Category Archives: Central Government

Government launches public sector app store

Posted on February 21, 2012 by Steve Dale

I came across this artcle on the BBC website today. For those who remember my involvement with the early design and business requirements for the Knowledge Hub, the Khub App store was one of the main features of the new platform. Regretably … Continue reading →

Posted in Apps and Mashups, Central Government, Knowledge Hub, Public Sector | Tagged app store, Cloudstore, intelligus, khub | Leave a comment

Bonfire of the Quangos

Posted on October 14, 2010 by Steve Dale

The promised axe is coming down hard today on 192 quangos that will be abolished, with another 289 being radically overhauled. 380 quangos are staying. As one insightful blogger noted: The regular hoeing to keep the soil clean has rather … Continue reading →

Posted in Central Government, Public Sector | Tagged NDPB, quangos | 1 Comment

The Lean Machine

Posted on September 26, 2010 by Steve Dale

Much has been written about ‘Lean‘, and what a ‘lean’ organisation looks like. ‘Lean’ quite simply means creating more value with fewer resources. A popular misconception is that ‘lean’ only applies to manufacturing industries, but in fact it can be … Continue reading →

Posted in Central Government, efficiency, Public Sector | Tagged government, lean, local government, spending review | 1 Comment

Communities of Practice Case Studies

Posted on June 2, 2009 by Steve Dale

Just picked up from Nick Milton’s blog, the Kuwait Petroleum Company have published a series of case studies from the communities of practice his company  helped them to launch and build over the last year.  Some of thee case studies … Continue reading →

Posted in Central Government, egov, News, Social Media | Tagged case studies, Communities of Practice | 2 Comments

Communities of Practice wins e-Gov National Award

Posted on January 23, 2009 by Steve Dale

The IDeA Communities of Practice platform (CoPs) won first prize in its category at the National e-Government Awards in the prestigious setting of  at the Guildhall, London on Tuesday 20th January. The e-Government awards are supported by the Cabinet Office, … Continue reading →

Posted in Central Government, Communities of Practice, Public Sector, Social Computing, Social Media, Social Networking Tools, Web2.0 | Tagged CoP, egov | 6 Comments

Communities of Practice initiatives in the public sector

Posted on November 4, 2008 by Steve Dale

I thought I would post a couple of examples of how communities of practice (CoPs) are becoming increasingly mainstream in developing policy and seeding innovation in the public sector – an area of work I continue to support through my … Continue reading →

Posted in Central Government, Communities of Practice, Public Sector, Socially excluded, Web2.0 | Tagged CoP | Leave a comment

Digital Inclusion Reports and Consultation

Posted on October 26, 2008 by Steve Dale

A number or reports and one consultation document on the topic of Digital Inclusion were published on Friday 24th October 2008 by the Department for Communities and Local Government (CLG). There is also a  discussion forum to discuss the main … Continue reading →

Posted in Central Government, Digital divide, Reports | Tagged Digital divide | Leave a comment

Social Media Guidelines for Civil Servants

Posted on June 18, 2008 by Steve Dale

The Civil Service have published a set of guidelines for on-line participation by civil servants (blogging etc.). As Whitehall Webby Jeremy Gould notes, this is a much slimmed-down version of a weightier tome that has been in production behind the … Continue reading →

Posted in Central Government, Guidelines, Web2.0 | 3 Comments

Can Government ever be agile?

Posted on June 3, 2008 by Steve Dale

Paul Canning writes about the changing and shifting priorities of central government in relation to ‘eDemocracy’, and specifically the possible demise of the International Centre of Excellence for Local eDemocracy (ICELE), which  is – or was – a government funded … Continue reading →

Posted in BarcampUKGovWeb, Central Government, egov | 6 Comments

Government gets to grips with social media

Posted on April 2, 2008 by Steve Dale

For any twitter users that were not already aware, a press release advising that Gordon Brown (No10 Downing St) now has a twitter account. Not sure if I should worry but I’m one of the 472 people mentioned as being … Continue reading →

Posted in Central Government, Press, Social Media | 2 Comments