Implementing Better Public Services

Better public services for growth and jobs

Reorganisation of Government Back-Offices for Better Electronic Public Services

Designing and Implementing Cooperative Services

Cooperative services are an increasingly popular way to deploy applications. In these services, computers controlled by different entities are supposed to work together to achieve a common goal, such as file-sharing [6, 12], mesh routing [2], and peer-to-peer backup [1, 7]. The resulting systems can be more fault-tolerant, scalable, and less expensive than traditional client-server approaches. ...

Local Values and e-Government – Continuity and Change in Public Administration Implementing Public e-Services in Two Swedish Municipalities

E-government, the use of information and communication technology in public administration, is often presented as a multifaceted reform with powerful transforming potential. E-government currently embodies both hopes of more efficient public administration and fears that an overemphasis on efficiency will neglect the democratic values of public administration. This study sets out to increase th...

Implementing cognitive remediation therapy: lessons from two public mental health services.

OBJECTIVE Neurocognitive deficits are a core symptom domain of schizophrenia, occurring in 75-90% of people with this diagnosis and influencing long term functional outcomes. This article aims to describe the pilot implementation of cognitive remediation therapy in two large public mental health services and detail changes made to the delivery of this therapy after this trial. CONCLUSIONS Cog...