Links

• www.socitm.gov.uk Run by the Society for IT Management is a must visit site. Despite its Byzantine lack of coherence, as someone once said - "and yet it works". Still the best set of sources about all things e-government in the public sector.
• www.multimap.com is an invaluable aid for anyone wanting to know where they are going. Never buy a street map again!
• www.info4local.gov.uk The DTLR's proto-portal for local government - register for updates on your favourite subject. Sometimes dispiritingly impenetrable with its "officialese", but still a very good source of information on all things relating to guidance, policies and the legal framework for local government.
• www.Lganet.gov.uk The excellent and searchable Local Government Association portal that presents the world from a genuine local government perspective.
• www.kablenet.com The best, if sometimes irreverent, source of news about central e-government and the Health Service. Noticeably less well informed on local government. Subscribe for updates.
• www.direct.gov.uk Flag ship government portal. Interesting, but very centralised view on government, despite a practical if rather crude search facility that drills down to local sites. Proof, if any were needed, that the Normans won the Battle of Hastings but still do not accept that Britain remains resolutely Celtic/Saxon in character.
• www.oultwood.com A useful index of local government web sites around the world based upon clickable maps as well as the more usual lists.
• www.BBC.co.uk Is the best source of world news, weather and interesting things to do with two pickled herrings, a cos lettuce and three beetroots.
• www.Silicon.com Savvy and street-wise, silicon is the still the portal of choice for the thinking IT pro - especially those thinking about their next job!
• www.theaa.com/travelwatch/planner_main.jsp Tells you where to go! However, for those expenses claims gives you virtual mileage.
• www.qjump.co.uk/index.html But you do not want to go by car - save a bit of carbon - travel by train.