Archives for April 30th, 2007

E-VOTING UNDER SCRUTINY

Headlines, PublicNet: 30 April, 2007

E-VOTING UNDER SCRUTINY

 

With 13 local authorities trialling alternative voting methods, a You Gov poll commissioned by ntl:Telewest Business has shown that 46 per cent of respondents say that e-voting would make them more likely to turnout. The alternative voting methods which have been under trial since 2003 include internet voting, telephone voting and central polling stations for the electorate to vote from outside their local polling districts.

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BARRIERS TO PARTNERSHIP WORKING REMAIN IN PLACE

Headlines, PublicNet: 30 April, 2007

BARRIERS TO PARTNERSHIP WORKING REMAIN IN PLACE

 

A new report from CPCR, a public sector specialist consultancy, reveals why partnership working is developing slowly and why progress in providing seamless public services is so difficult. Research for the report, carried out in the north east of England, revealed a number of barriers hampering joined up working including cultural and organisational issues

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LOW CARBON BUILDINGS GRANTS

Abstracts, PublicNet: 30 April, 2007

The scheme provides grants for the installation of microgeneration technologies in public sector buildings, including schools, hospitals, housing associations and local authorities and charitable bodies. Grants are available for the installation of solar photovoltaic, solar hot water, wind, ground source heat pump, and biomass systems.A Suffolk primary school benefited from an earlier grant scheme and now makes use of several types of renewable energy sources to contribute to the electrical and heating demands of the building, which in-turn contribute to the overall sustainability of the new school building to reduce its environmental impact. A wind turbine generates 6kW of electricity and on an average day the electricity produced is sufficient to run all the computers in the ICT Suite. A further 1kW of electricity is produced by a number of photo voltaic modules mounted on the specially sloped roof. These modules collect energy from the sun and convert it to electricity with no moving parts.

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