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Objective supports effective community engagement
14 Jul 2010
Effective Community Engagement: Collaborating with the community for enhanced policy, programs, projects and service.
21st and 22nd of July 2010, Rydges World Square Sydney
Across all levels of government there is an increasing desire to generate better outcomes for the community in the areas of policy development, planning and service delivery. Today, engaging with the community is a recognised key driver to delivering these outcomes.
‘An objective of the Australian Government's e-government policy is to enhance closer citizen engagement. Through the use of new technologies, agencies are engaging more widely with the public through online policy information, feedback and consultation. Online consultation provides opportunities to enhance and compliment traditional consultation mechanisms and generate better policy outcomes.’ AGIMO, Better Practice Checklist
READ ENTIRE ARTICLEDefence and Objective cement future relationship
05 Jul 2010
Objective Corporation (ASX:OCL) today announced an extension of its current agreement with the Australian Defence organisation. The agreement includes additional functionality and support of Defence’s existing Objective implementation.
The agreement represents a minimum value of AUD $10m over the next five years.
READ ENTIRE ARTICLEGovernment can save £1.24 billion in cost savings from implementing better Policy Lifecycle Management and Document Production processes
28 Jun 2010
With more than 370,000 documents created annually, government can tap into huge cost savings.
Responding to the BBC Today programme and the Institute for Fiscal Studies challenge announced on the 22nd June, Objective Corporation believes that Local Government, Central government and its executive agencies are missing out on huge untapped annual cost savings of up to £1.24 billion by continuing to run inefficient document production processes.
Chancellor George Osbourne announced almost £1.2 billion in funding cuts to local government across the country last week. The cuts in services will be particularly hard as town halls will not be able to raise extra funding through council tax, which the Chancellor has frozen for a year.
READ ENTIRE ARTICLEThe State of Hawaii embraces citizen engagement with Objective
28 Jun 2010
The State of Hawaii’s Community Development Authority (HCDA) has selected Objective Corporation’s (ASX:OCL) uCreate and uEngage solutions to enable them to reduce costs associated with the production of complex documents and expand citizen engagement.
The HCDA is a State agency that was established to supplement traditional community renewal methods by promoting and coordinating public and private sector community development.
READ ENTIRE ARTICLEThe Coalition makes huge strides towards citizen centric government
09 Jun 2010
The “Talk” is being “Talked” – the challenge is for government at all levels to “Walk” the “Walk”.
The Coalition Government has invited the general public to take part in an unprecedented internet consultation on the spending review that it says will help to determine where spending should be cut.
David Cameron announced today plans for “a process to engage and involve the whole country in the difficult decisions that will have to be taken.”
READ ENTIRE ARTICLEObjective previews shared platform for policy lifecycle management at Total Place roadshows
07 Jun 2010
Cost effective and co-ordinated solution to the development of plans and strategies that underpin the Total Place initiative
Objective Corporation will be previewing its citizen centric Policy Lifecycle Management solution at a series of events across the UK focused on the Government’s Total Place initiative.
The events – throughout June and July in London, Manchester, Birmingham and Bristol – address local government officers on how the Total Place initiative will demand a ‘whole area’ approach to public services and how that can in turn, lead to better services at reduced cost. The Total Place initiative aims to identify and avoid overlap and duplication between public service organisations by making ‘place’ based policies and strategies around local service delivery.
READ ENTIRE ARTICLEObjective assists legal practitioners in the West
01 Jun 2010
Objective Corporation (ASX: OCL), today announced that the Legal Practice Board in Western Australia has selected it’s content, collaboration and process management solution to enhance their services to legal practitioners.
The Legal Practice Board has statutory responsibility for the admission, supervision and discipline (through the Legal Profession Complaints Committee) of all legal practitioners in Western Australia. It also regulates the issue of annual practice certificates and administers the Articles Training Program and the law libraries at the Supreme and Central Law Courts.
READ ENTIRE ARTICLEObjective applauds citizen centric government
26 May 2010
Queens Speech sets out the path to citizen driven policy making
Yesterdays Queen’s Speech which outlined the legislative framework of the new Coalition Government, has been warmly welcomed by Objective Corporation, for its radical new approach to policy making.
Simon Etherington, UK General Manager, Objective, stated: “The launch of the Government’s legislative programme is nothing short of a revolution in the delivery of citizen driven policy making. As was laid out in the Speech today the aim of the new government is to rebalance the relationship between the State and the citizen.”
READ ENTIRE ARTICLEObjective sails into Port with another contract win
04 May 2010
Port Kembla Port Corporation (PKPC) has selected Objective Corporation (ASX: OCL), to provide its content, collaboration and process management solution to support business growth and knowledge management.
The Port Kembla Port Corporation is responsible for the provision of port management and shipping management. The Corporation provides a number of wharf and property assets for unloading, loading and storing cargo.
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