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General:

1. NLPG NSG Exemplar Awards2. NLPG NSG Annual Conference3. Feedback from Delegates4. Government Connect Pledges £2.25m Local Authority Support

Package5. Major Data Study Holds Key to Unlocking Brownfield Sites6. Unlocking the Power of Local Government Information7. Local Government Web 2.08. IA Seeks New NSG Custodian9. IA Expands Team

10. Wedding Bells

NLPG:

1. Annual Improvement Schedules2. Monthly Health Check Reports3. NLPG Search Guidance

NSG:

1. EToN 5.0 Goes Live2. Revised Compliance Checks3. Annual Improvement Schedules4. Improvement in LSG Submissions5. LSG/LLPG Street Comparison Reports6. NSG Meetings

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[General]**1. NLPG NSG Exemplar Awards**The 2008 Exemplar Awards were presented at the Underpinning

Transformational Governmentconference and exhibition at the ICC in Birmingham on 16th

October. The Awardsare about three things:To recognise the very hard work of LLPG Custodians and LSG

Custodians across Englandand Wales, sometimes under difficult conditions. Perhaps in the

face of a lack of

resources or recognition.To reward success and best practice.To publicise the value of what is being done by the local



government community forthe local government and wider community and, above all, the

citizens they serve. This year, the entries demonstrated that accurate and reliable

locational information

really is at the heart of delivering the government'sTransformational Governmentagenda. Through the Awards process, local authorities showed how

they are usingthe gazetteers for projects ranging from;

avoidable contact

flood risk analysis and preventiontargeting of resources to areas of social deprivationpromoting energy efficiencymapping and monitoring borough migrationinvestigation of fraudulent benefit claimsCRM partnershipscrime and disorder reductionstreet scene services

unifying tool for local government reorganizationnational concessionary bus pass schemes'Fit Britain'recycling and waste managementpreparations for FiReControlsafeguarding wildlife and ancient monumentsmanagement of street worksenforcement of the Environmental protection Act

John Hayes, Director of IDeA, presented the Awards and enthusedabout the innovationdemonstrated in the entries for this year's Awards. A synopses

of the submissionsare available [1] here. These examples and other winners are

all underpinned by

the NLPG and the NSG.



NLPG Awards

NLPG Most Creative Use

WinnerDartford Borough CouncilRunners-upLondon Borough of Barking & Dagenham

Royal Borough of Kingston Upon ThamesHighly CommendedChorley Borough Council

Shepway District Council

NLPG Best Business Process Transformation

Winner South Tyneside Metropolitan Borough Council

Runners-upChiltern District Council

Mid Devon District Council

Surrey Fire & Rescue Service

Highly Commended

Blackpool Council

Caradon District Council

Nottingham City Council

NLPG Best Use of NLPG Data by a Partner

Winner

Nottingham City CouncilRunners-upDurham City Council



Sedgefield Borough Council

NLPG Most Improved

WinnerLondon Borough of LewishamRunners-upBirmingham City Council

Caerphilly County Borough

NSG Awards

NSG Best Streetworks Application

WinnerLondon Borough of CamdenRunners-upConwy County Borough Council

Kent Highways Services Alliance

NSG Most Innovative Use of Additional Street Data

WinnerKent Highways Services AllianceRunner-upSouth Oxfordshire District Council

NSG Most Creative Use of Level 3 NSG



WinnerNot AwardedRunners-upKent Highways Services Alliance

Monmouthshire County Council

NSG Most Improved

WinnerWarwickshire County CouncilRunners-upHampshire County Council

Leicestershire County Council

Joint NLPG/NSG Awards

NLPG/NSG Best Integrated Use of

WinnerLondon Borough of HaringeyRunner-upMonmouthshire County Council

NLPG/NSG Best Integration of the NLPG and NSG

Highly CommendedBury Metropolitan Borough Council

London Borough of Brent

London Borough of Ealing



London Borough of Lewisham London Borough of Sutton

Luton Borough Council

Warrington Borough Council

[1] http://www.iahub.net/docs/1224511576024.pdf

**2. NLPG NSG Annual Conference**This year's NLPG NSG annual conference 'Underpinning

Transformational Government- everything happens somewhere' attracted over 350 attendees

from across Englandand Wales. The conference included a number of significant

presentations from top

local government transformational government experts; Glyn Evansfrom BirminghamCity Council, Jos Creese, local government representative on the

Council of InformationOfficers and John Hayes, Director at IDeA. The afternoon

sessions included someexcellent demonstrations of the role of the NLPG in the day-to-

day operations ofthe Surrey Fire and Rescue Service, the Electoral Roll, and of

the NSG in relationto the work of Network Rail.

