Latest Local Authorities articles

Police authorities award software contract worth up to £400m to Northgate

A London police officer at a protest
Deal is for a crime, intelligence and defendant management system
23 Jan 2012

Staffordshire councils prepare for £20m CRM migration

Figures cut out of paper showing collaboration
10 local authorities are looking to replace Oracle CRM system with cloud-based alternative
07 Dec 2011

Data loss epidemic at UK local authorities

USB memory stick
Campaigners uncover more than 1,000 data loss incidents at UK councils over the past three years
23 Nov 2011

East Sussex County Council issues £100m WAN tender

The network will cover East Sussex, Brighton and Hove and West Sussex
01 Nov 2011

Cheshire Council uses desktop analytics to shape Windows 7 migration

It is reducing its applications estate and renegotiating Microsoft licences as a result
13 Oct 2011

Camden Council boosts mobile security

Council implements Computrace remote tracking and deletion technology to stay on the right side of the ICO
16 Sep 2011

Hounslow council seeks new CIO

London council is looking for a new IT head to manage ICT transformation
08 Aug 2011

Hillingdon to migrate desktops to cloud

London council's cloud migration gathers pace
14 Jul 2011

Portal gives Kent residents insight into public services and public servants

Open Kent offers information on council amenities and spending
30 Jun 2011

Council awards £160m contract to build two high-tech schools

Halton Borough Council signs one of the last Building Schools for the Future (BSF) deals
27 Apr 2011

ICO slams council for dumping confidential information in skip

Wolverhampton City Council signs undertaking after breaching Data Protection Act
15 Mar 2011

Asset management leads to cost cuts

Integrated software puts Lincolnshire County Council on the road to savings
08 Mar 2011

Disclosure could lead to discrimination


25 Jan 2011

Inverclyde Council suspends four ICT and service execs

Bosses suspended over a money-saving modernisation scheme that actually cost hundreds of thousands of pounds
17 Jan 2011

Interview: David Wilde, CIO, Westminster City Council

Westminster City Council CIO David Wilde talks about his role in one of the UK’s most ambitious shared services schemes, and explains his enthusiasm for cloud computing
13 Jan 2011

Local Authorities to pilot online secondment scheme

Councils to trial an online marketplace for employers to exchange staff skills and costs
11 Jan 2011

New joint venture aims to bring better IT services to local council

Barking and Dagenham Council has joined forces with IT services and outsourcing provider Agilisys to create a new company called Elevate East London
14 Dec 2010

IT chiefs must learn to share


12 Nov 2010

Local authorities should embrace social networking

Socitm report points to social networking as an economical way of engaging citizens and delivering services
18 Jan 2010

Stroud Council moves to thin client system

Council will replace desktop PCs in bid to cut energy and management costs and boost flexible working
25 Nov 2009

Local authorities should not outsource in bulk, says Deloitte

Retaining in-house staff will allow for a more effective IT strategy
06 Nov 2009

Authorities get green light for new smart ticket apps

Parking credit, leisure centre and library access services could all be on the cards
07 Oct 2009