eGovernment links
The following links relate to eGovernment. You can also add your own link.
Other agencies/groups/projects
Connect to Your Council - The Take-Up Campaign to encourage more people to use effective and efficient online council services was launched by Communities and Local Government on 8 May 2006. Steve Brailey 11/26/2006
eGIF Compliance - To help suppliers to Government, procurement officers and project managers perform e-GIF compliance self-assessments and deliver successful project outcomes, the National Computing Centre (NCC), with the support of UK Online and the Cabinet Office e-Government Unit, has launched a unique, web-based e-GIF Compliance Assessment Service.
Steve Brailey 10/23/2005
eGov Standards - Describes controlled lists and associated data standards used in the United Kingdom public sector - particularly by local government. Many of the standards are built in to esd-toolkit which is available with value added services to subscribing UK local authorities.
Steve Brailey 7/21/2005
ESD Toolkit - The Toolkit lists more than 600 customer facing processes performed by councils to serve their citizens. Processes are sub-divided in a tree structure by service area. Steve Brailey 8/19/2002
GovConnect - Providing a common infrastructure for secure electronic interaction between local government, central government and citizens. Steve Brailey 4/22/2006
Government Gateway - The Government Gateway is a centralised registration service for e-Government services in the UK. Steve Brailey 11/26/2006
GovTalk - The purpose of this site is to enable the Public Sector, Industry and other interested participants to work together to develop and agree policies and standards for e-government. This is achieved through the GovTalk consultation processes. Steve Brailey 5/18/2004
IDEA - The Improvement and Development Agency (IDeA) was established by and for local government in April 1999. It's mission is to support self-sustaining improvement from within local government. Steve Brailey 8/19/2002
IDEA - Priority outcomes - Explanatory notes for practitioners. This document provides clarification and supporting information to assist councils to fulfil the requirements of the priority outcomes document published by the ODPM in April 2004 'Priority outcomes for 2005 '. Steve Brailey 6/10/2005
IDEA Marketplace - The Improvement & Development Agency is giving local authorities in England and Wales the means to enhance traditional methods of procurement - IDeA Marketplace. This is local government’s own electronic procurement solution, developed specifically for local authorities. Steve Brailey 8/20/2002
LEAP - Life Events Access Project is a £2million project of which £1.2m is government money from the Invest to Save programme. It is a partnership project between a group of Councils. LEAP aims to utilise knowledge management in order to improve service provision to customers. One of the main aims of the project is to develop knowledge/process maps of services based around life events. Steve Brailey 8/19/2002
North West eGovernment Group (NWeGG) - This website has been developed to support the North West eGovernment Group. It should be used freely to communicate, share ideas and best practice and develop a resource that can support the work of the Group. The site contains details of meetings and events along with a library of information that will be built up as the work of the Group develops. There is also a Bulletin Board that can be used to exchange ideas and discuss issues. Password protected site. Stephen Kirkpatrick 8/20/2002 12:15:00 PM
ODPM Local Government - ODPM is responsible for national policy on local government in England. Steve Brailey 5/28/2004
PEG - Promoting Electronic Government project. Steve Brailey 8/19/2002
ProductShare - ProductShare provides a single point of access to almost 1,750 products from local government initiatives including the National Projects, e-Innovations and regional partnerships. Steve Brailey 11/26/2006
SOCITM - Society of Information Technology Management. Steve Brailey 8/19/2002
SPIN - Society of Public Information Networks. Steve Brailey 8/19/2002
The Information Commissioner - The Information Commissioner's Office is the UK's independent authority set up to promote access to official information and to protect personal information. Steve Brailey 11/26/2006
The Planning Portal - 'Gateway to the world of town and country planning'. The planning portal is designed to be for used by anyone, avoiding technical language wherever possible. Major parts of it will inform the general public and other sections will be especially useful to people with a professional interest in need of detailed information and university students. The portal is still being developed and some services are incomplete. Steve Brailey 8/20/2002
Media, news and eGovernment portals
Connected Cumbria - The aim of this site is to publicise the activities of the Connected Cumbria eGovernment Partnership and also provide useful information about the service modernisation agenda in the UK. Steve Brailey 11/16/2003
Cumbria Information Hub - This web site will help you find information and services from local councils in Cumbria, and over time will grow to include information from voluntary and community groups in the county.
