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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...

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Government 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...

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'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...

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National 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...

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RSS 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...

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Governments 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...

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Let 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...

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Another 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...

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Content 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...

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Big 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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