What will be the purpose, shape and outcomes of tomorrow's public services? This is the topic for a Futures workshop that is designed to lay the foundations for driving Socitm firmly into the policy arena and maybe even into the 'lions den' that is the cu
Lots of energy and some great collaborative working between people across the public sector got Socitm's initiative to develop a skills framework for web professionals off to a flying start yesterday. More than twenty of us sat down together in a room at
Once again the week started off well due to being able to work ‘at the office’ (home). I was due to attend an event with one of our partners Jadu and, based on my experience of last year’s, would have really loved to, but there was just too much to do pri
I was involved recently in a Guardian roundtable debate looking at the future of public services across government. It was a great morning with some stimulating discussion.
He tells me he is now Deputy County Executive and goes on to say: “I think that the CIO position is really evolving, that is why we did away with the title... it was restrictive and my role is very broad. Even though one of my direct reports, Wanda Gibson
On 27 November, Socitm will be holding a workshop as the first stage in a project to define a professional skills framework for people who work on public sector websites.
I was going to just get on with my week, but then I had a 'customer service' moment with National Express! I probably wouldn't have mentioned it if not for the fact that a one of last weeks meetings we were being told (again - yawn) that we in the public
I am attending alongside Mark Brett (in his private capacity) and a team including Socitm Insight associates and a number of local authority representatives. Our home for the 4 days and nights is the modest, but attractive Hotel Molière tucked away behind
