Socitm President's Blog

This journal started out, in January 2007, as the Newham Council CIO's Blog for ICT staff, and its source is still Newham's Intranet. Since April 2008 I have been seconded for the majority of my time as President of the Society of IT Management. Among my aims, as Socitm's President, are to foster greater transparency and accountability in the operation of the Society's business, and a President's Blog is an obvious tool towards the achievement of these goals.

Monday 4 August 2008

This was something of a schizophrenic day working at home for Newham on the Newham Telecoms Convergence Programme Management and for Socitm on drafting organisational schematics.

I was interested, today, in a new slant on convergence, if only for the colourful language in "CIO News View: Metro newspaper goes free and "e" to the web". "Metro is the free sheet that has become as omnipresent at British city stations in cities as vagrants, prostitutes, drug dealers, pigeons and fast food wrapping." I'm not sure that the analogy holds-up for stations, but "Metro" certainly constitutes the vast majority of litter on Tube trains, these days. The convergence point is a serious one, and considering the growing awareness of green issues and social responsibility, one wonders why we can't choose to have the content Bluetooth-loaded to our Smart 'Phones.

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About socitm

The Society of Information Technology Management was founded in 1986 as the professional association for ICT managers working in and for the public sector.

Members are drawn primarily from local authorities but also from the police and fire services, housing authorities and other locally delivered public service.

Managers or consultants from organisations supplying ICT products and services to the public sector, or which support public services in other ways, may also join the Society.

With over 1900 members from 550 different organisations including 98% of all UK local authorities, Socitm provides a widely respected forum for the promotion, use and development of ICT best practice. It also plays a leading role in the implementation of local e-government in the UK.

The Society is a significant provider of advice and guidance on ICT and e-government to local authorities. Socitm offers a growing range of services including publications, conferences, events, training, research and consultancy.

Glossary

ALGIM = Association of Local Government Information Management (New Zealand Socitm Sister Society)
ALIP = Assisted Living Innovation Platform
BERR = (Department for) Business, Enterprise & Regulatory Reform
BRE = Building Research Establishment Ltd
CAFCASS = Children and Family Court Advisory Support Service
CAIS = Customer Access Improvement Service (from Socitm)
CCitDG = Charities Consortium IT Directors Group
CESG = Communications Electronics Security Group (part of GCHQ)
CIPCOG = Civil IA (Information Assurance) Products & Services Co-ordination Group
CIPFA = Chartered Institute of Public Finance & Accountancy
CITRA = Charity IT Resource Alliance (now a special interest group within Socitm)
CLAS = CESG Listed Adviser Scheme
CMA = (The) Communications Management Association
CoCo = Code of Connection (to the GCSx)
COI = (The) Central Office of Information
CRM = Customer Relationship Management
CSIA = Central Sponsor for Information Assurance
DCLG = Department of Communities & Local Government
DCMS = Department for Culture, Media & Sport
DCSF = Department for Children, Families and Schools
DIUS - Department for Innovation, Universities & Skills
DWP = Department for Work & Pensions
EAS = Employee Authentication Services
EILT = Environmental IT Leadershp Team
FCO = Foreign & Commonwealth Office
GCHQ = Government Communications Headquarters
GCSx = Government Connect Secure Extranet
GMIS = Government & Municipal Information Sciences (US Socitm Sister Society)
GPRS = General Packet Radio Service
GSi = Government Secure Intranet
GSM = Global System for Mobile communications
HMRC = Her Majesty's Revenue & Customs
I&DeA = Improvement & Development Agency
IAEAB = Information Assurance Events Advisory Board
IOD = Institute of Directors
IP = Internet Protocol
IRRV = Institute of Revenues, Rating & Valuation
JANET = Joint Academic NETwork
LeGSB = Local e-Government Standards Board
LGA = Local Government Association
LGDC = Local Government Delivery Council
LOCOG = London Organising Committee of the (2012) Olympic Games
LOLA = Linked Organisation of Local Authority ICT Societies
LPSN = London Public Services Network
MDA = Mobile Data Association
MOD = Ministry of Defence
NAC = (Socitm) National Advisory Council
NDGB = Non-Departmental Government Body
NeAT = Newham Advanced Telecare
NLPG = National Land & Property Gazetteer
NTC = Newham Telecommunications Convergence
OGC = Office of Government Commerce
ONS = Office for National Statistics
PARN = Professional Associations Research Network
PSBA = Public Sector Broadband Aggregation
PSF = Public Sector Forums
PSMP = Public Sector Mobile Portal
RIEP = Regional Improvement & Efficiency Partnership
RNID = (The) Royal National Institute for Deaf people
SFIA = Skills Framework for the Information Age
SMEs = Small & Medium Enterprises
SOLACE = Society of Local Authority Chief Executives
TfL = Transport for London
TVR = British sports car named by the company's founder - TreVoR Wilkinson
WARP = Warning, Advice & Reporting Point