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UK: Can e-Government help plug LGA's suggested 2.2bn council funding black hole

The Local Government Association says that local authorities face a £2.2 billion black hole in their finances - equivalent to a rise of 10 percent or around £100 a year in council tax bills - unless the Government injects substantial extra cash, local government leaders have revealed.

Efficiency savings through e-Government could also play a big part in helping reduce the black hole - if only local authorities could build massive take-up of their services.

Nordrhein-Westfalen: Kreis Soest „Zukunftsfeld E-Government konzertiert beackern“

Kreisdirektor Dr. Wolfgang Maas begrüßte Teilnehmer eines IT-Workshops im Kreishaus

Anlässlich eines Workshops zur Zusammenarbeit zwischen Land und Kommunen in Sachen E-Government, den das Informationsbüro d-NRW in Zusammenarbeit mit der KDVZ Citkomm im Sitzungssaal des Soester Kreishauses durchführte, hat der Soester Kreisdirektor Dr. Wolfgang Maas dazu aufgerufen, das Zukunftsfeld E-Government „konzertiert“ zu beackern.

UK: Government plans to merge back-office functions to boost efficiency

The Government yesterday announced a new drive to deliver major efficiencies for tax payers by merging back office functions in public services.

Announcing the creation of a new cross-government team to promote shared services, John Hutton said merging functions such as call centres or human resources that can be delivered more efficiently on a larger scale, has the capacity to make big savings that can be redirected to the frontline.

And when funding is awarded for projects there will be a presumption that only sharing and joining up delivers value for money. Making it much harder to go ahead with wasteful duplication.

USA: GSA, SBA deploy online system to track subcontracting goals

Agencies and large contractors can now file data online demonstrating whether they are meeting federal subcontracting goals using a new system that went operational late last week, according to the General Services Administration and the Small Business Administration.

The Electronic Subcontractor Reporting System (ESRS) reached initial operating capability for most civilian agencies Oct. 28. ESRS is a significant development in the Bush administration’s e-government initiative because it gives agencies and large contractors a one-stop shop for proving they are meeting milestones for subcontracting with small, disadvantaged and women-owned businesses. The Defense Department will begin using the system in later this fiscal year.

Schleswig-Holstein: Innenminister: "Kein Unglück, wenn Ämter aufgelöst werden"

Wenn sich kleine Ämter zusammentun wollen, müssen sie sich sputen: Nur die schnellsten bekommen die 250 000 Euro Freiwilligkeitsprämie.

Die Strukturreform der kommunalen Verwaltung war das zentrale Thema beim Besuch des neuen schleswig-holsteinischen Innenministers Ralf Stegner in Ratzeburg. "Erregt und emotional" diskutiert worden sei zwischen Vertretern der Ämter auf der einen Seite und denen des Kreises, Stegner und Finanzstaatssekretär Klaus Schlie auf der anderen, hieß es.