All of these presentations can be downloaded from the [1]NLPGand [2]NSG websites. The event was enhanced by an exhibition running alongside the

conference. And wewould like to thank the following organisations for supporting

the event:AlignedAssets | Astun technology | Bartec Auto ID | Bluesky | eSpatial

| ESRI UK | ExperianQAS | Geonorth Consortium | Get Mapping | GGP Systems |

Hopewiser | IDOX | Infoshare| Innogistic | Mayrise | Northgate | Ordnance Survey | Spatial

Technology | SwiftLG | Tenet Technology.

[1] http://www.nlpg.org.uk[2] http://www.thensg.org.uk

**3. Feedback from Delegates**From the feedback forms we received, we were pleased to see the

Birmingham ICC is

a popular venue, the location was rated on average 8/10, venue9/10 and catering8/10, perhaps reflected in the number of attendees who made it



this year - in excessof 350!

Presentations were rated on average 8/10 for usefulness and

information, as werethe range of speakers. The morning focus on strategy and

afternoon focus on themore practical issues in property and streets, seemed to suitthe range of delegatesattending, we found Custodians particularly enjoyed the

afternoon sessions, whilstManagers were more interested in the morning session. Speakers

who were particularlypopular were Jos Creese, Head of IT at Hampshire County Council,

who presented [1]"Information- a strategic enabler of Transformation", considered "very well

informed" with "great

advice"; Glyn Evans's, from Birmingham City Council, talk[2]"Transforming LocalGovernment in the UK" was equally well received, described as

"particularly interestingand informative", whilst Carl Walker, Surrey Fire and Rescue

Service, presentation[3]"Working to make Surrey safer" was "fascinating" and "thought

provoking".

For those of you who were unable to attend this year'sconference, or who were unable

to see all of the speakers you intended to, presentation slideshave now been publishedon the [4]NLPG, [5]NSG and [6]IA websites and can be accessed on

the UnderpinningTransformational Government pages. You will also be able to see

details of the exemplaraward winners on the [7]Exemplar Awards pages as well as

individual press releasesgoing in to some more detail about the entries in the [8] news

section.

We would also like to thank the exhibitors, see above for theirdetails. The exhibitionwas rated 8/10 on average by delegates who commented that "from

a networking perspectivethe whole exhibition was extremely useful".

99% of delegates who completed feedback forms said that they

would attend a similarevent next year - we hope there is a similar feeling amongst

those of you who wereunable to get completed feedback forms to us and that next

year's event will receivesuch positive feedback.



[1] http://www.iahub.net/docs/1224592666739.pdf[2] http://www.iahub.net/docs/1224592752292.pdf[3] http://www.iahub.net/docs/1224593090252.pdf[4] http://www.nlpg.org.uk[5] http://www.thensg.org.uk[6] http://www.intelligent-addressing.co.uk/iaweb/link.htm?id=2012

[7] http://www.nlpg.org.uk/nlpg/link.htm?id=2019[8] http://www.thensg.org.uk/iansg/link.htm?id=2007

**4. Government Connect Pledges £2.25m Local Authority SupportPackage**The Government Connect programme has today announced a £2.25m

package of supportto assist and encourage implementation by local authorities of

the Government ConnectSecure eXtranet (GCSx). The system allows secure exchange of

personal information

between councils and central government where this is needed toprovide effectiveservices to the public.

