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Cornwall gets smarter |
| Over the last twelve months councils in Cornwall have made rapid progress implementing the Cornish Key - an ambitious project to introduce 50,000 smart cards throughout local communities. Justin Hunt looks at the background to the project and what has been achieved to date in this DTLR-funded Pathfinder project. | |
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StartHere - where to turn when you don't know where to turn... |
| Social inclusion and accessibility are key concerns for many in the world of electronic public information. Starthere aims to tackle these head-on, and is now working with authorities from Scotland to London to implement its formula for high quality, citizen-focused, easily-accessed, joined-up information | |
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Promoting Electronic Government (PEG): Achieving Excellence through Electronic Service Delivery |
| Promoting Electronic Government (PEG) - a successful project in the second Invest to Save Budget (ISB) round - completed its work in earlier this year. Angus Doulton outlines the project's achievements, and explains why the materials developed by PEG are crucial to every local authority embarking on e-government | |
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| Animation is an issue which seems to split the world of web-designers and web information managers. Does it simply frustrate accessibility and deter those simply seeking information without delay and without gimmicks? Or has it a role in enhancing the Internet experience? Des Farrington investigates the pros, the cons, and the underlying issues. | |
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Floating Free |
| So you've done the right thing and got rid of frames. And in doing so you've also lost the fixed menu, which now scrolls in and out of sight. Continuing his series of articles on simple tricks using JavaScript, Goff Sargent shows us an easy way to set up a floating menu. | |
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When Disaster Strikes |
| Recently the UK has seen a succession of emergencies - petrol shortages, foot and mouth disease, flooding and the aftermath of rail disasters. At such times access to accurate information is crucial for both the public and for the coping agencies. Widespread access to the web and mobile phones has greatly raised expectations of what should be delivered - putting further pressure on the authorities to 'get it right'. Julian Williams looks at how local authorities are facing up to the challenge. | |
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