The Register reports on issues with planning and land searches, related to recent implementations of Arcus Global’s software. No doubt rivals of Arcus will be rubbing their hands with glee, but it’s really hard to know where the problem lies.…

Kristin at Newark and Sherwood District Council shares Discussing Practical AI for Projects: The effectiveness of AI ultimately depends on the quality of data and the proficiency of its users. It was a valuable opportunity to exchange perspectives, and many…

A new entry in the Digital LGR Playbook has been published: Disaggregating services and data. Feels like, following the announcements last week, that we will need to write a lot more on disaggregation as it seems like single-unitary counties are…

📄 Balancing ambition and caution in LGR

Chatting with Clare this morning about all things digital and local government reorganisation, I came to the conclusion that it really is all a balancing act. The risks of things going wrong are huge, and the importance of being ‘safe…

Legends of low code panel recording

This Tuesday Nick and I ran the legends of low code panel session, and much fun was had, and great learning shared. I was joined by: Kev Rowe, Croydon Council Craig Barker, Cumbria County Council Clare Evans, Tewkesbury Borough Council…

LocalGovCamp Yorkshire and Humber

All Aboard the Great Yorkshire & Humber LocalGovCamp Train! Departing from: The National Railway Museum in York (only 2hrs from London) Departure date: Saturday 12 June 2010 For tickets and more information: www.localgovcamp-yh.co.uk This first LocalGovCamp under the new Coalition…

OpenSpaceDevon

Carl Haggerty has launched a great initiative down in Devon: Carl writes: It would be great to get public sector professionals, voluntary organisations and business people involved in these areas all together and working through some of these issues and…

Councillor 2.0

Just popped up on the Gallomanor blog – Cllr 2.0: The Ministry of Justice Innovations Fund II approved a bid from Gallomanor and Norfolk County Council to help set this record straight.  We’re filming a group of six Norfolk County…