UK: Delivering High Performance in the Public Sector
European Technology Forum briefing with senior public sector ICT professionalsAgainst a backdrop of the Gershon Efficiency Review, Citizen take-up of e-services, and Joined-up Government, measuring output, providing targets and reporting in the public sector is a hot topic which has considerable cultural implications throughout the sector.
Nigeria: Osun State embraces e-government
The Osun State government on Tuesday in Osogbo unveiled an expansive Information Communication Technology (ICT) infrastructure that is to usher the state into electronic governance (e-Government).The entire project consists of a bureau of computer service and IT, complete with Local Area Network (LAN) for e-Governance, an Internet access backbone with VSAT, Fibre optic inter-connectivity to all agencies of government, wireless radio inter-connectivity to remote agencies of government, fibre optic cable inter-connectivity to Internet-access backbone to official quarters as well as live streaming capacity website for radio and TV live broadcast.
Software ''Meso'' legt Berliner Bürgerämter lahm
Beteiligt sind Telekom-Tochter T-Systems und HSHDie Einführung der neuen Software "Meso" in den Bürgerämtern in der Bundeshauptstadt Berlin führt zur Verdoppelung der Bearbeitungszeiten und zu langen Schlangen. Bei der Schnittstelle zur Polizei kommt es zu monatelangen Verzögerungen, erklärte Thomas Birk, Sprecher für Verwaltungsreform bei Bündnis 90/Die Grünen, heute in Berlin. Meso (Meldung Einwohner Software) wurde am 4. Oktober in den 46 Bürgerämtern der Stadt eingeführt und löste ein System von 1976 ab. Entwickelt wurde Meso laut Medienberichten von der Telekom-Tochter T-Systems und der Software-Firma HSH.
UK: Government aims to end IT failures
Supplier management to help standardise terms and costsA cross-government view of technology programmes and suppliers will help to prevent IT disasters, according to Cabinet Office minister Jim Murphy.
One of the plans included in Whitehalls first government IT strategy, to be published later this month, is for suppliers multiple public sector contracts to be managed as a portfolio rather than on an individual basis, Murphy told a conference in London this week.
UK: e-Government needs to be reach disadvantaged people - planning is needed
Public services need to do even more to help disadvantaged people to turn their lives around says a new report from the Government's Social Exclusion Unit. 'Improving Services, Improving Lives' shows that public service reform offers a real opportunity to make services work better for those who need them most.e-Government services may completely miss people who don't have an address, let alone access to a computer or phone - and strategic planning is needed for many 'next generation' governmental online services to ensure that intermediaries (such as Citizens Advice bureau) are able to assist in their delivery to this vulnerable section of society.