Local Public Services SIG member survey

Update: 25th Of November 2011

This survey is now closed.  Thank you for contributing towards the future direction of geographic information in Local Public Services.  The results of the survey will be available soon.

LPS SIG Committee

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The Association for Geographic Information (AGI) Local Public Services Special Interest Group (LPS SIG) provides a forum to exchange ideas, best practice and promote and develop solutions for making better use of GI across public service providers.

The outcome of the LPS SIG relies on and is shaped by voluntary contributions and enthusiasm of its members.

This is where you come in. We want your views on what are the main issues, priorities and occurrences with GI in public services. The more we understand what the needs of the GI community are, the more we can raise awareness, discuss and lobby for these needs to be met. 

Closing Date: This survey is now closed.

Interesting LPS case studies required for AGI annual awards: Get involved

Every year, The Association for Geographic Information (AGI) judges present a set of industry awards. This is just one of the ways in which AGI encourages best practice, innovation and maximum use of geographic information. It is also a great way for our members to get actively involved and be recognised for their efforts and achievements.

Each Award is announced and presented at the Annual Awards Dinner, which takes place this year on Thursday 24th November 2011. The award categories are for a range of disciplines (see below) but the LPS category should be of particular interest to our members.  This is open to all GI users in authorities that deliver local public services including local government, health, police, fire or others in the UK.

Application forms can be found on the relevant award page and must be submitted, preferably as a Word document using the submission form relevant to by email and must be received by mid-day Friday 30th September 2011. Applications after this date will not be accepted.

Each Award is announced and presented at the Annual Awards Dinner, which takes place this year on Thursday 24th November 2011 at the Holiday Inn Bloomsbury, Coram St, London, WC1N 1HT.

Awards are presented in ten categories:
- Innovation & Best Practice (Local Public Services) - Sponsored by Pitney Bowes Business Insight
- Innovation & Best Practice (Central Government) – Sponsored by GIS247
- Innovation & Best Practice (Private Sector) - Sponsored by ESRI (UK)
- Innovation and Best Practice (Business Case & ROI) - Sponsored by ConsultingWhere
- Innovation and Best Practice (Charitable Status) - Sponsored by ESRI (UK)
- AGI Student of the Year - Sponsored by Ordnance Survey
- Best Paper from the AGI Conference - Sponsored by Informed Solutions
- Past Chair's Award
- Director's Award
- AGI Volunteer of the Year

It is really important that we promote best use of GI in LPS and that GI is part of all future efficiency and business intelligence initiatives for the public services as a whole.   If you have a case study that you think may be appropriate for the awards, please submit it as it will be of interest to other members in the community and we can establish best practice from each other. 

I'm looking forward to seeing some great case studies this year.

Hendrik

Chair Local Public Services SIG

Notice: NLPG NSG Exemplar Awards and annual conference

This year's 'new look' NLPG NSG Exemplar Awards are already attracting interest. With a new focus on the things that will really help to attract attention from heads of service; the citizen, money, green issues, as well as technology and integration, the Awards will help to raise the profile of your LLPG within your organization.

Please do have a look at the Exemplar Awards brochure on the NLPG and NSG websites.

The Awards will be presented at the NLPG NSG annual conference ‘Everything Happens Somewhere’ which takes place in Sheffield on 20 October.

The conference is designed to be extremely cost effective – its free to attend, thanks to the sponsorship of the exhibitors, and due to a partnership with South Yorkshire Tourism, there are discounted rail and accommodation deals available. This conference is a celebration of the work that you do - contributing to the wider community. Please do come along, especially if you haven't been before.  See the leaflet ‘Your time is valuable’ which outlines why you should attend.

If there is someone at your authority that you would like to bring with you to the conference, or feel that they should get an invite, email ggander@intelligent-addressing.co.uk with their contact details (email and postal) and we will get a special invite to them.   This could be your line manager, someone from another directorate thinking about using the NLPG, your head of information , or with this year's focus on efficiency savings, your finance director. Please use this opportunity to show why your LLPG is important in your authority.

Key themes within the conference include:

* the importance of location to service delivery
* the use of the NLPG by the emergency services
* using location information to generate business savings
* achieving efficiency savings through joined up data
* using intelligence to provide better services for citizens
* an insight into technology and services that enhances interaction between the public sector and its customers
* approaches to and the importance of sharing data across different agencies and partnership working
* case studies from Exemplar authorities

The conference promises to be a very valuable day spent hearing from key industry experts combined with networking opportunities, a well supported exhibition and also includes the presentation of the 2010 NLPG NSG Exemplar Awards.

The conference is jointly organised by Local Government Information House (LGIH) (part of Local Government Improvement and Development) and Intelligent Addressing Ltd.

To register please visit the registration website and for further information see the NLPG and NSG websites

If you have any questions about the event, please contact Gayle Gander, ggander@intelligent-addressing.co.uk on 020 7747 3500