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Transport schemes across England, designed to boost economic growth and reduce carbon emissions, were given the go ahead today thanks to £155 million of Government investment. Thirty-nine projects have won funding as part of the first allocation from the Local Sustainable Transport Fund. They cover eight regions and a total of 37 local authorities, with [...]
The Commons Public Accounts Committee publishes a report today which, on the basis of evidence from the Cabinet Office, examines the Government’s new strategy for ICT. Report: ICT in government Public Accounts Committee The Rt Hon Margaret Hodge MP, Chair of the Committee of Public Accounts, today said: “We welcome the direction and principles of [...]
Flatter, agile, streamlined and tech-enabled (FAST) government the key to the Future of Government according to report from the World Economic Foundation. Local authority IT Manager Mick Phythian, who is also a researcher at De Montfort University in Leicester on Electronic Government as well as the author of Progress in electronic service delivery by English [...]
• Council set to refresh Joint Venture contract with BT • £9 million discount plus £17.5 million investment in ICT • £18 million for housing, social care and apprenticeship projects Liverpool City Council is set to refresh its Joint Venture contract with BT after securing an improved deal. Liverpool Direct Limited was formed in 2001 [...]
Courtesy of Mick Pythian aka The Great E-Mancipator Having frequently and publicly stated that we should make more of the experiences of our Canadian and Australian counterparts, rather than the UK government fetishization of the US model, I am reporting on the fact that some weeks ago President Obama signed an executive order, “Streamlining Service [...]
THE PARENTS of murdered schoolgirls Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman have welcomed the introduction of a powerful new tool to help Police Authorities and other crime-fighting organisations protect the public more effectively. Launched today, the Police National Database (PND) allows Police Authorities to share and access locally held intelligence and information with other forces, enabling [...]
Local Government Secretary Eric Pickles has praised three ‘can do’ councils who are acting to protect frontline services and local council tax payers. The nation faces an unprecedented financial situation and every part of the public sector, including local government, which accounts for a quarter of all public expenditure, has a part to play. Many [...]
Openforum Europe’s annual assessment of procurement practice across the European Union reveals that for the third year running a significant proportion of government agencies are illegally specifying trademarks when they engage suppliers from the private sector for specific IT contracts worth billions of euros. The OFE Procurement Report 2010 found that 13 % of a [...]
Features, resources and case studies Connect Digitally – Making channel shift happen – Amanda Derrick, Programme Director, Connect Digitally Programme PSCSF Public Sector Channel Shift & Self Service Forum Resources Sustainagility: driver for change Top 10 Websites in Gov’ – Local ranked by Visits Share – Week ending 28 May 2011 Top 10 Websites in [...]
by Andrea Di Maio | June 1, 2011 This week I visited a shared service organization that manages, among other things, the jurisdiction-wide e-government portal, including a number of widely utilized components supporting content management, electronic forms and payment. Some of the statistics they shared with me, although I have not yet verified them, looked [...]
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