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RSS council districtKent signs £32m outsourcing deal
News The Kent Public Service Network will initially connect about 1,100 sites and provide extra bandwidth to Kent County Council, Kent schools, Canterbury City Council and Thanet District Council. Schools, libraries and council offices in Kent are to be... [22 Jul 2008]
e-Government Vision and Strategy
White Paper This paper proposes an 'e-Government' Strategy for Malvern Hills District Council. It supports this Council's aim to be a citizen focussed, flexible and accessible organisation, and explains how Malvern Hills District will be using technology to... [03 Jul 2008]
Sun Educational Services Empowers Penwith District Council at the Desktop
White Paper Penwith District Council has successfully completed a comprehensive training programme in conjunction with Sun Educational Services (SES), designed to enable the Council's 220-strong team to reap the full benefits of its new Sun Microsystems IT... [03 Jul 2008]
German District Council Expands to Manage Data Requirements of 10 Authorities With Virtualization
White Paper Landkreis Heidenheim in Germany is a rural county of Baden-Württemberg that has a population of about 150,000. When a new German Administration Reform Law came into force, their aim was to promote streamlined management of local government... [25 Jun 2008]
Dell Case Study: Bergstrasse District Council
White Paper The Bergstrasse district in Germany wanted to provide each pupil with a notebook for use in the classroom and at home. The Bergstrasse district deployed Dell for its solution and implemented Dell Vostro 1500 notebooks with an education interface... [25 Jun 2008]
John Suffolk
CIO Profile At the weekends Suffolk escapes back to the Peak District where he runs a farm protecting rare breeds of sheep and pigs. Although not a CIO in the traditional sense - each government department has its own CIO - John Suffolk is the public face of... [11 Jun 2008]
St Albans council signs £2.5m desktop contract
News St Albans District Council has signed a £2.5m, seven-year contract for desktop support with Northgate Information Solutions.silicon.com Public Sector In a statement, St Albans District Council's head of IT Mutairu Jibril, said: "The council is... [17 Apr 2008]
Southampton City Council Streamlines Procurement Process and Meets Service Level Agreements With Infra Software
White Paper Southampton City Council has more than 9000 staff providing services to the community of the City and its district. More recently, the Council has implemented a change management system from Infra. The council now has 130 users of Infra - 50 at any... [10 Apr 2008]
Computer says 'No' - lie detectors trap benefit cheats
News It is also being piloted within Lincoln Contact Centre and Jobcentres in the Nottinghamshire district. Computer voice analysis is being used to root out benefit cheats - helping to save a council more than £300,000. [18 Feb 2008]
Suffolk Councils join up IT to save costs
Case Study Suffolk County Council and Mid Suffolk District Council have merged IT departments in a wider initiative to share back-end business processes.silicon.com Public Sector The district councils in the county are responsible for environmental health... [05 Feb 2008]
City of Onkaparinga Reaps Rewards From IBM Global Financing
White Paper City of Onkaparinga was formed by amalgamation of the former Cities of Happy Valley and Noarlunga and part of the District Council of Willunga. The new city's IT department wanted to deliver a platform that would provide a consistent level of... [06 Sep 2007]
Integration Solution Helps Residents Access All District Council's 22 Business Units
White Paper Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council is rated an excellent local authority and continually seeks new ways of delivering better public services. In 2003, the council surveyed the Enterprise Application Integration (EAI) market to find a solution... [03 Jul 2007]
Essex libraries embrace RFID
News The self-service checkout has also allowed several libraries to remove checkout desks and use the space for other purposes such as a district council help desk. Martin Palmer, libraries manager for Essex County Council, told silicon.com: "RFID tags... [21 Jun 2007]
John Suffolk
CIO Profile At the weekends Suffolk escapes back to the Peak District where he runs a farm protecting rare breeds of sheep and pigs. As CIO for the UK government John Suffolk is primarily responsible for leading the IT strategy behind the 'Transformational... [06 Jun 2007]
Jos Creese
CIO Profile Creese has more than 20 years of IT management experience and has worked for central government, district and unitary councils. As head of IT at Hampshire County Council Jos Creese runs a team of more than 420 business and IT staff and is involved... [06 Jun 2007]
