Newsletter: Autumn already?
…resolution (page 65) 💳 Procurement Act 2023: The Crown Commercial Service guide to implementing open frameworks (page 83) ✏️ Connected places: are they far far away? (page 88) 🦄 Bridging…
Caveat emptor: St Albans DC vs ICL
…they would supply COMCIS, described as a comprehensive solution for community charge being developed in conjunction with English Authorities. In answer to the council’s requirements for a computerised Community Charge…
Newsletter: A packed legislative programme
…into your calendar for 6 weeks on Thursdays: 12 September 09:00 to 16:30 – Skills to change 19 September 09:00 to 13:00 – Productivity, communication and AI 26 September 09:00…
Chatbot-GPT – What does it mean?
…of millions of web pages to produce a single, comprehensive response that includes pertinent sources. Neeva can be compared to a search engine that has been given AI enhancements, but…
Resilient people, communities and places
…– Associate Director and Digital Ethics Lead, Socitm Mark Bentley – Safeguarding qnd Cybersecurity Manager, LGfL Mark Brett – Programme Director, Socitm C-TAG Russ Charlesworth – Director of Integrated Care,…
Share National - Service Design & Transformation 2021
…already have the community knowledge. Knowing what you need to achieve at the end is the best place to start – with the end results already in mind you and…
Navigation: 3 of the 5 most common accessibility issues on UK council sites
…to the wrong page.” For example, if links to ‘Product News’ and ‘Company News’ pages are both labelled ‘News’, there is no way to distinguish between them. Use of screen…
Newsletter: Microsoft’s Change Agents return. Sign up for free digital training…
Using your free events, meetings, resources, and training? Change agents return Free digital transformation training with Microsoft is back this month: Wednesday 27 to Thursday 28 September: Change Agent: Managers…
Newsletter: Free training with Microsoft is back (for 2 days) in June
…Solace on a joint submission for the Public Accounts Committee’s call for evidence on the use of AI in government. We’ll all share this when we are able to. Free…
Governance and values
…rule of law. B. Ensuring openness and comprehensive stakeholder engagement. In addition to the overarching requirements for acting in the public interest in principles A and B, achieving good governance…
Newsletter: So close to the bank holiday weekend – you’ve nearly made it
…and that your users can get value from immediately. Files at https://github.com/stuartridout/promptbuddy Demo and install video at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C4h-GIOqULw Prompt Buddy allows you to share your organisation prompts and build upon…
Not the Yule log we were expecting
…hon! Sources [1] https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/dec/18/how-cut-and-pasted-programming-is-putting-the-internet-and-society-at-risk [2] https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/log4j-vulnerability-now-used-by-state-backed-hackers-access-brokers/ [3] https://appleinsider.com/articles/21/12/13/critical-log4j-java-flaw-being-used-to-deliver-malware-crypto-miners [4] https://www.ncsc.gov.uk/blog-post/log4j-vulnerability-what-should-boards-be-asking [5] https://github.com/curated-intel/Log4Shell-IOCs [6] https://github.com/snyk-labs/awesome-log4shell [7] https://www.cisecurity.org/log4j-zero-day-vulnerability-response/ [8] https://www.ncsc.gov.uk/section/active-cyber-defence/introduction [9] https://www.ncsc.gov.uk/section/keep-up-to-date/cisp [10] https://socitm.net/about/warps/ [11] https://guidance.ctag.org.uk [12] https://www.reuters.com/technology/major-tech-companies-struggle-plug-holes-logging-software-2021-12-16/ [13] https://www.zdnet.com/article/apache-releases-new-2-17-0-patch-for-log4j-to-solve-denial-of-service-vulnerability/ [14] https://www.govcert.ch/blog/zero-day-exploit-targeting-popular-java-library-log4j/…
Privacy Policy
…If we are unable to help, you also have the right to lodge a complaint with the UK’s supervisory authority, the Information Commissioner’s Office. 3.3 For further information about your…
Socitm 2023: The year in review
…and examples from and for people who are supporting communities with local public services. Stories come from peers worldwide about the challenges of recruitment and retention, the role of local…
Newsletter: Taking time off in August? Weekly news will be back in September
…Do then pop back to page 17 to read about transforming revenues and benefits from 5 councils into 1 unitary – Buckinghamshire Council. Part of the LinkedIn group? Would be…
Leadership Academy advocate: Alison Lincoln
…likely that I would be the least technical one there; my role focuses on project management, customer service, improving the customer experience, communication, promoting new ways of working etc. Immediately…
Demoing how benchmarking with Improve can work and what it can offer
…theory I could ask an audience to answer a couple of questions via a webform and then discuss the results immediately. Opportunity Next came the invitation to speak. Initially this came…