E-Business Library: April 2006 Archives

E-Business Library > April 28, 2006

Government sites realize less is more

[RSS FCW.com RSS Feeds] — If imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, Google should be flattered. Taking the search giant’s cue on simplicity, government Web sites such as GovBenefits.gov and FirstGov.gov are winnowing clutter on their Web pages, a Labor Department official said.

UK government’s new CIO

[I’m Simon Dickson.] John has worked in the financial service industries and has extensive experience in delivering IT-enabled change.’ Let’s see how long the smile stays on his ‘“face”‘.

Posted at 03:22 AM

April 28, 2006

Government sites realize less is more

Posted at 03:28 AM

UK government’s new CIO

Posted at 03:22 AM

April 25, 2006

Controversial NHS IT system 'under review'

[24dash.com | Social housing communities local government news] 24dash reported the comments of South Norfolk MP Richard Bacon last month as he urged the National Audit Office to investigate the matter, saying the project had "many of the hallmarks of a classic IT fiasco".

Posted at 03:21 AM

Tony Blair’s PowerPoint palaver

[I’m Simon Dickson.] Tony Blair’s PowerPoint palaver April 24th, 2006 I wonder what Presentation Zen would make of Tony Blair's PowerPoint use. I half-watched the PM's monthly press conference this lunchtime, and couldn't help noticing that although he was referring to presentation slides describing NHS reform, the TV cameras refused to include them in frame.

Posted at 03:14 AM

April 22, 2006

Geospatial Line of Business Debrief

[Surveying, Mapping and GIS] A few people have been asking me for a debrief on the Geospatial Line of Business meeting yesterday at the JW Marriott in DC. Mixed feelings on the event.

Posted at 03:13 AM

Govsphere Growing

[Nick Mudge’s Technology and Government Weblog] David Fletcher: "Each year, the number of political and government blogs grows at a rate faster than the previous."

Posted at 03:12 AM

April 19, 2006

NASCIO calls for IT awards nominations

[RSS FCW.com RSS Feeds] “NASCIO: States, cities need more cybersecurity help” [FCW.com, Jan.

Posted at 03:43 AM

E-government’s killer app

[I’m Simon Dickson.] But I've also discovered that the #1 website from Northern Ireland's public sector is its equivalent site, Job Centre Online. And if figures from Alexa can be taken at face value - and typically, of course, they can't - it also leaves the (local) competition for dead.

Posted at 03:21 AM

April 16, 2006

A social approach to using complexity

[Stuart Glendinning Hall :: Main Page] Thanks to the UK´s National Health Service (the NHS is a large federal organisation) I had five years to work away on using complexity in health and information systems in my own sweet down-to-earth way and guess what well of course it all came to nothing. Well except I got free R&D time out of them, got to experiment with a lot of ideas, present on reorganising corporate KM, fed the ideas into a NHS national KM event, etc, etc.

Posted at 03:12 AM

2006 State Homeland Security Directors Survey

[FreedomSight] "..the National Governors Association Center for Best Practices (NGA Center) conducted its second annual survey of the 55 state homeland security directors during December 2005 and January 2006. The results of this survey reflect the responses of 40 homeland security directors from the states, territories, and commonwealths comprising the United States....

Posted at 03:10 AM

April 13, 2006

CFP - infoDev E-Government Toolkit for Developing Countries - Call for Submissions

[Steven Clift’s Notes - Democracies Online] Submitted by Ari Schwartz with CDT: infoDev E-Government Toolkit for Developing Countries ”” Call for Submissions infoDev (Information for Development...

Posted at 03:11 AM

New site launch @work

[willisbros.net] We upgraded to the latest version of Plone at the Sec. of State Office and launched the site yesterday.

Posted at 03:09 AM

April 10, 2006

IRS Where's My Refund Site Very Popular

[FreedomSight] FCW.com: 'Where's My Refund?' Users flock to find out Where's My Refund?..

Posted at 03:14 AM

Where not to blog, la

[Digital Life by Chin Wong -- Observations on the Philippine IT scene] If you’re thinking of creating a political blog, one place you shouldn’t do it is Singapore, where all political party Web sites and political blogs have to be registered with a media regulator. What’s more, podcasts cannot be used for campaign purposes.

Posted at 03:13 AM

April 07, 2006

Raise your aspirations

[I’m Simon Dickson.] Raise your aspirations March 30th, 2006 Most people don’t know what they want until they see it. And in government, where projects are big and...

Posted at 03:11 AM

II Congress on Internet, Law and Political Science

[ICTlogy] During the congress, the second issue of IDP, review of Internet, Law and Political Science will be presented. BTW, the call for communications is open and the best one will be published in the review.

Posted at 03:11 AM

April 04, 2006

EPFL Executive Master in e-Governance

[Steven Clift’s Notes - Democracies Online] Sent to DoWire by Gianluca Misuraca: e-Gov Executive Master 2006/07: Call for applications The 2006/07 edition of the EPFL Executive Master in...

Posted at 03:11 AM

A good man leaves government

[Digital Life by Chin Wong -- Observations on the Philippine IT scene] VER PEÃ‘A has resigned as chairman of the Commission on Information and Communication Technology (CICT), which oversees ICT development in the Philippines. His departure creates some uncertainty over the direction the agency and the industry will take.

Posted at 03:09 AM

E-Business Library > April 28, 2006

Government sites realize less is more

UK government’s new CIO

April 28, 2006

Government sites realize less is more

UK government’s new CIO

April 25, 2006

Controversial NHS IT system 'under review'

Tony Blair’s PowerPoint palaver

April 22, 2006

Geospatial Line of Business Debrief

Govsphere Growing

April 19, 2006

NASCIO calls for IT awards nominations

E-government’s killer app

April 16, 2006

A social approach to using complexity

2006 State Homeland Security Directors Survey

April 13, 2006

CFP - infoDev E-Government Toolkit for Developing Countries - Call for Submissions

New site launch @work

April 10, 2006

IRS Where's My Refund Site Very Popular

Where not to blog, la

April 07, 2006

Raise your aspirations

II Congress on Internet, Law and Political Science

April 04, 2006

EPFL Executive Master in e-Governance

A good man leaves government

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