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A web initiative aimed at enabling citizens to use technology to improve the quality of their lives by South Dublin County Council picked up the top gong at last night’s Irish eGovernment Awards 2007.

South Dublin County Council’s Connect initiative is aimed at enabling citizens to use technology in innovative ways to achieve their goals and make internet content more relevant to local interests.

Read more: Ireland: South Dublin Council ‘connects’ with the people

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South Dublin County Council was the big winner at the Irish e-Government awards as the authority's Connect website bagged two gongs, including the overall title.

Prizes in 11 categories were presented at the ceremony in Dublin on Thursday night. The contest, now in its third year, recognises excellence and creativity in technology initiatives in the public sector.

Read more: Ireland: 'Quiet revolution' stirring in e-government

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The first wave of hype around the first public sector web sites has long since subsided and the impact of PPARS is still being felt, so it’s no surprise that talk about e-government is more measured than it used to be.

“Some of the bigger projects haven’t materialised in quite the way they should have. Reach hasn’t achieved its goal during its stated period of development and we haven’t seen great progress with the HSE [Health Service Executive] with regards to IT,” said Curt Adler, head of public sector at HP. “They haven’t exploited the potential that is there within technology to improve our healthcare services.”

Read more: Ireland: Backroom evolution

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There has been a 23pc year-on-year increase in the use of Irish government online resources, it emerged According to the organisers of the Irish eGovernment Awards, due to take place next year, submissions for last year’s awards suggest the numbers of Irish citizens accessing online government resources are up due to more citizens having access to PCs, broadband and reduced concerns about security threats.

Read more: Increase in use of Irish e-government resources

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Comhairle, the national agency tasked with supporting the provision of information, advice and advocacy on social services, yesterday unveiled a substantially upgraded version of its information website.

The new site, renamed www.citizensinformation.ie, takes the place of the existing e-government initiative known as Oasis as well as Comhairle’s online Citizens Information Database (CID).

Read more: Ireland: New public information website replaces Oasis

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