London Regional ICT champion

Martha Lane Fox, the Government’s newly appointed digital inclusion champion, has urged charitable foundations to award more grants to charities for their core functions and IT.
In an interview to mark the announcement of Government’s Race Online 2012 initiative, intended to bring four million more people online by the time the London Olympic Games begin, Lane [...]

Directgov | innovate provides an innovative, collaborative, open source space for the public  to submit an idea or app that uses government data, cloud or crowdsourcing in a new and innovative way.

Launched in January earlier this year, the site already features a number of useful apps:
Twitterplan – Sends direct messages via Twitter when a planning [...]

Published yesterday, Lord Carter’s Digital Britain report gives more details about how the government aims to provide universal access to a minimum 2Mb broadband connection.
An estimated 2.75m homes, about 11% of UK households, today have no access to a connection at this speed. The report says 1.5m households might get access to next-generation broadband as [...]

We’re working with DC10Plus to put on an event showcasing community IT projects to policy-makers, funders, and practitioners – It’s FREE and its on 24 November at Watermans Arts Centre, Brentford.
The event is about “digital inclusion” and showcasing the direct and indirect benefits communities can realise from local technology projects.
But just what is “digital inclusion” [...]