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Cabinet minister loses PC
News Secretary for local government Hazel Blears has had a computer stolen from her constituency offices in Salford. The PC, which was lost on Saturday, contained details of the Cabinet minister's constituency work, and some "restricted information...
[June 17, 2008, 18:24]
Government urges councils to e-innovate
News Ministers want councils to submit ideas for using IT to achieve efficiency savings in local government as part of the next stage of the UK's "e-innovations" programme, it was announced on Wednesday. Along with efficiency savings, they are: using IT...
[December 2, 2004, 15:35]
Local gov't online services help save planet
News A report for Communities and Local Government shows that online council services can contribute to big cuts in CO2 emissions. People who use the internet to contact their local authority, instead of writing or driving to council offices, could help...
[January 18, 2008, 9:20]
What else?
Talkback As a local government employee, this person would also have access to the National Identity Register if it ever actually happens. Government, either local, national or EU wide (for all will have access) simply cannot be trusted to hold this data.
[September 7, 2009, 13:58]
Socitm chief resigns
News Kate Mountain has stood down as chief executive of the local government IT organisation. Mountain joined Socitm as chief executive in 2002 after a career in public-sector IT that included being head of IT at Liverpool and Oxford councils, and work...
[January 14, 2008, 10:41]
E-government needs tech-literate generation
News Public take-up of local government online services will remain low for at least the next 10 years, according to a new report. The study, based on interviews with 1,000 adults representative of the entire UK population, revealed that over 40 percent...
[January 17, 2003, 14:01]
Socitm: Council websites getting better
News Web services are becoming an increasingly important way for citizens to interact with local government, and councils are responding with improved websites. The number of visitors to council websites increased by more than 10 percent in the past 12...
[March 5, 2008, 8:48]
Local gov't CIOs to shape national IT policy
News Local government chief information officers are being invited to join a UK-wide body that will help shape national IT policy. The Local Government CIO Council met for the first time on 1 April after being set up by local government IT group the...
[April 3, 2008, 8:57]
Socitm aims to promote IT professionalism
News The Society of IT Management is piloting a generic software package aimed at improving IT professionalism across local government. Stewart Jackson, Socitm's programme manager for member services, told GC News on 3 January, 2008 that the Cabinet...
[January 7, 2008, 8:29]
Sharp rise predicted in local gov't tech spend
News Local government IT spending is predicted to hit £3bn during 2007/8 — a nine percent increase on the previous year. According to the Society of IT Management's (Socitm) annual IT Trends survey, spending on local government IT will rise again as...
[January 4, 2008, 9:29]
Munich deal boosts desktop Linux
News The local government in Munich, Germany, has voted to move 14,000 computers from Microsoft's Windows to the rival Linux operating system, despite efforts by the software giant to hang onto the multimillion-dollar contract.
[May 29, 2003, 8:14]
City-wide Wi-Fi networks set to soar
News An huge expansion in the number of city-wide wireless networks is being predicted as local government and ISPs get switched on to the opportunities ubiquitous Wi-Fi can offer — economic and otherwise.
[July 26, 2007, 19:04]
Cabinet Office relinquishes XML responsibility
News The Cabinet Office e-Government Unit (eGU) announced on 23 March, 2005 that it would hand over the management of the XML schemas to the Local e-Government Standards Body (e-SB) on 1 April, 2005. As part of the process local government XML schemas...
[March 24, 2005, 16:45]
E-government programme 'going well'
News Local authority IT chiefs are positive about the benefits of e-government but recognise that more work is still needed to increase the take up of e-services, according to a Society of IT Management (Socitm) survey issued on 7 December.
[December 7, 2004, 13:10]
Government fears digital divide is growing
News At the Local Government Association's Economic Regeneration Conference in Liverpool, Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) secretary Stephen Byers admits that "serious disparities" exist in e-commerce capability between businesses across the UK...
[November 22, 2000, 15:58]
£300m local savings from e-government
News The UK's local e-government programme could lead to significant direct cost savings in addition to improved services for citizens, according to two separate studies out this week. Research by the local e-government National Projects has found that...
[December 9, 2004, 11:05]
Action 2000 names and shames
News The local government sites are the first victims of Action 2000's naming and shaming campaign. Although local government agencies have not been spared the Y2K outing, financial institutions -- which may include high street banks -- will not be named.
[July 12, 1999, 11:46]
E-Government think tank launched
News The e-Government Integration and Systems Evaluation (e-GISE) Network, is aiming to identify the challenges associated with e-government, with an initial focus on local authorities. The group includes representatives from the e-Government Unit, the...
[August 4, 2005, 14:40]
Public sector IT staff get bigger pay rises
News Average salaries have increased by 5 percent on last year, according to an annual survey commissioned by local government user group Socitm and based on responses from 88 local authorities, around a third of the total.
[May 15, 2006, 11:20]
Benchmarking boost for e-government
News Stephen Evans, chief executive of the London borough of Havering, launched the National eService Delivery Standards (NeSDS), one of the National Projects for local e-government, on 18 May, 2005. The project follows on from the Parsol e-Planning...
[May 20, 2005, 11:40]
