The finalists have been announced in this year's e-Government National Awards.
The UK’s most closely watched public sector technology awards, supported by the Prime Minister David Cameron, recognise excellence and innovation in digital initiatives in national and local government, the NHS, education and the third sector.
The Awards ceremony, attended by ministers, top-civil servants and technology experts from the public and private sectors, will be held on Thursday 20 January at the London Guildhall.
The e-Government National Awards 2010 finalists
1. Building a fairer society with e-Government services (sponsored by KPMG)
• Barnsley MBC & South Yorkshire Police - Neighbourhood Watch / Good Neighbours Scheme
• The Charity Commission for England and Wales - Charity Commission Website Development
• City of Lincoln Council - Heritage Connect Lincoln
• Ealing Mencap & ESCAN - Ealing Help
• St George's, University of London - Taste of Medicine
• Westminster City Council - Westminster's Digital Inclusion Framework
• Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust - Big White Wall Online Wellbeing Service
2. Central e-Government excellence: Take-up & usage growth
• Department of Finance and Personnel, Northern Ireland - NI Direct website
• Department for Work and Pensions - Response to Economic Downturn
• Directgov - Directgov Travel News mobile application
• Charity Commission - Charity Commission Online Registration
• Department for Work and Pensions - Jobseekers Allowance On-Line
• HM Revenue & Customs - Business Tax Programme - VAT online filing
• Home Office - Adelphi ERP Shared Services
3. Central e-Government excellence: Team
• Welsh European Funding Office - WEFO Online
• Department of Finance and Personnel, Northern Ireland - NI Direct website
• National Policing Improvement Agency - IMPACT Programme
• NHS Connecting for Health - N3 technology team - collaborative working, connecting healthcare
• Ministry of Defence - Next Generation HR e-Resourcing Project
• Department of Health - Prison Health IT programme
• Scottish Government - Engage for Education
4. e-Government excellence in Learning & Skills
• Department of Health - e-Learning for Healthcare: e-Safeguarding Children and Young People
• Department of Health - e-Learning for Healthcare: e-SRH (Sexual and Reproductive Health)
• Crown Prosecution Service - Prosecution College
• Aberdeen College - StudentNet in Aberdeen College
• NIACE - TeesLearn
• Skills Funding Agency - Next Step, the Integrated Adult Careers Service web channel
• NHS Choices - NHS Choices Community Intermediaries Training Programme
• The Fire Service College - e-learning to UK Fire and Rescue Services
• NHS Education for Scotland - NES ePortfolio
5. e-Government excellence: For sustainable, 'green IT' or 'carbon-efficient' services (sponsored by KPMG)
• Department of Health - e-Learning for Healthcare: e-Safeguarding Children and Young People
• Land Forces, Ministry of Defence - Land Forces Enhanced Video Telephone Conferencing
• Queen Margaret University - Beyond thin-client: green IT at QMU
• Hampshire County Council - Hampshire's scalable, efficient 'green' Data Centre
• Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust - E-enabled innovative shared learning
• Southend Borough Council - Southend Borough Council's ICT Strategy 2010-13
• Bristol City Council - Green Digital Bristol
6. e-Government excellence: Innovation in strategy at a local level (sponsored by Pitney Bowes)
• Barnsley MBC & South Yorkshire Police - Neighbourhood Watch / Good Neighbours Scheme
• Peterborough City Council - Verto, Internet based Portfolio Management
• West Yorkshire Police - West Yorkshire Police iPortal
• London Borough Redbridge - YouChoose
• Greater Manchester and Cheshire Cardiac and Stroke Network - Wireless Telemedicine in Primary Care
• Birmingham City Council - Customer First Transformation Programme
• The City of Edinburgh Council - Mobile Working - Edinburgh Building Services
• South Yorkshire Police - South Yorkshire Police BlackBerry deployment
7. e-Government excellence: Innovation in strategy on a national level (sponsored by Vodafone)
• Welsh European Funding Office - WEFO Online
• Welsh Assembly Government - The PSBA Network: The UK's First Public Multi-Sector Network
• NHS Direct - Online Health and Symptom Checkers
• Central Office of Information (COI) - RAF Reserves Recruitment Process
• Charity Commission for England and Wales - That's -e-asy (electronically applied services for you)
• NHS Connecting for Health - N3 Managed Video Conferencing Service - transforming the way the NHS works
• Scottish Government - Engage for Education
8. e-Government excellence: Leadership & Professionalism
• Department of Health - e-Learning for Healthcare: e-Safeguarding Children and Young People
• Peterborough City Council - Verto, Internet based Portfolio Management
• Department for Education - Information Workplace Platform
• Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust - Collaboration and Communication Technology at the Heart of Hospital Transformation
• The Metropolitan Police Service - The Metropolitan Police Service's Police Forensic Liaison Unit
9. e-Government excellence: Shared Services
• Welsh Assembly Government - The PSBA Network: The UK's First Public Multi-Sector Network
• University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust - McKesson Shared Services - University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust
• Scottish Police Services Authority - Scottish Police Services Authority National Service Desk
• DWP Shared Services - NHS NSS PECOS Consortium Project - NHS National Services Scotland Consortium
• DWP Shared Services
• Department for Education - Employee Authentication Service (EAS)
• Northern Ireland Office - Causeway Data Sharing Mechanism
• Home Office - Adelphi ERP Shared Services
10. Local e-Government excellence: Take-up & usage growth
• Oxfordshire County Council - Registration Service - Oxfordshire Registration Service: website and e-services strategy
• City of Lincoln Council - Heritage Connect Lincoln - www.heritageconnectlincoln.com
• Department for Education - Connect Digitally Online School Admissions Project
• Hertfordshire County Council - Intalink Website
• Kirklees Council - Looking Local
• Lincolnshire County Council - School Administration Online System Project
• Aylesbury Vale District Council - AVDC's SMS texting service
11. Local e-Government excellence: Team
• Hampshire County Council - Hampshire IT - providing continuity in the face of adversity
• Learning and Skills Network (LSN) - M-learning - A tool for transformation in Sheffield (MATTS) - phase two
• Department for Education - Connect Digitally
• Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council - “More for Less" - How I.T. can deliver Value for Money
• University Hospitals Coventry & Warwickshire NHS Trust - Electronic prevention of potentially fatal blood clots in hospitalised patients
• Oxfordshire County Council - Registrar's Online Services