The announcement coincides with news that all councils across

England and Waleshave committed to taking a Government Connect connection. Philip

Littleavon, GovernmentConnect Programme Director, says, "The programme has achieved a

huge milestone.All Councils have now signed up to connect to the system which

means we can nowconcentrate our efforts on implementation and benefits

realisation. Securing councilconnection on competitive terms has generated the savings to

enable this previouslyunplanned investment. I am certain this money will help local

government improveits information security capability and to improve public

services to citizens." See [1]www.govconnect.gov.uk for details of the new funding

package.

[1] http://www.govconnect.gov.uk/documents/GC%20SOCITM%20Press%20Release%20v010-1.pdf

**5. Major Data Study Holds Key to Unlocking Brownfield Sites**The way in which Local Authorities identify and assess land for

future redevelopmentcould be transformed, due to advances in technology and changing

information needs,according to a detailed study of the ten year-old National Land

Use Database ofPreviously Developed Land (NLUD-PDL) published recently. See

copy of the press release



from English Partnerships [1]NLUD Press Release and a copy ofthe full report canbe found at [2]NLUD Report.

[1] http://www.englishpartnerships.co.uk/page.aspx?pointerid=E673CFF98D974EBFB18873EF9C9A7405

[2] http://www.englishpartnerships.co.uk/nlud.htm

**6. Unlocking the Power of Local Government Information**The Power of Information Task Force has recently published draft

recommendationfor local council wanting to follow a Power of Information

approach. Ensure you have a copyright notice or a licence to tell people

what they can andcant do with your information (which is also your intellectual

property). Everylocal authority owns its own copyrights and database rights. You

are required bylaw [1](the Public Sector Information regulations) to publish

the terms under whichyour material can be re-used. To minimise bureaucracy and cost

it makes sense foryour information to be available for people to re-use for free

under a simple standardlicence. The best way to do this is using the plain English

[2]"PSI Click-Use Licence",

administered by the Office of Public Sector Information. - Allyou need to do isadopt a policy for your Council's information to be licensed by

"The Controllerof Her Majesty's Stationery Office", who also licences Crown

copyright informationfor the government. Further information is available from

[3]www.opsi.gov.uk. Richard Allan, Task Force Chair says that 'We'd be interesting

in any comments,

both positive and negative, on adopting this approach for localgovernment data.

[1] http://www.opsi.gov.uk/advice/psi-regulations/advice-and-guidance/psi-guidance-notes/index.htm[2] http://www.opsi.gov.uk/click-use/index.htm[3] http://www.opsi.gov.uk

**7. Local Government Web 2.0**NCC has published a useful article on [1] Web 2.0 in local

government. This points

to some interesting reference sites and then offers a set ofguidance for localgovernment on using Web 2.0 technologies.



The Power of Information Task Force recognises that much of the

most interestingdata for citizens is held by local rather than central

government and Richard Allen,Task Force Chair states: "We are looking at some of the policy

issues around a powerof information approach in local government and will share thisvia the [2]blog

soon."

[1]http://www.nccmembership.co.uk/pooled/articles/BF_WEBART/view.asp?Q=BF_WEBART_305492[2] http://powerofinformation.wordpress.com/2008/09/30/local-government-web-20/

**8. IA Seeks New NSG Custodian**IA is looking for a new National Street Gazetteer Custodian

following the internalmove of Nick Turner, the previous incumbent. Reporting To Head

of Service Deliveryand based in Central London the post requires good

communications skills with strategic,procedural and technical responsibilities supporting local

highway authorities intheir creation, maintenance and strategic direction of LSGs.

Salary £30 to £40k (based on experience) + benefits package . Closing date for applications is November 10th. Interviews will

take place in theweek commencing November 17th. Applications, including a CV

and a letter outliningyour suitability for the post should be sent to

[email protected] detailed information is available from [1]NSG

Custodian.

[1] http://www.iahub.net/docs/1224257747459.pdf

**9. IA Expands Team**Phil Dilliway has been employed as 'Business Analyst' working

on the business processeswithin IA, the Quality Management System and specifying user

requirements. He willbe responsible for managing the central repository of business

processes, and logicaldata models in the Enterprise Architect software package.

Phil joined IA from Currie and Brown, an internationalcommercial property consultancy,where he was Business Analyst and Project Manager. He has a



degree in Maths andpreviously was Director of a consultancy firm and contracts

manager for a DEFRAagency.

