council
RSS council
Arts Council gets tech troubleshooting boost
Case Study The Arts Council England has enlisted an IT service management system from Sunrise Software to help keep its tech troubleshooting running smoothly. The organisation adopted the platform last year some months before a... [09 Apr 2009]
Council IT staff 'don't respect' their chief execs
News Fewer than half of council IT staff respect their chief executives because they lack the ability to lead and inspire, according to a new survey. The IT staff in the survey also cited directors of finance and social... [01 Nov 2005]
Council puts planning applications online
Case Study Crawley Borough Council is giving the public better visibility of planning applications by allowing the public to view more information online. The council processes around 1,000 planning applications... [08 Feb 2006]
Council banks on IT savings to boost services
News North Lanarkshire Council is spending £5m over four years on an IT services deal which is offering "guaranteed" savings that will be ploughed back into front line services. From January next year Steria will manage... [01 Dec 2005]
Council chief gets call centre job
News A council chief executive is heading to the frontline on Monday to man the phones and answer calls from the public in a council call centre. The exercise isn't due to a sudden staff shortage in West... [30 Sep 2005]
Council switches off mainframe in efficiency drive
Case Study Helens Council has saved £300,000 in hardware and software costs by switching its key applications from a mainframe to Windows and Unix servers. The council's ICT business manager Ste Sharples explained... [07 Sep 2005]
Council tenants text for better homes
Case Study Council house tenants are sending text messages to their local authority to request better housing. But this is not in protest - Ashford Borough Council has especially built a system to receive SMS... [06 Jul 2005]
Council finally inks controversial £83m IT deal
News Swansea council has finally signed an £83m IT outsourcing contract with Capgemini after a protracted and bitter 18-month battle over jobs with staff and the trade union Unison. The 10-year deal between the... [04 Jan 2006]
Council pulls plug on £250m outsourcing contract
News Bedfordshire County Council has scrapped its £250m outsourcing contract after coming to a mutual agreement with Hyder Business Services (HBS) over how to end the deal. The row had threatened to develop into a costly and... [17 Aug 2005]
Council chooses Fujitsu for £6m e-government deal
News The metropolitan borough council expects to gain cost benefits through improved purchasing and the re-engineering of its business processes.The 15-month implementation began last year and is due to be completed by July. [17 Jun 2003]
Council switches off PCs to save £40,000
News Staffordshire County Council has developed software that detects and turns off idle PCs and could cut £40,000 per year off the authority's energy bill. The software will scan all of the council's 8,000... [26 Jul 2007]
Council plugs free internet for tenants
News Solihull Metropolitan Council is planning to offer housing tenants in six buildings free internet access through their power points. The base station is located five miles away on a Solihull Community Housing (the... [21 May 2008]
Council saves by streamlining PC procurement
Case Study Northumberland County Council (NCC) has slashed its PC maintenance bill by streamlining and outsourcing its procurement. The council serves a population of 310,000 people between the borders of Newcastle... [11 May 2007]
Council swaps VME for NT
News Gateshead Council has decided to deploy ICL's Pericles business rate modules as part of its move away from the ICL VME operating system to Windows NT. The local council has used VME for 15 years, but the... [19 Oct 1999]
Council to kit out 34,000 staff with home PCs
News Kent County Council is to spend £2m on a scheme to offer its 34,000 employees with PCs for personal home use. The council said it wants to link the scheme with other relevant strategies such as IT skills... [08 Feb 2005]
