... by Ordnance Survey more freely available as a way of driving improvements in public services. Gordon Brown told a seminar on ... Downing Street that making available the data the agency held about local areas, like council boundaries would be an important first step to ... cut out duplication and waste, and make sure that every pound of public money is working as hard as it can,” he said. Mr. Denham is ...

... use of tools, such as Facebook and Twitter, offered an opportunity to reinvent services, delegates heard. The MyPublicServices event debated ways to harness these conversations, ... He counselled attendees to "shout loud and force change" on local and central government. He told conference goers: "You are the future of public services not .gov.uk." Your ...

... the Audit Commission. It is the first time information from inspectorates of services including health, social care and the police has ... denote exceptional performance, while a red flag will identify services giving cause for concern. The website also features tables ... to information held by local public organisations so they can challenge, compare or scrutinise their local services in order ...

... . Click here to download a copy. As a sector we welcome a bigger role for the users of public services. This is about a transfer of power from the state to the user and to the citizen. ... Lambeth for health and social care, spoke about the project we have in Lambeth to look at the implications at local and community level of this change. This is part of the overall work of the Commission which is ...

... correspondent, BBC News Capturing experiences can change the way some services are run Social media could transform the NHS and ... as Facebook and Twitter, offered an opportunity to reinvent services, delegates heard. The MyPublicServices event debated ways ... change" on local and central government. He told conference goers: "You are the future of public services not ...

... quot; which aims to protect and promote vital local public services. The campaign says it wants to see changes "that put people before profit and public interest before private greed". Andy Reed said: ... tackle our economic problems. We have seen already proposals of major cuts from the two local Tory Councils. These are not just financial cuts but political cuts too. ...

... stop council tax doubling or frontline services like weekly bin collections being cut. " ... information held by local public organisations so they can challenge, compare or scrutinise their local services in order ... ;Inspection can be a useful source of information for councillors in their efforts to do the best they can for local people. But during these tricky financial times, it is important ...

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... Afghanistan, mean next year's budget will be one of tax rises for everyone - and massive cuts in public services. We've already seen a hint of that, in a letter send to all local authorities yesterday by the Government warning that any councils trying to protect local jobs by raising Council Tax more than 3% could be 'capped' - this has ...

... years of organizing and bargaining. Following is the press release from SEIU Local 500. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT Anna Oman, Communications ... nearly half of all classes at the College and who are represented by SEIU Local 500. "We're pleased with the agreement," ... in education, public services, community services and child care in Maryland and Washington, D.C. Local 500 members ...

... for reuse, information stays compartmentalised and its full value is lost. Openly available public data not only creates economic and social capital, it also creates bottom-up pressure to improve public services. Data is essential in enabling citizens to choose between public service providers. It helps them to compare their local services with services elsewhere. It enables all of us ...

... studies are defining a clear methodological approach in existing business services. The divergence between the two approaches has inhibited the dialogue between the two areas. The consequences of ... , focus on production processes rather than on user experience, whereas public services are often very innovative, but cannot overcome the local dimension, because their dominating logic is much closer to ...

... property tax increase dedicated for police and fire services may come to voters next spring as part of a budget-balancing plan ... more firefighters. They also are looking at cutting 12 other non-safety positions, as well as the local public access television station. Lost ... "strong" he is - all he did was pass the burden down to local leaders, force them to take the tough votes, and put ...

... local governments must balance their budgets by law. So state and local policymakers are cutting spending and raising taxes, steps ... economy, Palmer and Pollack said. Not only do they deprive citizens of needed public services like health care, transportation, education and ... a choice. On the one hand, it can do nothing, thereby forcing states and local governments to cut budgets and raise taxes by ...