Archives for August 12th, 2010

PLACE SURVEY TO BE AXED

Headlines, PublicNet: 12 August, 2010

The Place Survey due to be carried out next year, is the latest casualty of the budget cuts. The postal survey, which was to be carried out by every council, would have involved over half a million residents and was estimated to cost more than £5 million to run.

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COUNCIL SPENDING ON TECHNOLOGY IN DECLINE

Headlines, PublicNet: 12 August, 2010

At a time when technology is a key factor in efficiency plans, a report by the Society of IT Management reveals that the local government spend on ICT has been in decline since 2006. The Society’s Benchmarking services summary for 2009 presents a picture of ICT managers reducing costs and driving up user satisfaction, against a background of declining expenditure.

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TOTAL PLACE FINAL REPORT

Book News, PublicNet: 12 August, 2010

By Keith Grint

This final report on Total Place ‘Problem, purpose, power, knowledge, time and space’ commissioned by Local Government Leadership (formerly the Leadership Centre for Local Government) draws out lessons from the thirteen pilot projects.

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