Originally Posted by
Asturias56
I have a feeling that the Honours System and words like Security, data protection, checking are a million miles apart.
You couldn't be more wrong, well at least on the parts of the Honours system I've been involved with. It's one of the most closely-guarded things we do at classifications below SECRET. Recommendations and notes on deliberations are very tightly controlled. And as for checking, it's probably the most deliberated-over, proofread and redrafted-for-every-level-of-command pieces of work left in the e-working era. The whole process is hugely time-consuming, which unfortunately is why one of the critical determinants of success is having a commander who prioritises it sufficiently highly to spend hours producing perfectly-polished staff work. All very well being idealistic and saying that it's a commander's duty, but there are only so many working days that can be set aside for it (and that is the scale of time involved in doing it properly).