Local government insight: Clearing the legacy IT hangover
Gareth Pawlett, chief information officer at Cheshire East Borough Council discusses how rationalising Legacy IT provides a platform for change at the council
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Collaboration is key to accelerating local government cloud adoption
Andy Powell, chief technology officer at not-for-profit technology company Eduserv, says many councils now accept that cloud represents the future for local government IT, but the pace of adoption remains...
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Innovation to a budget
Constraints on public spending mean proving the business case for technology projects is tougher than ever before. But agile development is allowing the best organisations to continue to innovate...
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Can technology really attract and retain staff?
Ian Hodson, head of reward at the University of Lincoln, discusses how the technology a company uses - and its availability - has become a symbolic aspect of an organisation’s...
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“A modern curate’s egg” by Mark King
EEMA member Mark King argues GDS’ good work behind the scenes in using ‘digital’ as a motivator to improve services has been undermined by a lack of progress in establishing...
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A new era awaits Government-assured digital identity
Future of GOV.UK Verify looks bright, when the lockdown is over, argues Frank Joshi
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An Identity Postcard from Down Under
EEMA's Mark King's casts his practised identity eye over Australia's new published Trusted Digital Identity Framework
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Patterns for using open data in the delivery of public services
Open Data Institute project leader Mandy Costello and consultant Ed Parkes discuss the learnings from a key ODI report into the role open data plays in making public services better...
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Transforming service delivery through digital: the potential benefits for local authorities
Kathy Valdes, managing director of Digital Unite, says only by working to address the issues of digital exclusion in communities can councils take proper advantage of digital transformation
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Is the government’s Brexit culture eating the Transformation Strategy for breakfast?
The government’s strategy to harness digital technologies, skills and tools to transform public services was launched a year ago. But arguably it has been kicked into the long grass by...