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The winners and runners up to the Government computing Syntegra awards for innovation were announced last night at a gala dinner in London. The winners and runners up are as follows:

The most joined-up project - government to government:

• Winner: Road Traffic Act automation and recovery project – Joint entry from the Department for Work and Pensions and the Department of Health
• Runner up: Xchanging Hearing Information By Internet Technology – The Court Service

The best project for services - government to citizen:

• Winner: Implementing Telecare in Local Government – Liverpool City Council
• Runner up: Webcasting – Hounslow Council

The best project for services - government to business:

• Winner: Timber Permit Management System – Forest Service, Department of Agriculture and Rural Development, N. Ireland
• Runner up: i-bio portal – Department of Trade and Industry

The best partnership project:

• Winner: Linx Project, Ringmaster system – Safer Merseyside Partnership
• Runner up:All Wales Unit Website – All Wales Unit

The best project within an organisation:

• Winner:NHS Numbers For Babies – NHS Information Authority
• Runner up:County Geographic Information System Project – Surrey County Council

Information age innovator of the year:

• Winners: Alan Smith – NHS Information Authority
• Runner up: Vanessa Lawrence – Ordnance Survey

The awards were presented by Stephen Timms MP, Minister for e-Commerce and competitiveness.

Over 100 e-government projects were entered, with contributions from central and local government, defence, education, criminal justice and the health service.

According to Steven Voss, Publishing Director at Kable "We want to thank everyone who entered this year. A lot of hard work and innovation goes on in the public sector which doesn't hit the headlines and I hope these awards will give encouragement to those behind the scenes to continue the hard work in delivering improved services and value for money through the use of technology".

Since their introduction in 1996 the awards, organised by Government Computing magazine, have become recognised as the prime accolades for those working on electronic delivery of public services.

The shortlist and awards take into account factors such as innovation in the use of information systems, clear improvement in quality of service, evidence of value for money and collaboration across organisations. Entry was open to all public sector organisations.

This year's judges were: Andrew Bowen, Head of capability development, Office of Government Commerce; Anwar Choudhury, Director, markets, technology and innovation, Office of the e-Envoy, Cabinet Office; Chris Hurford, Associate director, Audit Commission; Kate Mountain, Chief executive, Society of Information Technology; Karen Swinden, Director, Kable; Mark Say, Editor, Government Computing.

Quelle: Kablenet