28 April 2005
Innovators in the IT have been recognised in an award ceremony for companies and public services that show how IT can be used to modernise public services.
Winners of the Government Computing BT Awards for Innovation were announced at a gala dinner at Madame Tussaud's in London.
The awards garnered a record 118 projects from 73 organisations ranging from an initiative that exploits Internet technology to modernise the hearing process in Crown Courts to a knowledge management and information portal for UK military personnel stationed around the world.
Steven Voss, chair of the judging panel and Kable's publishing director, commented: "These awards recognise the strength of the ambition across the public sector to improve the quality of service delivery through the use of technology, and the hard work, innovation and dedication that public servants bring to the task.
"They are a timely antidote to accusations that public sector IT equals disaster."
Other winners included a web based workflow system and telephone helpdesk to support the Hampshire County Council's occupational therapist service, a scheme from the Compensation Recovery Unit of the Department for Work and Pensions to improve communication with the insurance industry on compensation payments and a collaboration between West Sussex County Council and mySociety.org, that has provided an accessible, secure and mutually trusted route for people to contact their representatives at any level of government.© DeHavilland Information Services plc
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