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Socitm Appoints New President
News Socitm, the professional association for public-sector ICT managers, has appointed a new president. According to political and social analyst Tony Travers, who spoke at Socitm's AGM, local government can expect continued pressure for service...
[April 30, 2007, 17:38]
Socitm Names New President
News Writing on the Socitm president's blog on Thursday, Steel said: "I also feel honoured to now be president of such a well-respected organisation that has achieved so much in its history, and optimistic about our future.
[April 30, 2008, 10:49]
Socitm Calls On Councils For Web-accessibility Checks
News Councils must make methodical, regular tests on websites to ensure they are accessible to all, according to a Socitm report. A world denied, which supplements the Society of Information Technology Management's (Socitm's) March 2008 Better Connected...
[April 21, 2008, 9:02]
Socitm: Council Websites Getting Better
News The number of visitors to council websites increased by more than 10 percent in the past 12 months, according to the 2008 Better Connected report from local government IT body the Society of Information Technology Management (Socitm).
[March 5, 2008, 8:48]
Socitm Chief Resigns
News Mountain's departure comes as the Society of IT Management (Socitm) completes the first phase of a corporate review, launched towards the end of 2007. Socitm said that the review, carried out in conjunction with consultants KPMG, aims to "shape the...
[January 14, 2008, 10:41]
Socitm Aims To Promote IT Professionalism
News The move forms part of Socitm's long-term ambition to become the professional society for public-sector IT staff. Although Socitm provides a number of professional development services for its members, it has acknowledged that these could be better...
[January 7, 2008, 8:29]
Socitm Urges Councils To Go Green
News the Society of Information Technology Management (Socitm) says the technology industry's green credentials are not as good as is widely thought, and that it accounts for about two percent of global CO2 emissions.
[December 4, 2007, 15:02]
Socitm To Probe Accessibility Of Council Websites
News Socitm has said that its insight team will produce a special supplement on the subject as part of its annual Better Connected report on local-authority websites, due to be published in early March. Socitm has invited the Public Sector Web...
[February 5, 2008, 14:04]
Socitm Pushes IT Security Programme
News Mark Brett, who is leading the project for Socitm, said: "Electronic networks and information systems are an essential part of citizens' daily lives and are fundamental to the success of the EU economy.
[July 2, 2007, 17:19]
Slight Correction
Talkback Richard Steel's appointment as President of Socitm is a very canny play from the multiply-convicted monopolist. Richard Steel's appointment as President of Socitm would be a very canny play from the point of view of a hypothetical multipli...
[April 30, 2008, 9:56]
Whose Responsibility?
Talkback Typical bleating from SOCITM and all too typical of IT/Computing representative groups. SocITM needs to be challenging its own membership rather than sitting back waiting for Councillors to become IT friendly.
[March 20, 2007, 10:58]
Local Gov't CIOs To Shape National IT Policy
News The Local Government CIO Council met for the first time on 1 April after being set up by local government IT group the Society of IT Management (Socitm). President of Socitm, Rose Crozier, said the new group would allow local CIOs to make a...
[April 3, 2008, 8:57]
Offender-tracking System Scrapped Due To Costs
News Public-sector IT body Socitm spoke out in the wake of the incident and condemned the government's track record on big IT projects as "embarrassing". Socitm vice president Steve Hopson told ZDNet.co.uk's sister site, silicon.com: "I would describe...
[January 10, 2008, 7:55]
Outsourced IT Doesn't Cut It For Councils
News Councils that have outsourced their IT don't perform as well as those running an in-house service, according to the latest research from Socitm, and industry group for public-sector IT managers. Socitm conducted a detailed examination of two large...
[May 23, 2005, 14:25]
Councils' Online Election Performance Lambasted
News Most of the 34 councils holding a local election on 5 May, 2005 have provided minimal online information about their polls, finds a survey issued by Socitm. Socitm reviewed all the county council Web sites at the end of April by asking 10 questions...
[May 5, 2005, 15:20]
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). Socitm's Better Connected 2005 report into local authority Web sites says that...
[March 2, 2005, 13:10]
Sharp Rise Predicted In Local Gov't Tech Spend
News According to the Society of IT Management's (Socitm) annual IT Trends survey, spending on local government IT will rise again as councils invest in efficiency programmes and securing the information held on their computers.
[January 4, 2008, 9:29]
IT Driving Government Efficiency Plans
News According to a report from local government IT user group Socitm, as the e-government programme draws to a close in England, the public sector is turning its attention to using technology to deliver the efficiency targets.
[April 28, 2005, 16:30]
Councils Reprimanded Over Web Promotion
News A study from public-sector IT body Socitm claims only one in five people use local authority Web sites as a result of council promotions. Martin Greenwood, programme manager for Socitm, said in a statement: "We know from the e-citizen national...
[August 16, 2005, 16:50]
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]
