barnet.gov.uk ; cllr.j.cohen@barnet.gov.uk ; cllr.j.scannell@barnet.gov.uk ; cllr.m.cohen@barnet.gov.uk ; cllr.m.palmer@barnet.gov.uk ; cllr.r.cornelius@barnet.gov.uk ; cllr.r.rams@barnet.gov.uk ; cllr.s.palmer@barnet.gov.uk ; cllr.t.davey@barnet.gov.uk

Cc: John Burgess ; kim inam ; tjones ; patrick jenkins ; ross lydall ; Derek Dishman ; mrs angry ; vicki morris; John Dix ; Adam Langleben ; eric.pickles.mp@parliament.uk

Sent: Sunday, July 31, 2011 9:41 AM

Subject: Urgent - Barnet Council expose massive risks to staff, data protection, councillors and residents

Dear Barnet Councillor,

 

Yesterday I received the following reports. These are internal Barnet Council reports, sent to me in response to an FoI request. The information contained is truly shocking and shows that councillors, staff and residents are being exposed to huge risks. As councillors, your primary function is to oversee the executive. I believe that in light of these reports, the council should be recalled and an emergency meeting of the full council convened to discuss the implications of this. Please read these reports as a matter of urgency. When I read that council data centres are at risk of fire due to rats eating cables, sprinklers turned off due to leaks, no adequate disaster recovery, confidential data not being secured and can be accessed without any control whatsoever, it beggars the question "how did we get into this mess". I believe that this is a question which requires urgent debate. I believe that timescales of 6-9 months to address urgent health and safety risks is entirely inappropriate. If a fire resulted in loss of life, Barnet would be liable for a corporate manslaughter charge. That is why I believe that you MUST read these reports as a matter of urgency. I would suggest you start with - IS Action Plan Final (redacted).jpg - this is the mosts hocking report I have seen in all the time I've spent blogging about Barnet Council.

 

Please confirm receipt of these reports and any comments you deem appropriate. These have been circulated to Barnet Unison, Barnet Press, other Barnet bloggers and Eric Pickles, the minister responsible. Please be aware that any response (or lack of response) may appear in the BARNETEYE blog.

 

Roger Tichborne

Barneteye.blogspot.com