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

Local public services event - One day to go!

Looking forward to seeing everyone tomorrow at our Local Public Services Event event "Share to Save: How GI can equip the public sector to do more with less".  We have had a great response and are now fully booked with delegates from a range of professions and industries, so the conversation should be interesting to say the least.

To those of you who can't make it in person, follow us on our Twitter account (@AGILPSSIG) or just use the event hashtag of #sharetosave to stay up-to-date with what is happening and to join in the conversation.  Looking forward to hearing from you.

Presentations and findings of the event will be published on our blog and LPS SIG web pages.

Talk soon

Hendrik Grothuis

Chair, LPS SIG

Welcome to the Local Public Services SIG - Hendrik Grothuis of Cambridgeshire County Council (SIG Chair)

And a hello from me. My name is Hendrik Grothuis and I am the chair of the newly formed Local Public Services Special Interest Group (LPS SIG). This SIG was set up in early 2010 to bring all local public service GI under one umbrella group and it is here to represent the interests of GI professionals working in local government, Health and Emergency Planning. In fact, it represents everyone working with geospatial information in public services of all shapes and sizes. There is no ‘one fit’ anymore and as government restructures and rebrands, we must evolve with the needs and demands that this puts upon us. This is where this group can assist: in helping each other share knowledge and develop solutions for best practice in the utilisation of GI and raising awareness of the potential of GI in tackling so many of the issues that the public services encounter.

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