Posted 15.11.12
GOV.UK is the new place for corporate and policy information from the Department for Communities and Local Government
Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG) and the Department for Transport (DFT), along with 3 of their public bodies, have become the first central government organisations to move their corporate and policy content onto the new GOV.UK website - the new single home for all government services and information.
All web addresses have been redirected, so there is no need to update bookmarks, but for those who might want to make a note of some of the new addresses:
The new website displays information from multiple government departments grouped by topics. For example, it shows how policies from both DFT and DCLG are contributing to economic growth or combating climate change.
Those departments and agencies who have moved to GOV.UK are publishing their policies according to the outcome the Government is trying to achieve. For example:
For each policy, all of the related announcements, consultations and publications can be seen in one list - called 'activity'. The activity tab makes it easy to track what is happening on the policies that are of interest.
Other departments and organisations, many hundreds in total, will move their information to GOV.UK. This will happen in batches and will be completed by March 2014.
Housing Trust Plans to Scrap the Use of Iternal Email
Posted 16.11.12
Halton Housing Trust are reported to be planning to scrap the use of internal email and, as an alternative, adopt a web-based platform for staff to internally communicate with each other. It is understood that Yammer is one of the social networking systems being considered.
The decision follows research that showed the Trust received over 120,000 emails every month and 68% of them being internally generated. It estimated that 40% of staff time was dedicated to dealing with internal emails.
The Trust has a target of implementing the changes by 2014.
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Housing Group Launches DVD to Welcome Tenants to their New Home
Posted 23.11.12
Places for People has launched a new DVD to welcome people to their home. It replaces its current customer handbook and is especially designed with new tenants in mind.
The DVD was developed following feedback from existing customers and includes useful information like covering:
The DVD can be viewed on YouTube via this link.
