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LeGSB Workshop for Publishing Local Linked Data

Mon, 26 Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMT

We are now setting up the 3rd workshop in our series to explore the standards for publishing Local Linked Data

LeGSB Workshop for Local Linked Data

Fri, 07 May 2010 00:00:00 GMT

LeGSB are running a workshop session on the 24th May2010 to explore the standards that support Local Linked Data.

DCSF asks Local Authorities to take part in its information standards groups

Tue, 02 Jun 2009 00:00:00 GMT

The Department of Children, Schools and Families (DCSF) have asked the Local e-Government Standards Body (LeGSB) to propose a number of people from Local Authorities to participate in various parts of the department’s standards and information management activities and groups.

LeGSB activities for the Department of Communities and Local Government – An Update

Mon, 03 Nov 2008 00:00:00 GMT

LeGSB has been working closely with the Department for Communities and Local Government around the Data Interchange Hub, XBRL and an Interoperability Framework for Local Strategic Partnerships.

LeGSB activities for the Department of Children, Schools and Families – An update

Mon, 03 Nov 2008 00:00:00 GMT

LeGSB has been advising the Department of Children, Schools and Families on the standards that underpin a number of their programmes of work.

LeGSB and Department of Health develop joint paper on Information Governance

Mon, 03 Nov 2008 00:00:00 GMT

LeGSB has been working with DoH, and the Association of Directors of Adult Social Services (ADASS), and a number of Local Authorities to propose how a single set of Information Governance measures could be created for Local Government.

Working with North West Information Sharing Group

Mon, 03 Nov 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Paul Davidson (Director of Standards) has joined the North West Information Sharing Group (NWISG), which has helped to progress LeGSB's thinking on standards for data sharing as a result. The group has made some good suggestions about how the topic can be broken down, so that we now have a model that incorporates

Semantics - The meaning of information
Syntax - The structure of information
Data Quality - The confidence to use information
Authorisation - The right to use information
Authentication - Who is accessing information
Transport - How to move information
Information Governance - the behaviour and culture to protect and explot information

LeGSB to facilitate the development of standards for the DWP’s e-Transfers Project.

Fri, 24 Oct 2008 00:00:00 GMT

The DWP have appointed the Local e-Government Standards Body (LeGSB) to facilitate the definition of XML schemas and vocabularies necessary to support the transfer of Benefits case data from Job Centre Plus, and the Pensions, Disability and Carers Service, to Local Authorities.