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Alcatel-Lucent Enterprise Dynamic Tour took place at Central Hall, Westminster, London on the 4th October, GPSJ editor Stuart Littleford attended the event which included a live demonstration of the OpenTouch converged multimedia communications solution which brings together multiple parties across multiple devices and on multiple media.
Continue reading Alcatel-Lucent Enterprise Dynamic Tour held in London.
Stuart Littleford: What do you think the labour party needs to do to secure a victory in the next general election and do you feel the state of the economy at the moment is the fault of the last Labour government?Debbie Abrahams MP: I think we need to do what we are starting to do around the ‘Refounding Labour Initiative’ which is what we should be doing all the time, engaging with communities and identifying their needs and issues and responding to them in the policies we develop. There is a big push on this now and the shadow cabinet team are going around the country to feed in ideas from local people.
Continue reading Debbie Abrahams MP – GPSJ Interview
Expert Answers, which has an online team of solicitors and barristers, is planning to team up with councils across the country to offer their unique service that allows customers to choose what they pay for their legal advice.
Continue reading Ground-breaking legal service will help councils to help taxpayers
I’m assuming the majority of people are sitting smugly reading this thinking ‘of course I haven’t!’ You do everything you’re supposed to do, right? You’ve installed a firewall, you’ve got some anti-virus software, you never follow links in emails or open attachments from someone you don’t know or trust. Well, that’s all very commendable but unfortunately it isn’t you that’s been hacked. It’s your information stored by the companies you trust that’s been compromised.
Continue reading Have you been hacked this month?
The 9th of September 2011 saw a power outage in the US affecting 5 million people in the area of Southern California – the root cause analysis of which is said to have been one single employee switching out a piece of problematic equipment. The upshot of this single act is nevertheless extremely worrying, as it manifested in traffic chaos, cancelation of flights, the shutting down of two nuclear reactors, a widespread impact on business, and on the residents.
Continue reading Security lessons learned from Californian power outage
Ask for media queries to be submitted under the Freedom of Information Act or the Environmental Information Regulations. This gives you longer to process them.
Continue reading How to restrain an investigation
The austerity measures have caused ripples across all sectors -including policing. The Emergency Budget and Government Spending Review led to cuts in policing budgets of around 20% over the life of this Parliament. At the same time, demands on the service continue to increase as financial discontent leads to large scale protests, such as the recent TUC march against spending cuts, hijacked by anarchists with damaging effect.
Continue reading Preserving frontline police services with speech recognition
Learning and development company, pearcemayfield, is taking action against poor management training by launching a ‘Leading Change Summer School’.
Continue reading TRAINING COMPANY PUTS A BAN ON BORING
At long last some flesh is starting to adhere to the bones of the Green Investment Bank (GIB) that was a centre-piece of the coalition commitments when the government was formed in May 2010. The idea of the GIB is one of the foundations upon which Prime Minister David Cameron built the claim that his would be -the greenest government ever.
Continue reading Green Investment Bank ' catalyst or fig leaf?
The recent resignation of Christine Connelly as the Department of Health’s Chief Information Officer (CIO) should not have come as a surprise. Anyone who has followed the progress of £11.4-billion Nation Programme for IT transformation (NPfIT) will be acutely aware of quotes including -no grounds for confidence, -not value for money, -far below expectations, -a damage limitation exercise that leapt from the pages of the National Audit Office’s report into this ill-starred IT colossus.
Continue reading NPfIT ' put us out of its misery
Earlier this month DRS Data Services Ltd was one of the key sponsors joining The Association of European Election Officials (ACEEEO) at its 20th anniversary conference in Budapest, Hungary, the country where the Association was founded.
Continue reading DRS sponsor ACEEEO Conference to highlight the role of Electoral Management Bodies across Europe
Renovo Employment Group is to launch a revolutionary new 24-hour telephone and online career development product, designed specifically to support the new Work Programme, at this years’ UK Welfare to Work Convention. Renovo’s Career Advancement Programme (CAP) is a powerful new service that allows prime and subcontractor providers to deliver a much more cost effective, distance based in work support package to thousands of people returning to work.
Continue reading RENOVO TO LAUNCH BESPOKE DISTANCE SUPPORT PRODUCT
Recycle for Greater Manchester (R4GM) has announced the launch of its brand new iPhone App. Developed by local e-commerce specialists, boxsail, the App has been designed to make it easier for residents to reduce, re-use and recycle their waste. Responding to the growing popularity of mobile technology, the free to download App is available for the iPhone, iPad and iPod touch.
Continue reading Boxsail develops new Recycle for Greater Manchester iPhone App
Leading treatment specialists, Japanese Knotweed Control has appointed Dee Laverty (42) as regional director for the south and south east and heading up its London office.
Continue reading New director strengthens Japanese Knotweed Control's growth in the south
The practice of recovery audit is widely adopted in the private sector as an important component of any drive towards efficient operation. Until recently, the public sector was far more cautious.
Continue reading The public sector can make a full recovery, says PRGX
Jim Lythgow, director of strategic alliances at Specsavers Corporate Eyecare, explains the Display Screen Equipment regulations and their implications for public sector organisations:
Continue reading DSE ' one law fits all
Most editors recognise the need to give readers the right of reply if they have been criticised in a publication or a broadcast. But you may be sold short in terms of space, prominence and wording.
Continue reading Getting a reasonable right of reply
Many public authorities, charities and businesses issue press releases, or post stories online, about court cases they have won.
Continue reading Press releases about court stories
European E-commerce Regulations require your clients to provide certain information on your website and to make it easily accessible. There will be new rules about the way you handle cookies soon, too. Watch this space!
Continue reading Is your website legal?
The majority of the public believe that climate change is a reality. But the most recent surveys show a decline in concern since 2005. Sarah Castell argues that new techniques may be needed to change behaviours and engage the public.
Continue reading 'I'm becoming desensitised to climate change'
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