Towards connected places: Insights into actions
Introduction This second Socitm-St George’s House consultation forms part of the society for innovation, technology and modernisation (Socitm) work … Read more
Public sector digital trends 2024 – Summary
For digital leaders and CIOs in public service organisations, 2024 will be exciting but also challenging. In a post-Covid … Read more
Caveat emptor: St Albans DC vs ICL
Preface After 6 years of argument and dispute, a team of officers at St. Albans District Council found themselves … Read more
Enabling local digital outcomes
Introduction Digital technologies can sometimes make physical places seem unimportant. Cloud computing and smartphones appear to dematerialise data, media … Read more
Artificial intelligence (AI): what senior leaders in local government should know
AI development Does AI development change our planned technology road map? For instance, do we still need complex CRM … Read more
Call for evidence: Large Language Models inquiry
About us The Local Government Association (LGA) is the national voice of local government. We are a politically led, … Read more
Green and sustainable IT
Introduction The world produces around 50+ million tonnes of electrical and electronic waste (e-waste) a year, worth over $62.5 … Read more
Socitm benchmarking summary 2023
User Satisfaction 22 organisations surveyed their users’ satisfaction with over 11,000 responses. Some of our observations include: Users have … Read more
Consultation on a pro-innovation approach to AI regulation
About our organisations The Society for Innovation, Technology and Modernisation (Socitm) is a membership organisation of more than 2,500 digital … Read more
Sample corporate policy document for use of Generative Artificial Intelligence
1. Purpose The purpose of this policy document is to provide a framework for the use of Generative Artificial … Read more
Net zero: How local authorities can help decarbonise their areas
Purpose of this briefing This briefing is the first of two that examines the role of local authorities in … Read more
Connected Places – collection prospectus
Introduction We are excited to present this briefing that sets out a prospectus for the rationale, scope and key … Read more
Social value
Introduction Challenges that we are facing now, and in the future, such as climate change, poverty, cost of living, … Read more
Chatbot-GPT – What does it mean?
Key issues to consider Initial thoughts Background ChatGPT is a chatbot powered by Generative Pre-trained Transformer 3 (GPT-3), which … Read more
Response to consultation on draft legislation to support identity verification
About our organisations The Society for Innovation, Technology and Modernisation (Socitm) is a membership organisation of more than 2,500 digital … Read more
Transforming recruitment and retention
Section 1: Overview The technology staff challenge Most organisations find it challenging to recruit and retain technology and digital … Read more
Cyber security skills in the public sector
Introduction At the start of 2022, Socitm published our Public Sector Digital Trends 2022 report. In it we talked … Read more
