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Topics A-Z listing of articles and resources about egovernment activities in Scotland.
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- eGovernment - Scotland - Archive
- Articles and resources about egovernment activities in Scotland.
Added: 16 December 2005
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- Scottish Executive - Archive
- The Scottish Executive has released in 2004 details of the programmes that will benefit from the £30 million third round of its Modernising Government Fund.
Added: 24 November 2005
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- Warning and Informing Scotland: Using Social Media in Emergencies
- Social media practitioner guidance for responder organisations. The Scottish Government, Wednesday, January 9, 2013. "This guidance provides responders with information on social media tools and techniques along with practical advice on how these can be harnessed to enhance their communications function..."
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- Best Practice: what went wrong with these ICT programmes?
- Posted by Stuart Lauchlan. Public Technology, 11 September 2012. "With talk of independence in the air, the Scottish Government has proved itself just as capable as Westminister of wasting public money on ICT project failures. Audit Scotland, the Parliamentary watchdog of the Scottish Government, has just produced a report - Managing ICT Contracts - highlighting three such abortive programmes and identifying the reasons for their failure..."
Added: 12 September 2012;
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- Managing ICT contracts: An audit of three public sector programmes - in pdf format (876kb)
- (This document requires the use of Adobe Acrobat Reader). Prepared for the Auditor General for Scotland, August 2012. "... In December 2011, the Auditor General for Scotland prepared separate short reports on the accounts of the Registers of Scotland, Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service and Disclosure Scotland. These reports were concerned with the delay in, or cancellation of, information and communications technology (ICT) projects which were of key importance to the ongoing activities and operational efficiency of each organisation. When these reports were published, the Auditor General indicated his intention to undertake a more detailed examination of the management of the projects to identify what lessons could be learned..."
Added: 6 September 2012;
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- Audit Scotland: government needs better ICT expertise
- by Gill Hitchcock. Devolved Government Computing, Published 4 September 2012. "Central resource of ICT expertise could help Scottish public sector, says watchdog Audit Scotland is calling on the Scottish government to consider providing a central resource of specialised ICT expertise and advice for public bodies..."
Added: 6 September 2012;
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- Scotland to strengthen freedom of information legislation
- Proposed bill will aim to make more information public, says Scottish government. Guardian Government Computing - Guardian Professional, Friday 1 June 2012. "A bill to open up the release of more information and strengthen the deterrent against the deliberate destruction or concealment of information has been introduced to Scottish parliament..."
Added: 7 June 2012;
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- Scotland considers expanding use of tablet computers for schools
- Government to look at how mobile devices including iPads could be rolled out to more learners in the country. Guardian Government Computing - Guardian Professional, Thursday 17 May 2012. "The Scottish government has announced plans to explore the option of rolling out more mobile devices in education institutions to enhance learning. Education secretary Michael Russell revealed the plans on a visit to a primary school in Edinburgh, which is already using technology such as iPads. He said that the government will take stock of how such schemes are working and consider how they could be used on a wider scale..."
Added: 22 May 2012;
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- Wi-Fi on trains: the tech behind Scotland's expanding wireless web
- Those involved in Scotland's Wi-Fi on trains pilot talk about the challenges around connectivity and how they're planning for 4G, by Sade Laja. Guardian Professional, Monday 19 March 2012. "The Scottish government moved a step closer towards its ambition of delivering Wi-Fi throughout the country when it recently announced a pilot of free wireless access on trains..."
Added: 28 March 2012;
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- DirectScot
- "DirectScot is the experimental prototype of a public service website for Scotland. It offers access to information, services and applications from a wide variety of sources. It aims to be simple, intuitive and to put the needs of users first. We stress that this is an experimental prototype. Please don't rely on it. At this stage it is neither comprehensive nor is it fully robust. Developed by the Scottish Government, DirectScot is a response to the ongoing debate on how government services can be delivered efficiently in the digital age..."
