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Local Authorities Keen On Open Source
News Cost, security and dissatisfaction with Microsoft will drive almost two-thirds of local authorities to increase their use of open source software over the next three years, according to new research. The survey of 99 local authorities by local...
[May 10, 2005, 15:50]
A Year Ago: Local Authorities Slam Action 2000's Naming 'n Shaming
News While the government refuses to name and shame the 8 major financial institutions falling behind in bug-fix plans, Action 2000 is showing no mercy when it comes to local authorities which fall into its red category -- ie.at severe risk of...
[July 13, 2000, 8:00]
Local Authorities Slam Action 2000's Naming 'n Shaming
News While the government refuses to name and shame the 8 major financial institutions falling behind in bug-fix plans, Action 2000 is showing no mercy when it comes to local authorities which fall into its red category -- ie.at severe risk of...
[July 12, 1999, 15:40]
Local Authorities Failing On E-accessibility
News Local authorities may not meet the government's "priority" targets for online services, according to an annual survey issued by the Society of IT Management (Socitm). The "top 20" authorities among the 38 with transactional Web sites, are:
[March 2, 2005, 13:10]
Local Authorities Battle For £10m E-city Prize
News The government launched a £10m contest on Friday to encourage local authorities to use technology to deliver public services. Local authorities will compete in regional 'heats' to win the opportunity to represent their region in the competition.
[April 1, 2005, 16:15]
Data Security Standards Baffle Local Authorities
Blog Incidents involving a loss of sensitive personal data shows that UK local authorities are still struggling to build essential data security standards based on effective security frameworks, tools which remove the ‘human error’, and the continual...
[April 15, 2008, 14:59]
Local Authorities Face Y2K Problems
News No such results are available for the 430 local authorities in the UK and the public will have to wait until July to find out if their local authority falls into Action 2000's red zone -- at severe risk of disruption as a result of the millennium...
[April 22, 1999, 15:23]
Local Authorities Failing On E-accessibility
Talkback Right here right now I'd like to put Dundee City Council down as a rubbish website, its so basic its unreal. I wish the Government would stop dilly dallying around and copy the leading scandanavian countries e-gov type services.
[March 2, 2005, 19:00]
ICT Business Continuity & Disaster Recovery For Local Authorities
White Papers The paper describes the approach in solving local councils' problems and describes the specific services offered. Most councils recognize that the drive towards electronic government inevitably increases reliance on ICT and hence increases the...
[August 9, 2006, 1:00]
The Role Of ICT In Meeting Local Government Efficiency Targets: A Survey Of 80 English Local Authorities
White Papers The survey presented in this paper highlights the need for everyone to focus on ways of improving efficiency in the use of technology in Local Government. Almost everyone agrees that ICT has a pivotal role to play, but there are still uncertainties...
[May 26, 2006, 1:00]
City Of Newcastle Save Millions In Move From Mainframes
Talkback As a long time employee of various Local Authorities and as a former resident of Newcastle I was surprised to read this article. If I had been the CE I would not have been highlighting this event as it surely begs the question 'saving £37m or...
[June 16, 2006, 11:42]
Councils Offered E-projects For Download
News Local authorities will be able to search and download products developed by the 22 National Projects for e-government through a catalogue set up by West Sussex County Council, it was announced on 22 March 2005.
[March 22, 2005, 12:35]
UK Councils Use Open Source To Hit E-targets
News A growing number of local authorities across the UK are using an open source content management system to help them achieve their e-government targets. Giles Palmer, the managing director of Runtime Collective, a company that provides services...
[March 15, 2005, 15:20]
IT Driving Government Efficiency Plans
News Local authorities are relying on IT to make the efficiency savings that the government is demanding from them over the next three years. Between 2005 and 2008 local authorities have to deliver 2.5 percent efficiency gains every year, and the...
[April 28, 2005, 16:30]
London Council Goes Wireless
News Lewisham Council has created a model designed to help other local authorities around the UK offer e-government services over a wireless broadband infrastructure. We know that there are some other local authorities that are doing good work with...
[September 10, 2004, 15:25]
Luton Council Gears Up With High Speed Network
News Luton Borough Council (LBC) has joined other local authorities in implementing a high speed WAN linking council offices and schools. The service will help the council meet government targets for local education authorities' comms.
[October 26, 2006, 16:55]
Councils Join Data-sharing Scheme
News The local authorities taking part in the project are Newham, Bromley, Derby, Isle of Man, Kent, Lewisham, Rotherham, Sunderland, Wakefield and Warwick. The local authorities are part of the Shared Learning Group, which helps to share best practice...
[April 18, 2008, 9:41]
Councils Struggling With E-archives
News A National Archives survey says that local authorities should introduce strategies to save digital information for posterity. He said that a lot of local authorities are working quite hard on this issue and putting in place new policies — for...
[March 4, 2008, 13:22]
Think Tank Urges 'm-government'
News Local authorities should embrace mobile technologies in delivering services, according to a report from the New Local Government Network (NLGN) think tank launched on Wednesday. Already half of English local authorities use mobile technology in...
[February 8, 2006, 15:00]
Public Sector IT Staff Get Bigger Pay Rises
News IT workers in local authorities are getting better salary increases and a wider range of benefits than their counterparts in the private sector. Average salaries have increased by 5 percent on last year, according to an annual survey commissioned...
[May 15, 2006, 11:20]
