News
11/04/2007 Thought Leaders at t-Gov EXPO 07
Local government is outstripping the central behemoth when it comes to delivering the transformation vision, says Local t-Gov programme director, Martin Scarfe.
05/04/2007 Chief Execs call for 'R&D' fund
Leading chief execs ask, 'why can't we have a cross cutting secretary of state' and a 'good ideas pot' to fund radical pilots to transform citizen services?
14/03/2007 t-Gov EXPO - over 350 now booked
Don't miss John Suffolk, Sir Nicholas Montagu, Lucy Neville-Rolfe, Peter Rogers and many more..
01/02/2007 Best Practice in Transformation - Does it Exist?
Best practice is an evolutionary process, say Hampshire's Jos Creese and Birmingham's Glyn Evans.
01/02/2007 Tackling Social Exclusion
Transformation presents an opportunity to tackle social exclusion, say Socitm president, Peter Ryder, Sir Chris Clarke, senior advisor in the Benefits Realisation team, IDeA.
10/11/2006 Sir David Varney to open t-gov procurement
The 3rd Annual NePP Conference and Exhibition, 6th / 7th December 2006, London.
09/11/2006 Efficiency and service improvement - two sides of the same coin
Efficiency and service improvement in local government are two sides of the same coin, says Rob Sykes, chief executive at Worcestershire, chairman of the National Chief Executives' Efficiency Taskforce and member of the Local t-Gov editorial board.
08/11/2006 White Paper ‘could have been more radical'
Glyn Evans, chair of Socitm's Information Age Government Group and member of the Local t-Gov editorial board, says the Government's proposals for modernising local government could have been more radical.
07/11/2006 Autumn EXPO: places running out fast - book now!
With the t-gov community keen to engage with a confirmed topline speaker platform, a range of in depth breakouts, quality networking space and a focussed exhibition, t-gov EXPO Manchester is set to be the local government event of choice this Autumn. Over 200 delegates are set to attend from more than 100 councils from across the country.
06/11/2006 Efficient progress
The Efficiency work in procurement across both central and local government is showing tremendous growth, says OGC chief executive, John Oughton.
03/11/2006 Government unveils new vision for local government
More powers will be given to parish councils as government calls for greater autonomy at a local level and an end to 1,000 national indicators, leaving around 200.
30/07/2006 Build transformation on e-gov foundations
Local e-gov laid the foundations of transformation – now we must put the effort into building on those foundations and delivering something which is truly transformational.
30/07/2006 Take-up key to efficiency and transformation
So you think that everything is going to be quiet in local authorities because we've done all the e-government stuff and the egov agenda is now ‘dead' and everyone is e-enabled?
30/07/2006 Transformational government – change through technology
The ‘Transformational Government' agenda is all about change enabled by technology, says Jos Creese, head of IT at Hampshire County Council and local t-gov editorial board member; and its about to step up a gear.
30/07/2006 Local e-gov community migrates to Local t-Gov
The local e-gov National Projects Communications Programme has migrated to the London Borough of Newham.
19/07/2006 Digital Challenge finalists announced
The ten national finalists for the digital challenge - to create a world class example of a 'wired up community' - have been announced by DCLG minister, Angela Smith.