Information Services (Government)

Information Services Sites:

Home Office Research Development and Statistics Directorate Home Office Research Development and Statistics Directorate: RDS provides information to Ministers and policy makers to help in their decision making, and also helps the police, probation service, the courts, immigration officials and fire-fighters in their work. Includes some interesting statistical info on crime (Information Services) http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/rds/index.htm Her Majesty's Stationery Office Her Majesty's Stationery Office: HMSO manages and regulates the use of all information produced by government which is protected by Crown copyright. Links to online government material, including legislation and asset registers. (Information Services) http://www.hmso.gov.uk/ Public Record Office Public Record Office: The repository of the UK's national archives. Includes an online catalogue, research information leaflets and an education centre. (Information Services) http://www.pro.gov.uk/ Advisory Council on Public Records Advisory Council on Public Records: Advises the Government on policy matters concerning the records and the work of the Public Record Office. Fairly brief details of the Council and minutes of its meetings are available. (Information Services) http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/advisorycouncil/ YouGov YouGov: Portal for news and opinion on UK Government and politics. (Information Services) http://yougov.com/ European Information Network in the UK European Information Network in the UK: Provides a gateway to European information for the UK regions. It incorporates 12 regional and one national site. (Information Services) http://www.europe.org.uk Help is at Hand Help is at Hand: Provides a range of information and resources for everyone working in community ICT but particularly online centre staff. (Information Services) http://www.helpisathand.gov.uk/ The Society of Public Information Networks The Society of Public Information Networks: Responsible for promoting and representing the joint interests of public information networks providers in the UK. Site provides background information and joining details for the SPIN. (Information Services) http://www.spin.org.uk/ Official Documents Official Documents: The Stationery Office site providing online versions of government material as well as information on ordering copies of official reports. (Information Services) http://www.official-documents.co.uk/ The Office for National Statistics The Office for National Statistics: UK Government Agency that produces and disseminates social, health, economic, demographic, labour market and business statistics. Includes StatBase - a fully searchable database of key statistics. (Information Services) http://www.ons.gov.uk/ Kablenet Kablenet: UK e-government and information age public service news from Kable, the publisher of Government Computing. (Information Services) http://www.kablenet.com 2001 Census 2001 Census: Regular news on the plans for the next UK census. (Information Services) http://www.statistics.gov.uk/census2001/default.asp Government Statistical Service Government Statistical Service: UK statistics and data service. Health, economic and population data available. (Information Services) http://www.statistics.gov.uk/ Central Office of Information Central Office of Information: The COI provides publicity services to UK Government departments. Includes results from some of the research it sponsors. (Information Services) http://www.coi.gov.uk British Official Publications Current Awareness Service (BOPCAS) British Official Publications Current Awareness Service (BOPCAS): Free and subscription service, based at University of Southampton, which provides access to an extensive database of British Official Publications. (Information Services) http://www.soton.ac.uk/~bopcas/ Public Service Communication Agency Public Service Communication Agency: Publications designed to connect local and central government with the private sector. Procurement, best value and practice, policy and future developments are all subjects covered. (Information Services) http://www.publicservice.co.uk Websites for Exporters Websites for Exporters: A searchable database guiding the visitor through the range of free internet information for UK exporters. (Information Services) http://dti.hyperco.net/cgi-bin/tp_url_search.pl UK National Digital Archive of Datasets UK National Digital Archive of Datasets: NDAD contains archived digital data from UK government departments and agencies. To access the data you need to be a registered user. (Information Services) http://ndad.ulcc.ac.uk/ UK GovTalk UK GovTalk: A forum to enable the public sector, industry and other interested parties to work together in developing and agreeing policies and standards for e-government. (Information Services) http://www.govtalk.gov.uk/