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Should IT professionals aspire to become the organisation’s chief technology …
Survey for IMKS member Colin Tyc
The role of Professional Societies and Institutes – A survey …
Response to Government Open Data Consultations
Socitm’s responses to the Government’s open data consultations suggest that …
Socitm Insight, publisher of a range of best practice advice …
Forum event 12th July 2011 is best yet
The meeting of the IMKS Forum at Transport for London …
Skills for public sector austerity
It seems that changing the skills profile of public sector …
Department of Justice issues public sector data sharing protocol
The Ministry of Justice oversees the overarching legislative and non-legislative …
Economist debate concludes we are in another techno-bubble
The Economist reports that the recent initial public offering of …
Socitm says library websites need to improve
The usability of libraries’ online services needs to improve if …
IMKS Forum partners with the E-Government Bulletin
The IMKS Forum is delighted to announce its partnership with …
The Hargreaves report on intellectual property protection and economic growth …
Further examples of weak control on public sector information
Government Departments disclose sensitive information while complying with FOI requests …
Government ICT strategy published
The government has published its ICT strategy, see http://www.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/content/government-ict-strategy From …
At a cursory level we all welcome the prospect of …
ICO Warns about Cookies and new EU information law
UK businesses must ‘wake up’ to new EU law on …
DWP consults on sharing customer information with local authorities
The Department for Work and Pensions is consulting on poposals …
Making a Difference about Data
Making a Difference about Data aims to raise awareness about …
Better connected 2011 results published
Results from Better connected 2011 suggest most councils still do …
Libraries partner on free social media learning
A partnership project ‘Welcome to 23 Things’ by four public …
New NAO report Information and Communications TEchnology in Government, Landscape …
Local authorities must lead information revolution for social care and health says Socitm
Local authorities should lead on IT support for allocation of …
Cloud computing is the future – Socitm
Cloud computing is key to better, cheaper public services says …
Scottish Government Principles for identity management and privacy
The Scottish Government has published its Principles for identity management …
Government Computing News reports the results from an FoI request …
IMKS appoints research director
Kingston University IMKS appoints Dr Walter Skok as research director, …
New report on public sector information and place-based budgeting
Cost-saving ‘place-based’ public services will be frustrated unless public agencies …
Google to be investigated by the EU
THe BBC are reporting that other firms are accusing Google …
Government to seek experts’ views on public service reform
Public service managers are amongst those invited today by the …
German software giant SAP has been ordered to pay $13bn …
New report on information and Total Place (or place-based public services) from Socitm
Too many cooks: the information management implications of place-based public …
Socitm urges CIOs to consider the impact of Public Services Networks now
Prepare now for the Public Sector Network and its huge …
Supplementing the efforts of Race Online 2012, spearheaded by UK …
Transparency – another challenge
RB Windsor and Maidenhead Chief Executive Ian Trenholm presented to …
The Information Commissioner’s Office has launched a consultation on a …
Lane Fox digital proposals expected ‘soon’
The government expects Martha Lane-Fox to put forward proposals on …
Socitm and LGA Win concessions from Cabinet Office on GCSx Code of Connection
Local authorities would pay less as well as have more …
Tribunal Appeal Set for Councillor Posting YouTube Meeting Clips
A complaint was lodged against a Green Party councillor for …
Lord Prescott’s petition not to scrap NHS Direct
Over 11,000 people have already signed Lord Prescott’s petition appealing …
Forum members will wish to contribute to Martha Lane-Fox’s review …
ContactPoint switched off at midday 6 August 2010
At midday today, the government will begin to decommission ContactPoint, …
Public Sector Mapping Agreement
This paper sets out the scope of the Public Sector …
New report on Open Data and transparency
Socitm has published a new briefing for local authority managers …
Data breaches hit 113 US health care organisations according to report
Of the 385 organizations hit with data breaches so far …
Vanguard community to present at IMKS
David Cameron today announced that RB Windsor & Maidenhead was …
Business and IT Alignment (BITA) Project
Dr Walter Skok and Nooran Salman, Business School, Kingston University …
Government seeks ideas on cutting ‘red tape’
The government is inviting people to help them cut through …
Treasury says it can save £100bn by eliminating duplication in …
Pickles wants public sector cost cutting ideas
Communities Secretary Eric Pickles today called for public sector workers …
Cull of government websites to go deeper
Cabinet Office Minister Francis Maude is extending the cull of …
Restrictions on council newspapers
Local Government Secretary Eric Pickles today announced a toughening up …
April 15 IMKS event – press coverage
Dan Jellinek, reporter from Headstar.com, has written a report on …
Information, Social media and the election
Famously, Barak Obama is credited with using social media to …