General Election 2010: Identifying Voters Through A Direct Property Linkage

London, April 22, 2010 - As the 2010 General Election campaigns gather pace, Council held Electoral Registers are for the first time benefitting from their linkage with the single address register created by local government, the National Land and Property Gazetteer (NLPG). All electors live somewhere but historically, this information has been maintained in different ways.  Now, with thanks to the hard work and effort made by local authorities and a 2008 Directive from the Ministry of Justice, all entries in Electoral Registers are now associated with a property.  This project has ensured that as many people as possible who can vote have the opportunity to do so, together with improving the reliability and accountability of electoral information.

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Intelligent Addressing Director Joins INSPIRE Experts Panel

London, 21 April, 2010 – Following a competitive  process, Simon Barlow, a Director of Intelligent Addressing Ltd, has been  selected as an Expert by the EU INSPIRE team.  As the LGIH nominee, Simon will be part of the ‘Buildings’ Technical Working Group (TWG),  tasked with the development of the Buildings theme data specification for annex  three of the EU INSPIRE Directive.

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Underpinning Transformational Government – case study booklet now available

The NLPG NSG Exemplar Awards highlight and celebrate how the NLPG and NSG initiatives deliver better services to citizens and save money.  This 72 page booklet describes the 2009 Exemplar Awards winners’ and runners-up projects.  Examples include:

• AXESS West Sussex Partnership has saved £18,500 per annum through rationalised back office systems and a further £13,000 capital costs savings through joint procurement  
• Chorley borough council, enabled by an accurate address list from the NLPG, has identified additional income of more than £16,000 by identifying properties not on the Council Tax registe. 
• Through analyzing and rationalising its home to school transport, East Riding of Yorkshire Council has made an initial saving of £315,000 per annum, which will rise as the remaining schools undergo the re-routing and re-tendering process
• Blackpool Council has replaced its manual paper based systems for tracking public requests for traffic and highway schemes, resulting in dramatic increases in efficiency and an estimated saving of £30,000 per annum.  Its improved forward highways maintenance plans has resulted in approximately 10-20% less waste equivalent to £250,000 per annum

If you would like a hard copies of the booklet, please contact ggander@intelligent-addressing.co.uk. 

Intelligent Addressing Director Joins INSPIRE Experts Panel

Following a competitive process, Simon Barlow, a Director of Intelligent Addressing Ltd, has been selected as an Expert by the EU INSPIRE team. As the UK local government nominee, Simon will be part of the 'Buildings' Technical Working Group (TWG), tasked with the development of the Buildings theme data specification for annex three of the EU INSPIRE Directive.

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LGIH consultation on NLPG Data Entry Conventions and DTF7.3

Local Government Information House seeks views on two documents which relate to the creation, ongoing maintenance and use of the National Land and Property Gazetteer (NLPG).

The consultation was launched on Friday 9 April 2010 and will be open for comment by any interested party until 6 pm on Monday 24 May 2010.

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