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Local Government Authority Saves £55,000 Through Efficiencies With Business Management Solution
White Papers Macclesfield Borough Council, a United Kingdom (U.K.based local government authority, had trouble satisfying government targets on the use of Information Technology (IT) while using its legacy mainframe-based financial management system.
[February 9, 2008, 0:17]
Local e-government needs a new approach
News Councils should adopt a new approach to e-government in order to push up performance and efficiency, improve e-service delivery and become "proactive" in linking with local communities through e-democracy, according to a report issued on 19...
[January 20, 2005, 15:30]
UK local government lags behind in open source
News Ghosh said that one possible reason why the UK lags behind other European countries is the lack of clarity in UK government policy. In the UK, the government policy seems to be confused and is implemented differently between departments," said Ghosh.
[January 20, 2005, 17:05]
MSDN Webcast: Cloud Services for State and Local Government (Level 200)
White Papers The presenter of this webcast discusses Microsoft technology announcements at the Microsoft Professional Developers Conference (PDC) and the relevance to state and local government customers. The presenter considers the architectural implications...
[December 23, 2008, 0:00]
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]
Hackers attack Welsh local government Web sites
News Three local government Web sites in Wales have admitted to receiving simultaneous hacking attempts in the last week. The Welsh Local Government Association has received three unsuccessful hack attempts to its Web site in the last three months, and...
[July 27, 2001, 15:08]
A Strategic Guide for Local Government on: Outsourcing
White Papers This Guide is written for local government officials interested in learning about technology outsourcing and the key steps for evaluation and implementation. Over the next five years, local governments will face unprecedented pressure to provide...
[August 23, 2005, 6:00]
Modern Procurement Practice in Local Government: Local Performance Indicators for Procurement
White Papers This set of local performance indicators has been developed through the Library of Local Performance Indicators (IDeA and Audit Commission) with the Society of Procurement Officers (SOPO) and a wide group of stakeholders in local government...
[April 29, 2005, 3:00]
Using the Balanced Scorecard to Improve State & Local Government Performance
White Papers The webcast addresses how a Balanced Scorecard can lead to improved results, processes, and culture change in government organizations. Specifically, state and local governments are becoming increasingly accountable for results and the cost...
[April 30, 2005, 0:00]
State and Local Government Agencies Use VMware for Consolidation and Energy Efficiency
White Papers The attendee of this webcast will learn more about how state and local government agencies are using VMware virtualization solutions to consolidate datacenters, resulting in increased productivity and reduced energy consumption.
[August 1, 2009, 1:21]
Local councils fear e-government failure
News Research group Datamonitor has found that 36 percent of local authorities fear they won't hit the target, which was set by the British government and is meant to make it easier for citizens to access public services by putting them onto the Web.
[July 3, 2003, 7:54]
Open source is 'below the radar' of local government
Talkback Microsoft has, for some time, argues that the Total Cost of Ownership of Open Source software includes a high cost for expert support resources, and applies this to the cost of Windows Server versus Linux.
[October 13, 2004, 19:07]
Local e-government needs a new approach
Talkback All I read on this site are these internal or off the neaten path reports that the government need to do this and that etc. But where will the government be, how many good linked services will they have?
[January 20, 2005, 21:56]
Open source is 'below the radar' of local government
Talkback This person should be sacked! This is not what I consider good use of tax payers money. The statement "if we don't spend as much as possible this year we will not get it next year" says it all. He should be saying if we spend all of our money this...
[October 13, 2004, 10:54]
Open source is 'below the radar' of local government
Talkback When a major company or government say they're considering Linux we hear of MS offering special deals on Windows and in extreme cases flying an executive out to plead Windows' case. "Competition helps on price and innovation -- we can wave the...
[October 11, 2004, 13:36]
Open source is 'below the radar' of local government
Talkback So.TCO is less important in governments than in the private sector" but.Competition helps on price and innovation -- we can wave the Linux operating system at Microsoft and it brings prices down," I think someone needs to go Bax to basics
[October 8, 2004, 15:56]
Open source is 'below the radar' of local government
News Alex Bax, a senior policy officer at the Greater London Authority (GLA) led by London mayor Ken Livingstone, said that open source was not an important issue to local government. Bax said that political pressures dominate local government and...
[October 8, 2004, 14:00]
Ongoing Compliance in Local Government
White Papers Luton Borough Council needed to tackle two critical challenges: maximize information availability and ensure email was kept under control. The Council overcame the first challenge by deploying a comprehensive Symantec high availability and data...
[September 5, 2006, 0:00]
Solution Provider Helps Local Government Cut IT Costs, Expand Customer Services
White Papers To help meet a governmental mandate to cut costs and enhance services, the London Borough of Newham enlisted Microsoft Partner Artemis Corporation to replace an open-source solution with one based on Microsoft technologies.
[March 25, 2008, 0:01]
The Citizen Kiosk: A Vision for Local Government
White Papers This paper gives an overview of Government's initiative for public access of Government policies and actions. When the city set out to make government services more readily accessible to its citizens, it decided that deploying kiosks in public...
[November 6, 2004, 2:00]
