This will probably come as a bit of a surprise to many, but after four enjoyable, amazing years as Chief Editor of Public Sector Forums, I've decided to go self-employed. Though I'll no longer be officially employed by PSF, I'll still be contributing on a regular basis - there's zero animosity involved and I'm still [...]
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Public Sector Data Sharing - More Developments
December 2nd, 2009 · No Comments · Uncategorized
While penning an update for Public Sector Forums on the 'Effective Partnership Data Management' project I blogged about recently, I was alerted to the fact that a government review of information sharing legislation around benefits data is currently underway.
Given the public kerfuffle and subsequent climb-down earlier this year over the Coroners Bill, I hunted high [...]
Tags:data sharing·government·privacy·transformational government
Sums Gone to Iceland: One Year On
October 30th, 2009 · 1 Comment · Uncategorized
(Latest article for Public Sector Forums.)
A whole year has passed since almost £1 billion of local government money was sucked into a financial black-hole following the collapse of the Icelandic banking system.
So how are things faring with the battle to recoup the cash trapped in frozen Icelandic bank accounts?
Over to the Local Government Association, which has [...]
Tags:finance·government
UK Government CIO blogs on future of Govt IT, IT Industry and the rest
July 24th, 2009 · No Comments · Uncategorized
While Googling something the other day I accidentally 'discovered' this: The TypePad blog of John Suffolk who, for the uninitiated, is none other than Her Majesty's Government's Chief Information Officer.
Mr Suffolk apparently started blogging last month, sharing his personal thoughts, updates and insights on current UK Government IT issues.
(I've tried contacting the Cabinet Office to confirm [...]
Tags:CIO Council·cloud computing·john suffolk·open source·t-government
Open Source Gov: A Small Victory of Sorts
July 2nd, 2009 · No Comments · Uncategorized
open source, online content, social web, Web 2.0, government, public sector, social media, e-petition, e-democracy
Tags:edemocracy·government·online content·open source·social media·software·timely information for citizens·ukgovoss·web 2.0
Latest Gov Web Guidance Unleashed
June 18th, 2009 · No Comments · Uncategorized
Government websites are to get a new set of national performance indicators to compare how well they perform against other sites, it transpires.
The 'Web Performance Management Framework' (PMF) as it is called is currently being developed by the Cabinet Office's Contact Council unit.
Details of the work were disclosed in new government web guidelines published by [...]
Tags:benchmarking·government·guidelines·KPIs·metrics·nao·performance·PMF·toolkits·user satisfaction·varney·wcag·websites
Mobile Working: Gov Connect Pulls the Plug
June 17th, 2009 · No Comments · Uncategorized
Latest article for Public Sector Forums:
Councils are being forced to turn off devices or meet the cost of purchasing and installing new IT equipment used for mobile working because they breach Government Connect's security standards.
A significant number of local authorities are finding current systems for running a mobile workforce aren't compliant with requirements set out [...]
Tags:BlackBerry·GovConnect·Microsoft·mobile·mobile working·security·Windows
Links of the Week - 11 June 2009
June 11th, 2009 · 1 Comment · Uncategorized
The Next Big Thing, VRM is Vendor Relationship Management (think the flipside of CRM) which is essentially about people power - giving customers control over their data. It's a concept attracting interest for how it would play for public services. (think personalisation, change-of-address services). Read the FAQ, check out a one-pager, follow Doc Searls' VRM [...]
Links of the Week - 4 June 2009
June 4th, 2009 · No Comments · Uncategorized
The Hansard Society's top five priorities for Andrew Stott, the Government's new Digital Engagement Director. Not on the list: Move to Stoke, despite 108 votes of support. (How that started, incidentally).
Tom 'Minister for Twitter' Watson sensationally quits – UKAuthority.com looks at what this means for Gov.UK.
'What is and what isn't acceptable on expenses?' ponders the brilliant [...]
PSFBuzz Government Web 2.0 Awards - Coming Soon!
June 4th, 2009 · No Comments · Uncategorized
From PSF:
Public Sector Forums are pleased to announce the launch of the PSFBuzz Government Web 2.0 Awards 2009.
Following the intense interest and activity around PSFBuzz, Public Sector Forums have been inspired to celebrate the creativity, innovation and excellence of public sector use of social media and Web 2.0 technologies.
The PSFBuzz Awards will be an opportunity for [...]
