SIGNORETTA, Paola
Joined-up government in practice : a case study of children's needs in Sheffield - 2002
`Joined-up government' has been a policy thrust characterising much of the first term of the Labour government. The last four years have seen a flourish of are-based and local partnership initiatives. Information and IT are seen as crucial to facilitate joined-up government and improved service delivery at both central and local level. Ambitious targets are thus set to make all dealings with government deliberable electronically by 2005. This article examines data sharing in a local partnership, using as a example the preparation of the Children's Service Plan 2002-2003 in the city of Sheffield, setting out the national policy background, with particular reference to children's service plans; introducing the project; discussing the results obtained in the data coolection exercise, and concluding that the organisational and cultural change necessary to share information effectively require time, and above all a period of relative stability to mature and take hold
Joined-up government in practice : a case study of children's needs in Sheffield - 2002
`Joined-up government' has been a policy thrust characterising much of the first term of the Labour government. The last four years have seen a flourish of are-based and local partnership initiatives. Information and IT are seen as crucial to facilitate joined-up government and improved service delivery at both central and local level. Ambitious targets are thus set to make all dealings with government deliberable electronically by 2005. This article examines data sharing in a local partnership, using as a example the preparation of the Children's Service Plan 2002-2003 in the city of Sheffield, setting out the national policy background, with particular reference to children's service plans; introducing the project; discussing the results obtained in the data coolection exercise, and concluding that the organisational and cultural change necessary to share information effectively require time, and above all a period of relative stability to mature and take hold
