A survey of the use of personal communication devices in the workplace in small and medium sized businesses reveals a growing demand to introduce more flexible and mobile work practices. The survey ...

There’s been a warning that the Inland Revenue’s forced suspension of its online tax filing system may be the first of many such episodes in the rush to get public services online.The Inland Revenue ...

Schools across England can now collaborate, to buy and pay for goods and services more efficiently online. It follows the linking of Capita’s SIMS management information system to the Department for ...

Paying money to pubic bodies, including fines, can be speeded up by giving incentives. Negative incentives, such as late payment fines, are less effective. The findings from a YouGov carried out for ...

The Office for National Statistics has produced its first estimate of Government productivity and concluded that the trend is downwards. Between 1995 and 2001, government output went up by 11 per cent ...

A series of workshops will be held around the country to help local authorities transform their systems so people with disabilities can lead more independent lives. They will be led by the Department ...

The target to get all government services on line by 2005 is looking less achievable following the latest survey of central departments by the Office of the e-Envoy. Some 63% of services are now ...

This programme is now available to view on egovtv.tv, the online television channel for public service modernisation. An expert panel from local and central government and acute and primary care ...

The Government is facing a call to review youth services to protect the country’s most marginalised children. Railway Children, a charity which works with young runaways wants clarification of the ...

A new resource centre has opened to support National Health Service and organisations working to involve people in local services. The national Patient and Public Involvement Resource Centre will ...

One in five public sector workers have had their pay cut since the recession began according to figures released today. The Keep Britain Working campaign has surveyed more than 1,600 workers and says ...

The Society of IT Managers says the appointment of its first Head of Policy is an indication that it intends to extend its influence on public sector policy around ICT, efficiency and information ...