In this article Antonio Coppola describes the attitudes of people to smartcards and explores some of the benefits they bring.
Even before the government’s ‘Smart Cities’ paper in 2013, (Department for Business Innovation and Skills), the concept had begun to weave its way into public sector (and private sector) thinking. Three years on and most UK cities are either well into their ‘smart city’ transformation, or planning it.
Research published today by the National Federation of ALMOs (NFA) and the Association for Retained Council Housing (ARCH) charts the impact of Universal Credit on the rent arrears of households living in council owned homes. More than two years into the programme to transform the payment of six major benefits the new arrangements continue to have a devastating impact on families, and their ability to maintain rent payments.
Neo Technology’s Emil Eifrem looks at how we’ll need to harness Internet of Things (IoT) technology to make cities more manageable.
Our cities are much larger and more complex than their Industrial Revolution era forebears. Ageing infrastructure, pollution, traffic congestion and crime have come in their wake – challenges city leaders see smart cities as being their best hope of ameliorating.
A new public sector co-funding and collaboration platform has been launched by five local authorities to deliver a new approach to customer service content management.
The project has developed the new approach based on crowdsourcing knowledge from specialists across local authorities, and sharing what is common to all.
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Automation is impacting severely on IT as in other spheres of life. Joe Kim recognizes why some see automation as a threat, but urges all to embrace it as the way forward.
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