BBC: sexing up e-government
"The officials from Santa Clara also have a few words of advice for their UK counterparts, suggesting a culture change in government might be needed."You need a strategy for e-democracy," said Mr...
View ArticleGovernment Office of the West Midlands: the visuals
Initial thoughts about layout. Add a little colour... Work them up a little, first idea. Second idea in different colourways. Make the first idea look like the second. And finally... In black. Three...
View Article'Lost generation' of bosses blamed for IT mediocrity
Techies tend to be sidelined in key decision-making and are disconnected from the management mainstream. In effect, low-tech managers are forcing the UK economy into a low tech equilibrium. This really...
View ArticleNational strategy for technology nets £150million
"New government procurement guidelines to make government a more 'intelligent customer'"Don't make me laugh."We want the UK to be a key knowledge hub in the global economy: a country with a reputation...
View ArticleRSS in (US) Government
"RSS in Government News about how RSS is being used by international, federal, state, and local governments"As usual the UK Gov't haven't a clue. Why, oh why are we so behind? Answer: most of the UK...
View ArticleGovernments waste money
Interesting training day yesterday at the Government Offices for the West Midlands. (I was giving Manila training.) I learned two important things:Someone's daughter wanted to be a horse at the age of...
View ArticleLet users decide what's important and what's to be done in your company
This article tells of the layers of corporate waffle and loss making work middle manages seem to generate, but the one gem is this allegory: An architect once designed a cluster of buildings. When...
View ArticleAnother training day with local UK Government
Good bunch of people, all of them this time, and very interested in Manila, pity I ran out of time. Usually, I don't get a full compliment, this time I was over subscribed and sharing monitors (and...
View ArticleContent manangement without a system
Good article about CMS verses people. Much of the battle of creating a good, useful, up to date site, is in the people, not the system. "I know that," as George Bush would say. This is the same issue...
View ArticleBig John at GOWM
Here's the dude, John Garland, in front of his cabinets. Due to the recently announced cuts in the civil service, it sounds as if there will be no IT department. It'll probably be outsourced. But...
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