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RSS local councils£1 will save a red BT phone box
News But it seems BT is not colour blind after all as it has now bowed to pressure from local authorities keen to keep threatened call boxes and created two schemes whereby councils can ensure beloved boxes do not vanish. [29 Aug 2008]
£68m 'snooping' database: Little impact on serious crime
News The legislation would mean that hundreds of public bodies licensed under the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act - including local councils, health authorities and government agencies - will have access to the communication information. [13 Aug 2008]
£400m outsourcing deal faces employment tribunal
News Two local councils and IBM face an employment tribunal over claims a £400m outsourcing joint venture broke rules on the transfer of public sector staff. The dispute revolves around the transfer of 1,500 local government jobs in Somerset - including... [06 Aug 2008]
mnet Case Study: Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council (TMBC)
White Paper Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council (TMBC) negotiates and procures IT services for over 260 civil sites within the Borough, including schools, colleges, libraries and local councils. TMBC needed a resilient network that could guarantee... [04 Aug 2008]
Local authorities lack transformation skills
News However 60 per cent of councils said spending on management skills training in terms of change management and process management was a high priority in the next 12 months, indicating a gap in that vital skill set. [30 Jul 2008]
UK officials going snoop crazy
News Police and security services made the majority of the requests for billing information and other details but 1,707 of them came from local councils. Kennedy said local authorities could make greater use of communications data to investigate crime. [23 Jul 2008]
Local Government Performance Measurement Framework & Performance Indicators 2005/06 - Consultation
White Paper APSE supports reducing the burden and potential duplication for local authorities, with the Welsh Assembly Government acknowledging that data sources for most performance indicators will already be available by Councils. [03 Jul 2008]
Total Data Management Solutions for Local Authority Planning and G.I.S Departments
White Paper Since our inception we have been working closely with numerous County Councils and Corporations nationwide. The Local Government sector has always been very important to Digiscan. We have been providing Local Authorities with Bureau Scanning... [03 Jul 2008]
BEA and HP Create a Stable, High Performance System for Inlichtingenbureau
White Paper Through the introduction of the Work and Social Assistance Law the financial risk no longer lies with the national government, but with the local councils. Inlichtingenbureau was set up to avoid each local council being overwhelmed with floppy... [01 Jul 2008]
'Chip and Bin' dumped by council
News Councils wishing to participate will propose schemes and methods that they have devised, not us. She said: "Pilot schemes to create incentives for recycling will be undertaken by five local authorities next year, when current legislation is updated... [17 Jun 2008]
Thin clients switch on digitally excluded
Case Study The running costs per user (excluding the initial hardware) for the managed service are small - around £2 per week - and in future Kehoe envisages an ad-funded model being able to support service provision, with public sector organisations such as... [17 Jun 2008]
The Weekly Round-Up: 06.06.08
Round-Up It's nice to think that BT profits are actually at the mercy of local councils, isn't it? BT is writing to local authorities to test the water about closing 14 per cent of its remaining estate of call boxes - or around 8,700 out of some 62,000... [06 Jun 2008]
The Weekly Round-Up: 09.05.08
Round-Up The Voice Risk Analyser system will be piloted by another 15 councils following its success in seven areas of the country. The technology has apparently already saved Harrow council, one of the first local authorities to trial the technology last... [09 May 2008]
Local gov't adopts web-savvy interaction
News Web services are becoming an increasingly important way for citizens to interact with local government and councils are responding with improved websites. Four councils achieved an 'excellent' rating for their websites compared to just one last... [04 Mar 2008]
Local gov't tech spend to hit £3bn
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. [03 Jan 2008]
