Councils that have pioneered flexible working, CRM,
transactional services and innovative outsourcing have made the
shortlist of the prestigious Local Government IT Excellence
Awards.
The winner of the Computer Weekly supported awards will be
announced at the annual conference of Socitm, the local government
IT directors' organisation, in Edinburgh on 12 October.
The shortlisted entries were:
- Bracknell Forest Borough Council, which introduced a portal to
support flexible working.
- East Riding of Yorkshire Council, for providing secure
web-based access to the council's front- and back-office
systems.
- Lichfield District Council and Staffordshire-Moorlands District
Council, for instigating the first IT outsourcing contract
commissioned jointly by two councils.
The awards are organised by Socitm with Solace and Intellect and
sponsored by Cable & Wireless, Capita IT Services, Comino,
Input and OKI Systems.
