by Louis Stockwell | Dec 19, 2016 | Citizen needs profiler, Local Service Listing, Well Being
On December 8th 2016 the LGA hosted “A vision for finding the right services” workshop in Preston which brought together expertise from iStandUK, ieg4, Lancashire County Council, Chorley Borough Council and LGA themselves to set out their joint vision for a tool/app...
by Louis Stockwell | Nov 23, 2016 | Local Service Listing
The Local Government Association have asked iStandUK to propose a data standard in which local services can be described. We’ve worked with a number of councils, and suppliers of directory software, to come up with a consistent format so that information from many...
by Louis Stockwell | Nov 23, 2016 | Uncategorized
China Throughout 2016 iStandUK have been working with the British Standards Institute in their joint programme with China, to compare the ‘Smart City Concept Model’ ,to the Chinese equivalent, the ‘Domain Knowledge Model’. This will create a semantic framework...
by Louis Stockwell | Nov 22, 2016 | Uncategorized
The Project Surrey Planning Hub The Planning Hub was developed by Surrey Digital Services (SDS), a coalition of local authorities with a shared vision of creating platform data and technology services in an open, innovative and pragmatic way. SDS is not...
by Louis Stockwell | Nov 21, 2016 | Uncategorized
Collaboration and cooperation with the sector is the keystone of the iStandUK programme. Our priorities are shaped by the needs and wishes of public service providers across the UK. In order to promote and define standards in the most crucial and relevant areas we...
by Ian Litton | Oct 17, 2016 | Identity and Attribute exchange
Warwickshire County Council is making good progress towards a private beta trial of the Blue Badge improvement project. The plan is to run the private beta for 3 months early in 2017 and to invite Warwickshire residents to participate if they meet the following...
by Louis Stockwell | Sep 22, 2016 | Smart Cities
The BSI are inviting colleagues to comment on the following draft during its 4 week consultation period: PAS 183, Smart cities – Guide to establishing a decision-making framework for sharing data and information services A PAS is a sponsored, fast-track...
by Louis Stockwell | Sep 19, 2016 | Local Service Listing
In 2016, the Local Government Association (LGA) is running a project to find a better way to identify and match local services to the needs of citizens and the places they serve. The approach relies on a consistent data format in which local services are described so...
by Louis Stockwell | Sep 19, 2016 | Uncategorized
The iStandUK Innovation Award: The iStandUK award is open to any public sector organisation in the UK that can demonstrate innovation and achievement in electronic data standards. E-standards are vital for enabling information sharing and information exploitation to...
by Louis Stockwell | Sep 14, 2016 | Local Service Listing
iStandUK are putting together an open data standard in which directories of local services can be shared and combined. We’d like your help to make sure that we understand the uses that that can be put to, and the existing standards that we should take account...
