At our SSN Summit that we ran in Dublin, Ireland back in May, one of the highlights for me was the presentation that UNDP ICTDAR gave on the work they are doing to build out ICT awareness and capabilities across the Arab Speaking Regions.  The presentation was a double act by Amira El-Serafy and Ziad Haddara, and if enthusiasm was something ...

The London Borough of Newham is an organization with big plans, as I discovered when I spoke with Geoff Connell; and with the help of some of their equally proactive Local Authority counterparts in the UK they are making big strides to realize them. [VIDEO] The concept of sharing and collaboration between local authorities is ...

The National Association of Counties (NACo) wanted to help county governments share knowledge and collaborate with each other. It piloted a Web-based portal using Microsoft® Office SharePoint® Portal Server 2003. The portal was used for the sharing of software applications, was developed by Microsoft Gold Certified Partner Kanalytics and ...

If you read the Solutions Sharing Network Program overview, you will see that as part of engaging with Microsoft fully in the program, we support customers in the deployment of a custom built portal environment to support their Solutions Sharing needs.  Many of these portals are only available on extranets and only allow access for a known ...

I caught up with Adam Jansen, Digital Archivist, from the Washington State Digital Archives last week.  Adam is heading up a drive to support a community of individuals that are interested in the issues of the long term storage of digital records - enter stage left, the Digital Preservation Network."The Digital Preservation ...

The FT has just published an article that outlines how several public sector organizations have seen dramatic cost-savings and other benefits through increased collaboration - the SSN Program gets a mention as well! I am starting to see a lot more of this kind of effort across the globe, and there are some very innovative ways of approaching the ...

A comprehensive overview of the work of the Local Government Computer Services Bureau in Ireland that outlines their strategies and capabilities in electronic service delivery.

London Borough of Newham outlines some of the efforts they are making to share applications and share best practices in the UK Local Government IT community

An overview of a Microsoft developed Licensing model that any organization can use to redistribute their code.

Outline of the great work that UNDP ICTDAR are doing to develop ICT capabilities through commuity in the Arab Region