CIO UK Blogs: Entries for June 2009
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Richard Steel
Currently president of local government IT managers group SOCITM, Richard Steel is also the CIO for Newham Borough Council, the East London region which will host the 2012 Olympics. Formerly he worked with large city banks, but having made the switch to the public sector, he has not looked back. A keen blogger and enthusiast of British sports cars, Steel is a regular speaker on issues surrounding the CIO role in the public sector. A full profile of his career can be read here
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June 28, 2009
Investing in our future
Earlier this week, Richard Carde (by teleconference) John Stockwell and I were involved in a discussion with Andre Tytheridge (2e2) about progress...
Posted by: Richard Steel
June 25, 2009
Short enough to be a tweet
It's great to see that Martin Ferguson and others are continuing a lively Socitm Blog. For me, this represents the best means of keeping...
Posted by: Richard Steel
June 23, 2009
Information, innovation & improvement
The problem with e-Government was always that Government somehow created the impression that this was the opportunity for a supplier "feeding...
Posted by: Richard Steel
June 20, 2009
An important customer service channel
On Tuesday 7th July there's to be a London Public Mobile Portal event at Prospero House (241 Borough High Street), which will include presentation...
Posted by: Richard Steel
June 18, 2009
All change
The racing at Le Mans was great, with Peugeot diesels winning for the first time, and a great performance from a new Aston Martin LMP1 Team, but...
Posted by: Richard Steel
June 10, 2009
Another sleepless night please
24 hour challenges of the government CIO
We're used to the occasional story of how, after 50 years, a war-time letter eventually finds its way to the intended recipient. Well I think I've...
Posted by: Richard Steel
June 05, 2009
Musical chairs
Top CIOs on the move in London
Congratulations, Phil Pavitt on your move to the HMRC. Thanks for the great work at TfL. I hope we can sustain and build on that, and continue a...
Posted by: Richard Steel
June 04, 2009
Taking a break from strategy...to strategise
I'm on a mission to evangelise ICT as our saviour from recession
I see that the Government has committed to funding research into ultra-fast broadband. This can't be about squeezing still more capacity out of...
Posted by: Richard Steel
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Richard Steel
Currently president of local government IT managers group SOCITM, Richard Steel is also the CIO for Newham Borough Council, the East London region which will host the 2012 Olympics. Formerly he worked with large city banks, but having made the switch to the public sector, he has not looked back. A keen blogger and enthusiast of British sports cars, Steel is a regular speaker on issues surrounding the CIO role in the public sector.
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