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If it is difficult it probably isn’t worth doing!. Trying is the first step to failure!. “NOW IS THE TIME. SOME MEN SEE THINGS AS THEY ARE AND SAY WHY? WE DREAM THINGS THAT NEVER WERE AND SAY, WHY NOT? NOW IS THE TIME” Edward Kennedy. eGovernment in Northern Ireland
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If it is difficult it probably isn’t worth doing! Trying is the first step to failure!
“NOW IS THE TIME. SOME MEN SEE THINGS AS THEY ARE AND SAY WHY? WE DREAM THINGS THAT NEVER WERE AND SAY, WHY NOT? NOW IS THE TIME” Edward Kennedy
eGovernment in Northern Ireland • ‘The journey to date’ • The future of ‘eServices’ • The Data Protection Wake Up call • ‘eInclusion’ - Does Digital Equality Matter? • eParticipation
eGovernment in Northern Ireland ‘The journey to date’
eGovernment eGovernment is the use of information and communications technologies (ICTs) to improve the activities of public sector organisations. • eAdministration • eCitizens and eServices • eSociety - Inefficient and ineffective - Self-serving and inconvenient - Insular University of Manchester's Institute for Development Policy & Management
Strategies • OnlineNI • Digital Inclusion Strategy • eParticipation • Multi-Channel Contact • IS/ICT Strategies • Channel Strategy
Citizen-facing services • Civil Service Reform
Digital Inclusion • eParticipation
Projects & Services • Citizen-facing
Projects Access to Government Services (A2GS)
Help me - in person Help me - phone Help me - web 15p £1.50 £15 Volume
Executive/Ministers Permanent Secretaries Departmental Boards AccountNI Health HR Connect Review of Public Administration Civil Service Reform Education RecordsNI Local Gov CAL Advertising Rating IT Assist (IT Shared Service Centre ) NetworkNI (WAN & LAN SERVICES)
Civil Service Reform Delivery of better public services by improving our capacity and providing the necessary technology and facilities.
Coleraine Ballymoney Londonderry Limavady Ballymena Strabane Antrim Belfast ‘A’ Newtownstewart Omagh Belfast ‘B’ Dungannon Lisburn Craigavon Carnteel Portadown Armagh Newry Optical Core Network • Multi-Gbit/s fibre ring • Broad geographical coverage • Resilient inc. Belfast ring • Dedicated pairs for ‘NICS’ traffic
Improved voice, video & data services • Remote access & mobility • Reduced management overhead • Reduced complexity • Reduced cost • Improved Security
Costs for Network NI • A unit rate of £344 per mbps per year. • A unit rate of £121 per user per year • Daily rate equivalent • 33p per user per day!
The Future of eServices ‘eGovernment on Steroids’
Generation Y Commercial Pressure ‘Show Us a Better Way’
It’s also easy to get carried away with the “web 2.0″ phenomenon and lose sight of the fact that this is a serious part of Government and their website is an important outlet. Therefore, it is important that some basic levels of standards and performance are brought to bear. This is still our money that’s being spent, afterall. ‘Building the Number 10 Downing Street Website on WordPress: Mike Rouse • August 15, 2008
The Data Protection Disaster - A Wakeup Call
We are now in a different environment! The genie is truly out of the bottle!
eInclusion - Does Digital Equality Matter?