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Electronic Public Information January/February 2006
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button Excellently connected
Socitm Insight is raising the bar on what it expects councils to achieve in terms of website performance. A new rank of ‘E’ – for an excellent website – will join the now familiar P, C, C+ and T when the 2007 Better Connected report is undertaken.
button Using personal data - benefits and risks
Government ambitions to deliver more effective and personalised public services implicitly depend on effective use and management of personal information. And key to making the most of personal data are privacy, accountability and trust, says a new report from the Council for Science and Technology (CST).
button Better intra-connected?
Annual Better Connected reports have served to both measure and stimulate a massive improvement in websites over the last eight years. With demand growing for a similar quality control process for intranets, SPiN and Socitm Insight held a workshop in December to look at how this might work. This report by Helen Williams and Angela Frodin.
button Click use - free solution to information licensing headache
The Office of Public Sector Information unveils plans to offer at no charge the Click-Use core licensing system to any public sector organisation that wants to adopt it.
button Directgov goes local
The concept of a single starting point for all government services, pioneered by Directgov, is about to spread its net to cover the 80% of services provided through local authorities.
button ICT hub
Development of the ICT Hub promises to be an effective ICT infrastructure for the voluntary and community sector in England.
button Going global
Attempting to make a large, constantly updated website available in eight or more languages poses huge challenges in terms of information management. Even more critically, the costs look positively stratospheric. Stuart Webster looks at Lincolnshire's successful 'middle ground' approach.
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Document updated: 12 Feb 2006