Local egov EXPO 2006

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Local e-gov EXPO 2006

• Welcome to the Nomad Mobile Working Village

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Opening SessionDay 1

• Ian Stewart
• Chief Executive Cambridgeshire County Council

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Nomad

• Introduction Ian Stewart
• The Nomadic Way - Ian Laughton Peter Marsden
• EXPO in detail

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Ian StewartChief Executive Cambridgeshire County
Council

• Why Cambridgeshire is hosting Nomad
• Cambridgeshires ambition in mobile and flexible
  working
• Simple truths
• Vision
• Leadership
• Investment
• Expertise

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The Nomadic Way

• Ian Laughton, Nomad Director
• Peter Marsden, Programme Manager

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The Nomadic Journey

• The aim of this session is
• To give a quick overview of what Nomad has
  achieved over the last 3 years
• Update on current progress, issues and challenges
• Look forward to new Nomad work and new themes in
  mobile and flexible working
• Announce new products

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The Nomadic Journey
Originally

• Central government funded project 4m
• One of 22 national projects aimed at supporting
  local government in its development of the e-gov
  agenda
• Run by local authorities
• 10 core councils from around the country
• Aim To bring together, in one place, all the
  aspects of enabling a council workforce to be
  mobile

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The Nomadic Journey

• Phase 1
• Development November 2003 December 2004
• Phase 2
• Launch and Initial dissemination Jan-March 2005
• Phase 3
• Transfer to local authority ownership
• Further dissemination
• Development of the links to efficiency drive
• Sustainable future

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Nomad Work Streams
Integration Cambridgeshire
Business Case Norwich
Dissemination Cambridgeshire
Organisational Change Sutton
Research Greenwich
Technology North Somerset
Wireless Connectivity Lewisham
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Nomad Proof of Concept Projects
Electronic Financial Assessments Cumbria
Cemetery and Headstone Inspections Barnsley
iTex Kirklees
Street Scene Norwich
Social Care Single Assessment Ambulances
Social Care Cambridgeshire
Citizen to Councillor Interactions Sheffield
Mobile Office North Somerset
Building Control Benefits Assessment Sutton
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Summary

• Nomad has developed as the definitive place to
  look for information, guidance and expertise
• Nomad product take-up has been large
• Web downloads
• All English local authorities registered
• Nomad has projects covering a broad raft of
  services
• Each exemplar has been taken on and
  used/developed further
• Benefits, regulatory services, building control,
  social care assessment
• Nomad dissemination
• Events sold out
• Regional activity
• Website popularity

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Current work

• Regional Centres of Excellence
• All regions
• Major activities
• Efficiency and Productive Time /MET funding from
  ODPM
• Productive time case studies
• Collaboration
• London Connects
• Business cases
• WiFi /Flexible Working
• Case studies
• Leeds digital pen

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Nomad Current work
Digital Pen - Leeds
Strategic Mobile Review - NWRCE
Regulatory Services Bradford/Sheffield
Council tax/benefits -East RCE
WiMax /WiFi London Connects
Social Care SWRCE
Benefits/assessment London RCE
New SW Flexible Working Group
Social Care London ADSS
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Issues Challenges Moving from pilot to rollout
Pilot
Rollout
Shared Services
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Issues and ChallengesFlexibility
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Issues and challenges Connectivity

• No connection or hard docking still very relevant
• GPRS still issues, limited capacity
• 3G coverage still patchy can in reality mean
  urban only solution
• WiFi not enough work on using WiFi with council
  backhaul capacity
• Useful experiments with mesh etc in urban setting
• WiMax provoking interest and trials

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Issues Challenges

• One stop benefits
• The big win all authorities can benefit
• Still need government decision and leadership
• Organisation Change
• Key to the transformational agenda
• NHS
• Key partner
• Still tangled ICT and organisational issues

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Looking at 2006/7

• MET proposition
• Nomad forums
• Scotland
• Wales
• Other agencies European links
• Nomad events
• Service themes with sponsors around the regions
• Sponsors
• Development of relationships and mutual
  opportunities
• Wireless
• Major further developments
• European Mobile Gov Conference
• 30th Aug to 1st Sept, Brighton

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Looking at 2006/7
All Scots authorities forming Nomad Forum in
Scotland hosted by Fife
Work with Open Hub and Scottish Executive
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New products

• Flexible Working Guide
• Easy to use
• Concise
• Exactly what do I have to do
• Gateway to all the relevant resources
• Wireless Prospectus
• Efficiencies in Social Care (ADSS report)

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Future

• Much Broader Take up of
• Mobile working numerous practical examples
• Flexible working limited exemplars yet
• Shared service delivery get the fit right!
• Convergent Technologies
• Increased options / Improved connectivity /
  Maturity
• Major Business Challenge
• New ways of working with
• increasing flexibility / agility required and
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• IT as an enabler.

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Any Questions?
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