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Experimental single UK Government services website launched

by Kevin 11/05/2011 in Technology

The Government Digital Service have launched a very early prototype of their unified Government services website, which is set to replace Directgov. The alpha site is designed to attract feedback in order to inform further development and investment. The development team are also maintaining a blog to set out their thinking and challenges as the [...]

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Website opens up public access to government data

by Kevin 21/01/2010 in People

The Government has launched a website to give the public access to a range of information and data sets. The site’s development was overseen by Sir Tim Berners Lee and builds upon the model developed in the USA with the launch of data.gov.
The site encourages innovation and novel re-use of the information to produce unforeseen [...]

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50p per month Broadband Tax to be levied

by Kevin 09/12/2009 in Bristol

Chancellor of the Exchequer Alistair Darling has confirmed in his pre-Budget statement that all householders with a fixed phone line will be required to pay £6 per year as a Broadband Tax.
The money is to upgrade the exisiting telecommunications infrastructure so that super-fast broadband can be made available to 90 per cent of the population [...]

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Audit Commission launches Oneplace – how are your public services performing?

by Kevin 09/12/2009 in Bristol

Oneplace is a new website that provides independent information on how public services are performing. It brings together the views of six independent inspectorates: the Audit Commission, Care Quality Commission, Ofsted, and Her Majesty’s Inspectorates of Constabulary, Prisons and Probation.
Public services can have a big impact on people’s lives – they do things like [...]

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Barbara Janke and Martha Lane Fox talk about Bristol the Digital City

by Stephen Hilton 25/08/2009 in Bristol

Bristol City Council’s Leader Barbara Janke and Martha Lane Fox, Champion for the Governments Digital Inclusion Task Force, discussing the potential impact of Digital Inclusion across the City.

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Bristol plays host to Martha Lane Fox – the Government’s Digital Inclusion Champion

by Stephen Hilton 29/07/2009 in People

Connecting Bristol is delighted that Martha Lane Fox, Digital Inclusion Champion and co-founder of LastMinute.com,  will be visiting Bristol on Friday to find out more about the city’s work on Digital Inclusion and to help formulate ideas for the Government’s new Digital Inclusion Task Force, which Martha Chairs.
Twitter was instrumental in arranging the visit – [...]

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Google Finds Local Gov

by Kevin 03/07/2009 in Bristol

Thanks to Dave Briggs for spotting this…
Do you work in local government?
Are you free on 7th August?
Fancy popping down to Victoria in London to visit the Google offices?
Oh, and get to hear from the real experts about how to make the most of Google services, whether search, analytics, maps, advertising, widgetising content, and more?
For the [...]

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2020 is the ’smart’ target …

by Bryn 08/06/2009 in Green ICT

2020 is the target set by the government for every UK home to be fitted with a smart meter.
If you’re wondering what a ’smart meter’ is, it’s an advanced meter that identifies power consumption in more detail than a conventional meter; and communicates that information in real-time to the user and / or [...]

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Local Gov TV – interview about high-speed broadband developments

by Bryn 27/05/2009 in Connectivity

Has anybody visited LocalGovTV? It’s a really useful online TV channel where you can watch interviews/short films etc about government initiatives.
If like us you are interested in high-speed broadband developments you should watch ‘Engaging communities through high-speed broadband – Interview with Richard Steel, President of Socitm’.
You can go straight to the interview by [...]

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