Were we ready for Covid-19?
It’s easy to see why organisations have found the last few months a challenge. Trying to carry on delivering … Read more
Latest releases
Involving communities in system design can lessen bias
Public sector organisations should involve communities in designing systems as a way to avoid biased algorithms, Wednesday’s session on … Read more
Covid-19 tech heroes: stories from the technical front line
The past weeks have seen local government organisations respond to the Covid-19 crisis with an unprecedented rapidity and agility. … Read more
Designing a new local normal
Graham Catlin considers how local public services might reset, reform and recover after coronavirus As unprecedented lockdown measures appear … Read more
Data is the way forward for the current crisis and beyond
The Covid-19 pandemic poses unprecedented challenges to public services. It is more apparent than ever before that effective technology … Read more
AI, IoT and cloud top global public sector’s technology list
In an updated extract from his new report for Socitm, Jos Creese explores the opportunities and risks of three … Read more
Navigating the new normal: 10 tips for connecting council employees
As we all adapt to new ways of working, it is important to offer employees the tools and flexibility … Read more
Enabling everyone to successfully work and lead remotely during Covid-19
Guest blog post from Capita Working and managing teams remotely has been the norm for some of us for … Read more
What happened when Kirklees Council held its first remote cabinet meeting?
Local government approaches to flexible and remote working, required by the response to the Covid-19 pandemic, has been rapid … Read more
Flexible and remote working: how is Liverpool City Council managing during the Covid-19 crisis?
Socitm’s Improve annual report 2020 was published on 6 May. A highlight was the rise in public sector users … Read more
Conferencing platforms for public meetings
With the UK and Northern Ireland in lockdown, local government is being relied upon to look at options to … Read more
Coronavirus: Homeworking and Cyber Resilience
Thank you to all our members and friends for your continued good work. While it may not always be recognised or acknowledged, it … Read more
2020’s technology trends: predictions from other people
Some of the most popular pages in Socitm’s publications library look at technology trends in the public sector. Our … Read more
Data enabled public services need funding to scale, but better tools are also part of the answer
Data is playing an increasingly important role in the transformation of public services. By Leigh Dodds, Director of Advisory … Read more
Socitm attend Women in IT awards
Socitm was delighted to be nominated for the Diversity initiative of the year award at the sixth annual Women … Read more
Fail fast. Fail forward.
As Tolstoy said: “If you look for perfection, you’ll never be content.” But how does the pursuit of perfection … Read more
Announcement: new accessibility partner
With a new year just starting, we are ringing in 2020 by announcing our new partnership with Silktide. Superseding … Read more
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