Local Authority Websites National Project LAWs

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Local Authority Websites National
Project(LAWs)

• Roland Mezulis

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Thanks
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What we wanted to do
Implementable
Sustainable
Used
Organisational change
Vendor community
Monitoring kit
Usable Accessible
Content
Transactions
Modules
Generic
High volume
Community
Standards
Content Management System
e-GIF, e-GMS, accessibility, usability
APLAWS Stability, scalability, bug fixing Open
source database XML template kit
Information Architecture
National Category List
Communication
Between services
Between LAs / Government
LGOL.net message broker
LGOL.hub secure email
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Content..
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Transactions..
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Community Modules
The five community modules are applications which
can be used on your councils website to provide
non-mandatory, value-added services to your
community (non-mandatory because is it not
required that you provide the community with a
web presence).

• The applications will
• Enhance your councils offering to the community
• Help deliver government targets around
  regeneration
• Develop a happier and more cohesive community
• Enable your council to be better informed about
  what is going on in the community and act on that
  information. (E.g. if 150 football clubs have
  been set up recently your council may want to
  plan for the building of a leisure facility)
• Empower the community while reducing council
  burden

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Community Modules
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Information Architecture and Standards
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Information Architecture and Standards
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CMS APLAWS
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Middleware LGoL.Net
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Middleware LGoL.Net
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Organisational Development
As a result of implementing the APLAWS content
management system into your authority, there will
be new functions and processes.
APLAWS SYSTEM
OVERSEE
SUPPORT
ADMINISTRATION
EDITORIAL
CREATE
APPROVE
PUBLISH
EDIT
COMMISSION
INPUT
REVIEW
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Where should administration reside within the
organisation?
ORGANISATION DESIGN OPTIONS
Central Admin
West Sussex
Newham

• The APLAWS system allows for devolved
  administration
• This means that different service units can
  control how they set up users, permission and
  workflow as best fits that service unit, rather
  than central admin having to fit or compromise
  for each service unit
• (e.g. Press office different to other service
  units in the way they want to publish)

Fylde
Bromley
Stoke
Devolved Admin
ICT Led Website
Communications Team Led Website
Recommendation Should the authority be very big
and have many service units that work in very
different ways, devolved administration is
recommended. However, if it is small and easily
manageable, central administration is recommended.
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Linked to the business
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Linked to the business
raising standards across our schools improving
the quality of life of older people and of
children, young people and families at
risk promoting healthier communities and
narrowing health inequalities creating safer and
stronger communities transforming our local
environment meeting local transport needs more
effectively promoting the economic vitality of
localities
Improving customer service Improving community
engagement Working with young people and children
Improving consultation and democratic
engagement Improving specific services
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Sustainability
Pilots Barnsley MBC Northampton BC King's
Lynn West Norfolk BC Coventry City Council and
Worthing BC.
Open Source User Groups
E-Government Standards Body
The Marketplace
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Working with National Projects

• Maintaining Thriving Networks
• Building on leadership roles from NPs and
  Partnerships
• Enhancing broad involvement
• Engagement with leading national players
• Promoting Best Practice
• Ongoing dissemination for NP products
• Identifying new exemplars
• Promulgation of new learning

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Working with National Projects

• Focal Point for Product Support Development
• Supporting networks/user groups
• Testing certification of enhancements
• Repository for Standards Learning
• Extending life of products
• Ongoing awareness exploitation
• Increasing the impact of NPs

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Ensuring LAWs stay relevant
Syndication Web Services standards Personalisati
on for location GIS
Content
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Mainstreaming
Post-2005 E-government as part of change and
improvement
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Questions?