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How Birmingham is delivering £1.5bn savings with transformational IT

...the CRM system, making them available to the public through the website. Birmingham City Council is providing more services online to residents(Photo credit: Shutterstock... Read more

14 June, 2010 by Nick Heath

Birmingham City Council transfers IT roles to India

...that will result from the transfer of IT roles to Pune, IndiaPhoto: Birmingham City Council A joint venture that serves Birmingham City Council is planning... Read more

24 May, 2011 by Nick Heath

Birmingham council reconsiders open-source software

...Birmingham City Council has said it is assessing open-source software as a... Read more

29 September, 2010 by Kable

'An amateur pursuit': Why change management isn't working in the public sector

...a post he took up in July after leaving his role as Birmingham City Council's corporate director of business change. The future of the... Read more

26 July, 2011 by Nick Heath

IT job losses at 25 year high in public sector

...Glyn Evans, president of Socitm, the body for public sector IT professionalsPhoto: Birmingham City Council Local authorities are also using technology to reduce their overall... Read more

20 January, 2012 by Nick Heath

CIO tips on how to survive losing your budget

...services to other authorities through shared services centres, Creese said. Glyn Evans, Birmingham City Council's corporate director of business change, said developing shared standards... Read more

1 June, 2011 by Nick Heath

Government IT: Sacrificial lamb or public service saviour?

...s future in government... Glyn Evans, corporate director of business change at Birmingham City Council, expects IT to play a much more central role in... Read more

31 May, 2011 by Nick Heath

HCL shifts focus from commodity IT to business

...is its acquisition of Axon, a UK SAP consultancy whose customers include Birmingham City Council and GlaxoSmithKline. Axon, which HCL bought for £441m in 2008... Read more

9 May, 2011 by Jo Best

Birmingham launches gunfire location tech

...apprehending offenders. The Safer Birmingham Partnership, made up of West Midlands Police, Birmingham City Council and other public and voluntary sector organisations, introduced the new... Read more

10 December, 2010 by Kable

Government to make FoI data machine readable

...have done so only using PDFs — including Europe's largest local authority, Birmingham City Council. Councils are required to do so by January. On cutting... Read more

5 October, 2010 by Kable

Wasting money on the web

...the huge range in the amount different councils spent on “re-design”. Birmingham City Council spent £2.9m in 2009 but the average spending on... Read more

19 August, 2010
Birmingham Mini A-Z 1.3

Birmingham Mini A-Z 1.3

...Mini A-Z Atlas for Birmingham. This mini street atlas covers the Birmingham City Council area and extends to Hill Hook, Roughley, Sutton Coldfield, Walmley... Read more

21 October, 2011

Sending jobs abroad means better jobs at home, says gov't IT panel

...Department for Work and Pensions and up to 100 IT roles supporting Birmingham City Council. The document also outlines the potential risks attached to relying... Read more

14 July, 2011 by Nick Heath
Lozells News 2.0

Lozells News 2.0

...Lozells website, statutory services and your local neighbourhood forum meetings.Funded by Birmingham City Council and developed exclusively by CAN UK Media The Lozells News... Read more

19 March, 2011
BCC Did You Know? 1.0.0

BCC Did You Know? 1.0.0

Birmingham City Council (UK) is changing the way people receive care and support... Read more

26 August, 2010

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