Added: 13 February 2012;
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- The DirectScot experiment: Inside Scotland's new public services hub
- The Scottish government's director of digital explains why distance and cost have inspired the project to develop a single site for all services, by Sade Laja. Guardian Professional, Wednesday 8 February 2012. "Given the remoteness of large parts of Scotland, the country is a prime candidate for channel shift - moving government services to being primarily delivered online. DirectScot is the recently launched "experimental prototype" portal that aims to bring the country's government services, information and apps together on a single online hub..."
Added: 13 February 2012;
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- Scotland launches experimental DirectScot information portal
- Online services hub aims to cut costs and make it easier for citizens to find information, by Sade Laja. Guardian Professional, Friday 13 January 2012. "The Scottish government has launched an "experimental prototype" portal that brings together information on all its services, with the aim of making it easier for citizens and businesses to find out about government services. The DirectScot.org site will allow people to look for information from different Scottish government departments in once place using content aggregation and a location based search engine..."
Added: 10 February 2012;
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- Scottish Government Response to the McClelland Review of ICT Infrastructure in the Public Sector in Scotland
- The Scottish Government, Edinburgh, September 21, 2011. "... John McClelland's Review of ICT Infrastructure in the Public Sector in Scotland was published in June 2011 and I welcomed the publication and confirmed we would consider the recommendations and set out our response in detail. This paper does that. The review concludes that overall ICT investment in the public sector during 2008/09 was around £1.4bn and more than 60% of that expenditure was with industry suppliers. In addition the cost to organisations of the ICT staff was approximately £250m. There are clearly opportunities to reduce spend by improving our approach to engaging with suppliers and procurement across the public sector and by sharing and integrating our ICT requirements and support..."
Added: 9 November 2011;
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- Review of ICT Infrastructure in the Public Sector in Scotland
- Report by John McClelland C.B.E. on his Review of ICT Infrastructure in the Public Sector in Scotland. June 2011. "... The review covered the health service; local authorities; Scottish Government departments, agencies and non-departmental public bodies; police and fire services and also universities and colleges which, although not formally part of the public sector, rely on government funding for the majority of their income... The overall purpose is to review the strategic management of investment in Scottish public sector information and communication technology ( ICT) infrastructure, reporting on how best to deliver improved value for money and support multi-agency working and shared services..."
Added: 9 November 2011;
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- Digital Participation Charter
- The Scottish Government, News Release, 7 November 2011. "The Scottish Government, leading private sector firms, academic institutions and charities have signed up to Scotland's Digital Participation Charter. The Charter, signed by founding partners including Microsoft, BT Scotland and Patient Opinion, involves making a commitment to share information and align resources and efforts to deliver shared digital participation outcomes over the lifetime of this Parliament. It was signed today on behalf of the Scottish Government by Cabinet Secretary for Culture and External Affairs Fiona Hyslop at the UK's first national GovCamp event in Edinburgh..."
Added: 9 November 2011;
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- GovCamp Scotland - 7 November 2011
- "GovCamp Scotland is based on an established international model that applies a Government context to evolving Web 2.0 technologies and examines innovative ways to improve service delivery and engagement with citizens. It rests on three central pillars - Transparency, Collaboration and Participation - and advances the case for academia and the private , public and third sectors to align behind the shared outcome of creating a Scotland that is well positioned to take advantage of the opportunities presented by the digital age..."
Added: 27 October 2011;
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- Planning for Gov 2.0
- by Mike Burton. LocalGov.co.uk, 26 October 2011. "... The purpose of GovCamp Scotland is to bring together key sectors of the country including, government, academia, industry, new media, civil society, and non-traditional groups that seldom come to together in one room to discuss the different ways Gov 2.0 can improve citizen engagement and services in Scotland. Gov 2.0 is the application of social media and web 2.0 technologies to the government context with the goal of improving service delivery and engagement with citizens..." GovCamp Scotland takes place on November 7 at JMCC, Edinburgh University.
Added: 27 October 2011;
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