Well, just as David Milliband was getting to grips with his brief for the local government sector (and not doing that bad a job actually), it’s a case of stirring up the gene pool again and ensuring that policy and strategy remains as opaque (no…..
Attended my first CKO Public Sector Summit, held at the Bath Priory, on 23-25th April 2006. This was the 5th year for the event , organised by TFPL and sponsored this year by Thomson Sweet & Maxwell. There were quite a few ‘old’ hands there who ha…
Came across an interesting web site the other day – Demos – which provides a refreshing perspective on e-democracy and empowement of us ordinary citizens. Was thinking of popping along to an event they are running on Thursday 11 May (Demos, 136 To…
Briefly checked out a new (? – well, new to me anyway) community web site at www.myplace.com. looks pretty neat and has some rich functionality – blogs, etc. I’m sure it could be adapted for business purposes, e.g. for developing public sector com…
Interesting fact: eGMS – so much for the government’s “mandatory” metadata requirement; 73% of central and 42% of local government websites fail the requirements on every single page, including important sites such as direct.gov.uk, the Cabinet Of…
An interesting new development courtesy of the ODPM – the TALK web site (Transferring Across Local Knowledge). The blurb says “this will go beyond key products, manuals and reports, to investigate and publicise local knowledge and know-how to help…
Interesting quote heard at the KIN conference: Public sector improvements due to knowledge work are one third of those in the private sector. Attributed to ‘Friedman’ – not sure if this would be Ken or Thomas (or someone else altogether?) Need to …
Interesting – or may be worrying is more appropriate – article in today’s Sunday Times about record tax levels. Mr Brown’s budget next week may ead us into the highest tax regime on record. Tax revenues will total 490 billion this year, up from …
Well actually…it’s the same paper, but still strying to get it through the convoluted Governance process. Currently awaiting feedback from the directore of finances….can we afford to implement a strategy that will only deliver improved collabo…