Steve Brailey 9/19/2005
DirectGov - Directgov is the place to turn for the widest range of government information and services. As well as government departments, the site links through to relevant third parties which can offer additional trusted advice and support. Steve Brailey 3/5/2005
eGovernment Bulletin - Dan Jellinek's eGovernment bulletin newsletter. Steve Brailey 8/19/2002
Kable - Website of Government Computing magazine. Steve Brailey 8/19/2002
Public Sector Forums - Public Sector Forums has been created for use by e-Government practitioners in central and local government to encourage the sharing of knowledge and good practice and networking opportunities both online and off. Steve Brailey 5/8/2004
Submit a Plan - Registering with Submit-a-Plan.com enables you to send your Building Control Applications to participating Building Control Services electronically (using this web site). You can also track your applications through Track-a-Plan allowing you to see how far your application has progressed. Steve Brailey 9/21/2004
Web site design
Browser news and trends - Provides news about web browsers and their standards, gives an overview of the browsers and their futures, helps you find browsers both old and new, presents design resources, and reports Internet statistics. Steve Brailey 8/19/2002
Browser use statistics - Trends in major web browsers, the resolutions of browser displays and in the colour-depths of displays. Steve Brailey 8/19/2002
Dublin Core Metadata Initiative - The home page of the Dublin Core Metadata Initiative (UK mirror site). Steve Brailey 8/23/2002 2:09:00 PM
Dublin Core metadata user guide - A useful guide to Dublin Core metadata implementation. Includes examples in HTML format. Steve Brailey 8/23/2002 2:02:00 PM
eGMS version 3 for websites - A cut-down version of the e-GMS developed to help those creating local metadata standards for web sites. The e-GMS lists the elements and refinements that provide the structure for metadata used by the UK public sector, along with usage guidance and introductory text. Steve Brailey 8/10/2005
eGovernment Bulletin tips - Practical tips for a successful public sector web site from Dan Jellinek's eGovernment website. Steve Brailey 8/19/2002
Government Web site guidelines - Guidelines for UK Government websites - Framework for local government. This document answers the question: "What is a good government website?" Steve Brailey 8/19/2002
IPSV - The Integrated Public Sector Vocabulary (IPSV) is an 'encoding scheme' for populating the e-GMS Subject element. The vocabulary was developed with the backing of the ODPM (Office of the Deputy Prime Minister) and the eGU (Cabinet Office e-Government Unit). Steve Brailey 7/22/2005
SURL - Software Usability Research Laboratory. A service division to the Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) Laboratory at Wichita State University, which solicits contracts from industry to conduct software usability analyses and research. Our current focus is website usability, information retrieval on the Web, website design, and web menu selection techniques. Steve Brailey 8/19/2002
Syracuse University web site guidelines - A best practices document to assist schools and colleges with website development. These guidelines, which are recommended but not mandatory, are intended to provide website developers with current information on website organization, navigation, layout, graphics, technology, and content. Steve Brailey 8/19/2002
useit.com - Jakob Nielsen's bi-weekly column on Web usability. Steve Brailey 8/19/2002
useit.com Alert Box list - Jakob Nielsen's alertbox articles - Current Issues in Web Usability Steve Brailey 8/19/2002
useit.com Top 10 guidelines for home page usability - Jakob Nielsen's alertbox May 2002. Steve Brailey 8/19/2002
Web Style Guide - Yale web style manual 2nd edition. Steve Brailey 8/19/2002
Web site accessibility
Cynthia Says - The HiSoftware Cynthia Says is a web content accessibility validation solution, it is designed to identify errors in your content related to Section 508 standards and/or the WCAG guidelines. Steve Brailey 1/7/2005
Dyslexia.com - Web Design for Dyslexic Users. Steve Brailey 8/19/2002
RNIB - Royal National Institute for the Blind, Campaign for Good Web Design. Steve Brailey 8/19/2002
View with any browser - Campaign for non-browser specific www. Accessible site design guide. Steve Brailey 8/19/2002
W3 WAI - World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) Web Accessibility Initiative. Steve Brailey 8/19/2002
WAI Tools list - Evaluation, repair, and transformation tools for web content accessibility. Steve Brailey 8/19/2002
Watchfire Webxact - Webxact tests web pages using the guidelines established by the World Wide Web Consortium's Web Access Initiative as well as Section 508 guidelines from the Architectural and Transportation Barriers Compliance Board (Access Board) of the U.S. Federal Government. Steve Brailey 8/19/2002
WAVE accessibility checker - Helps you check if your page is accessible (to a basic level) to people with disabilities. Steve Brailey 8/19/2002
Funding
ISB - Invest to Save. Steve Brailey 8/19/2002
UKISHELP - The UKISHelp service is run on behalf of the DTI to help UK organisations bid for funds from the EU's Information Society programmes. Steve Brailey 8/19/2002
Lists of local authorities
Directgov - A-Z list of local authority website links. Steve Brailey 8/19/2002
Keith Edkins - UK Local Government Information. List of local authority and other website links. Steve Brailey 8/19/2002
Oultwood - A-Z list of local authority website links. Includes worldwide links too. Steve Brailey 8/19/2002
Tagish - A-Z list of local authority website links. Steve Brailey 8/19/2002
International
Canada - Government online in Canada. Steve Brailey 11/26/2006
New Zealand - eGovernment in New Zealand. Steve Brailey 11/26/2006
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