As part of the Modernising Government initiative, all government organisations in the UK have a range of targets to meet, and many of these involve the introduction of electronic processes and services.  This one-day seminar provides a wide-ranging introduction to the management and technology issues that have to be faced in order to achieve these targets. From Enterprise Architecture to Information Governance, from Standards adoption and the e-Government Interoperability Framework (e-GIF) to Electronic Records Management, our expert speakers will show you the waypoints and pitfalls along the road to e-Government.

Topics Covered:

• e-Government - From "Know How" to "Know Why"
  "Know-how" (technology) tends to dominate over "know-why" (business goals, management and policy) in implementing systems and services using new technologies, for the simple reason that technologists are the only ones initially who understand the scope and practicalities of the technology.  However, unless a more strategic view is also brought to bear, then the dominance of "know-how" in areas bearing strongly on the future functioning of Government can, at worst, lead to junior technologists in effect inventing key business vocabularies as a side-effect of IT development.   The rigorous demands of information management in the European Parliament, together with promoting awareness and good practice amongst standards developers concerning the many aspects of Semantic Interoperability, provide a backdrop to this in-depth examination of the right relationship between "know-how" and "know-why".
  
  
• Building Standards for e-Government
  Why didn’t XML standards just happen?  The real challenge of XML based interoperability is making good quality XML interoperability standards ubiquitous and commonplace. A few years ago, technical policy makers in the UK public sector believed that this would happen naturally provided some basic frameworks were put in place.  In 2004, although a good number of "early adopters" are developing and using XML standards routinely, technical policy makers for both Central and Local Government are struggling to get beyond this stage.  Based on CSW’s in-depth experience of both new technology introduction and XML based standards, this session will help participants to understand this “chasm” of reluctance and how it may be crossed.
  
  What makes a good XML interoperability standard for e-Government? - A hard look at a mixed bag of real examples.
  
  How can interoperability standards be embedded into mainstream business and IT processes? – XML based interoperability standards are strategic enterprise-level standards, not low-level bits of technology. XML must learn to live in the “suit” world of enterprise architecture.
  
  How can XML get onto “Main Street”? – a light-hearted look at the ups & downs of standards adoption, followed by an interactive discussion of what really needs to happen to get things moving.
  
  
• Panel Discussion 
  
  
• The Archival Case for Interoperability
  Archival institutions have a particular need for fostering interoperability, not least to ensure they can take custody of electronic archives. This presentation will discuss the ramifications of this in the UK public sector, including the need to go far beyond simple search interoperability to some of the more fundamental implications of the e-Government Interoperability Framework (e-GIF). This can contribute important things to the wider e-Government agenda. Archival theory, particularly that emanating from Australia, is highly compatible with this although there are a number of serious challenges to practical implementation that will be discussed.
  

Cost:
The cost of this one day seminar is £195 + VAT, or you can select the Full XML Summer School Package for £995 + VAT and attend all seminars of your choice.

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