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Socitm welcomes McClelland Review into ICT infrastructure in Scotland and pledges support for the implementation process
Published: Thursday 30th June 2011
Socitm welcomes McClelland Review into ICT infrastructure in Scotland and pledges support for the implementation process
Local government IT head and President of Socitm (2010-2011) voted 'most influential IT chief in the UK' by peers in public and private sector
Published: Thursday 16th June 2011
Local government IT head and President of Socitm (2010-2011) voted 'most influential IT chief in the UK' by peers in public and private sector
Glyn Evans, Corporate Director of Business Change at Birmingham City Council is the new President of Socitm
Published: Thursday 12th May 2011
Glyn Evans, Corporate Director of Business Change at Birmingham City Council, was confirmed as the new Socitm President at the public sector IT professionals' association AGM and Spring Conference.
Socitm President to launch strategy for ICT-enabled local public services reform at Spring Conference 2011
Published: Friday 15th April 2011
Socitm President to launch strategy for ICT-enabled local public services reform at Spring Conference 2011
Budget misses IT/digital opportunity says Socitm
Published: Thursday 24th March 2011
Yesterday's budget missed the opportunity to use investment and incentives in IT and the digital sector to boost the economy, social inclusion and public sector efficiency, says Socitm.
Socitm's response to the spending review
Published: Thursday 21st October 2010
Socitm's response to the spending review
Socitm and LGA win cost reducing concessions for local authorities around standards for connection to the Public Sector Network
Published: Thursday 16th September 2010
Socitm and LGA win cost reducing concessions for local authorities around standards for connection to the Public Sector Network
Dylan Roberts takes chair at Socitm strategy and policy body Socitm Futures as predecessor Glyn Evans focuses on VP role
Published: Thursday 27th May 2010
Dylan Roberts, Chief ICT Officer at Leeds City Council, and a member of the Local CIO Council, has taken over from Glyn Evans as Chair of Socitm’s IT strategy and policy generating body Socitm Futures
LGA and Socitm encourage councils to make local election information and results more widely available by joining the Open Election Data Project
Published: Tuesday 27th April 2010
LGA and Socitm encourage councils to make local election information and results more widely available by joining the Open Election Data Project
Jos Creese, Head of IT at Hampshire County Council takes on Socitm Presidency
Published: Friday 23rd April 2010
Jos Creese, Head of IT at Hampshire County Council has been confirmed as the new Socitm President. He took up his post immediately following the AGM on April 22.
Socitm response to Ordnance Survey consultation says base level geographic data should be freely available for non-commercial use
Published: Monday 22nd March 2010
Socitm response to Ordnance Survey consultation says base level geographic data should be freely available for non-commercial use
Government ICT Strategy’s focus on reducing technology costs is disappointing says Socitm
Published: Friday 12th February 2010
The over-riding emphasis on reducing the cost of government ICT, a key plank of the Government ICT Strategy released in January, is disappointing
Karl Grundy joins Socitm as Head of Commercial Development from similar role at MySociety
Published: Friday 22nd January 2010
Socitm has appointed Karl Grundy to the newly-created role of Head of Commercial Development and Business Relationships.
Council ICT managers should lead their organisations to embrace social media rather than block it says new report from Socitm
Published: Monday 18th January 2010
Public sector heads of ICT should be taking the lead in encouraging councils to embrace social media and not be party to moves to block staff from using these important new tools for business...
Underperforming websites could be costing councils £11m a month
Published: Friday 8th January 2010
This finding comes from data collected in September by Socitm Insight’s Website Takeup service, and is published in its latest Customer Access Improvement Service briefing, published on 8 January.
Socitm travel award 2009 (the Graham Williamson Challenge) goes to Scott Mansfield from Leeds City Council
Published: Friday 30th October 2009
IT Assistant Scott Mansfield (22), a member of the web team at Leeds City Council, has been named winner of this year’s Graham Williamson Challenge Award by Socitm.
Socitm surveys IT managers over ‘blocking’ of social media by councils
Published: Sunday 23rd August 2009
Socitm Insight is asking local authority IT managers for their views on the use of social media within local authorities and the degree to which it poses security threats...
Sessions on cloud computing, social media, e-care, the Council of the Future and the Operational Efficiency Programme added to Socitm 2009 programme
Published: Friday 21st August 2009
Annual conference Re-inventing local public services – radical thinking, practical solutions will take place 11-13 October at the Edinburgh International Conference Centre
Sessions on cloud computing, social media, e-care, the Council of the Future and the Operational Efficiency Programme added to Socitm 2009 programme
Published: Friday 21st August 2009
Annual conference Re-inventing local public services – radical thinking, practical solutions will take place 11-13 October at the Edinburgh International Conference Centre.
Socitm confirms Adrian Hancock as Managing Director
Published: Saturday 18th July 2009
The Society of IT Management has confirmed Adrian Hancock as its managing director, a role he has occupied on an interim basis since January.
ICT professionals sought for Socitm’s Graham Williamson Travel Award 09
Published: Friday 17th July 2009
Entries in the Graham Williamson Challenge, Socitm’s travel award for people starting out on their career in ICT or a related discipline, are now open.
Web usability guru Gerry McGovern to speak at Building the Perfect Council Website event 16 July, London
Published: Wednesday 1st July 2009
Third annual event will dissect Socitm's Better connected 2008 Other sessions cover accessibility, Web 2.0 & Take-up
Councils double web traffic with sophisticated online election news service using social media tools
Published: Tuesday 9th June 2009
County Councils saw their web traffic double last Friday and Saturday thanks to provision of a sophisticated online election results service coupled with use of social media tools like Twitter etc
Steve Palmer, CIO at London Borough of Hillingdon confirmed as Socitm President
Published: Friday 24th April 2009
Steve Palmer, CIO at the London Borough of Hillingdon has been confirmed as the new Socitm President at the Society’s AGM on April 23.
Lean thinking could provide solution for councils facing grim outlook on budgets says new Socitm briefing
Published: Friday 27th March 2009
Lean thinking, a management approach originating in Japanese manufacturing, could be a long term answer for councils coping with rising demand for services.
Impact of 'cloud computing' on public sector ICT may be 'more revolutionary than advent of the PC' says new Socitm briefing
Published: Friday 20th February 2009
The use of web resources to provide facilities and services hosted elsewhere on the internet - could have an even more revolutionary impact on public sector ICT than the advent of the PC in the 1980s.
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