Communities secretary Eric Pickles has called on councils to work on digital solutions to make statutory notices more accessible to the public....
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Labour pledges contract exclusivity to social enterprises
Councils would be encouraged to offer some contracts exclusively to social enterprises under any future Labour government....
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Wolverhampton meets data protection training deadline
Wolverhampton City Council has provided data protection training to all staff following censure from the Information Commissioner’s Office....
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ICT services merger planned for Cambridge region
Councillors in Cambridge are set to appoint consultants to develop a plan to merge ICT services with two neighbouring councils....
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Weekly tenders update
London Borough of Lambeth has awarded a contract to provide ICT for parking services. View that and all this week’s local authority tenders....
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Capita selected as preferred bidder on £14m ICT contract
Supplier Capita has provisionally been selected as preferred bidder for the contract, understood to be worth around £14m, to provide ICT and customer services for Wycombe District Council....
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Councils ‘relaxed on BYOD policies’
More than two thirds of local government organisations don’t operate a policy on “bring your own device” (BYOD), according to research released today....
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VIDEO: Socitm president Nick Roberts on PSN
Nick Roberts, President of Socitm and IT Group Manager for Surrey County Council, explains the steps local government is taking to address outstanding key issues inhibiting the use of the […]...
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Welsh government beats digital exclusion targets
The Welsh Government has published a set of revised targets for reducing digital exclusion after surpassing its original aims....
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