e-Government in cities

An unusual survey of e-Government in cities; the “e-Citizenship for All” benchmark survey. There are some sparse results in there, such as the shift of e-Government from a simple response to legislation to an agenda item within councils. The negativity...

East Riding outsourcing

East Riding council has gone well beyond the norm in outsourcing to an international company for its revenues and benefits, customer services and IT among others. The customer services, especially, is a substantial move. They’re looking to get business from...

TED = OJEU

I always forget that the Official Journal of the European Union is called TED for something like Tenders daily. So now I shouldn’t!

Cross on government connect

Mike Cross takes an interesting perspective on the government connect launch in Local solution to the identity crisis. His thesis: if we get a near-universal spread of IDs for LA transactions, will we need a national identity card?