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Local Public Services SIG

The Local Public Services SIG (LPS SIG) was formed in 2010 as a merger from the existing Local Government, Health and Emergency Planning SIG. As services and data are increasingly shared across Local Strategic Partnerships,GI acts as an enabler in transforming services by providing customer insight and defining place. The partnership approach to provide shared services locally is reflected in this local public services SIG. The SIG provides a forum to exchange ideas, best practice and promote and develop solutions for making better use of GI across public service providers in an effort to deliver benefits to local citizens and businesses

The Local Public Services Special Interest Group aims to

  • share knowledge, expertise and encourage best practice in the use of GI by local public service delivery organisations
  • raise awareness and foster the wider use of GI by public service providers
  • in conjunction with the AGI promote the use of and influence the opening up of GI to Citizens and Business for reuse
  • promote and develop innovative use of GI to deliver services locally
  • inform and encourage members to partake in consultations, GI initiatives and policy influencing that affect the sector
  • encourage AGI membership by public service providers to take advantage of the AGI national networking facilities and other membership benefits

The outcome of the LPS SIG will rely on and be shaped by voluntary contributions and enthusiasm of its members. As this is a new SIG, we encourage membership from within the AGI and outside in particular from organisations that deliver local public services including local and regional government, health agencies, emergency services, voluntary sector, etc.

Update 01/06/2010 - The above has been formally ratified, and the committee has been chosen, full details to follow asap. Interim note, our new Chair is Hendrik Grothuis from Cambridgeshire County Council, and we have a good mix of NHS and Local Government, but are a bit lacking in Emergency Planning people, probably as their SIG had been inactive for some time, so if this cap fits you and you have a boss willing to allow you a few days a year plus some emails/phone calls randomly, please get in touch.