**10. Wedding Bells**The bells of the ancient church of St Mary's West Horsley rangout, on a beautifulcrisp and sunny autumn day, in celebration of the marriage of

Neil Silley, fromIA, and Liz, on Saturday 18th October. Following the reception

at the EffinghamGold Club the happy couple set off on their honeymoon, flying to

Denver beforedriving through the sunshine state of California and then

heading off to catch the

surf on those famous Hawaiian beaches. No doubt he will bemissing the excitementof Change Only Updates and the Conventions documents!!

[NLPG]**1. Annual Improvement Schedules**The links to the Annual LLPG Authority Dataset Improvement

Schedules have been emailed,

on Monday 27th October, to LLPG Custodians and notificationthat these have beensent has been emailed to ALOs of the creating authorities, who

have until November28th to complete the online forms. A pdf of the relevant form

has also been attachedto the emails to enable custodians to complete the forms more

easily. If any LLPGCustodian has not received the email with the link, please

contact James Neilsonat Intelligent Addressing on 020 7747 3500 or email

[1][email protected]. This year's survey has been created using "Survey Monkey" which

enables respondentsto take a hard copy of their completed questionnaire. This

must be done beforeselecting "send" at the end of the document. We would advise

custodians to reviewand print each page as they progress through the document.

[1] mailto:[email protected]?

subject=Improvement Schedule Request

**2. Monthly Health Check Reports**



October Health Check reports (report.txt and summary.txt) areavailable to downloadfrom the FTP site (ftp://ftp.nlpg.org.uk/) from the health check

folder in the OUTdirectory of your user account (for LLPG creating authorities).

**3. NLPG Search Guidance**NLPG Search provides a secure password protected mechanism for

all MSA signatoriesto view addresses held on the NLPG through a simple input

screen. It is accessedfrom the secure part of the NLPG website. The data on the search

site is approximately24 hours behind our live NLPG database owing to transfers taking

place overnightfor all updates made during the day.

New guidance on using NLPG Search has been published on the NLPG

website (go toMSA Support > Resources) and is also available as a FAQ (MSA

Support > FAQ > Whatis NLPG Search?). NLPG Search User Guide provides information on

how to access anduse NLPG Search to identify any property in the NLPG. It

provides background searchinformation, explaining how to run a search and view the search

results. It also

details how to view property specific information and runspatial searches usingthe Radius search function.

[NSG]**1. EToN 5.0 Goes Live**EToN 5.0 ODD files will be accepted for validation at the hub

from 1st November

2008. The hub will be able to validate EToN 4.0 or EToN 5.0 ODDfiles from 1st November2008 until such a time that EToN 4.0 is no longer valid. If you

have any queriesabout this, please contact the NSG Coordinator at

[1][email protected]

[1] mailto:[email protected]

**2. Revised Compliance Checks**The coordinate ranges are being modified to reflect the new

changes in the EToNtechnical specification.



The compliance checks will be revised from X coord = 1 - 660000and Y coord = 1- 1300000 to the following:

X coord = 80000 - 656100 and Y coord = 5000 - 657700.

This will affect the following checks: 11.33, 13.8, 14.5, 21.9,22.10 and 23.13. These checks will be introduced from 1st November 2008.

**3. Annual Improvement Schedules**The links to the Annual LSG Authority Dataset Improvement

Schedules have been emailed,on Monday 27th October, to LSG Custodians and notification that

these have been

sent has been emailed to ALOs of the creating authorities, whohave until November28th to complete the online forms. A pdf of the relevant form

has also been attachedto the emails to enable custodians to complete the forms more

easily. If any LSGCustodian has not received the email with the link, please

contact James Neilsonat Intelligent Addressing on 020 7747 3500 or email

[1][email protected].

This year's survey has been created using "Survey Monkey" whichenables respondentsto take a hard copy of their completed questionnaire. This

must be done beforeselecting "send" at the end of the document. We would advise

custodians to reviewand print each page as they progress through the document.

[1] mailto:[email protected]?subject=Improvement Schedule Request

**4. Improvement in LSG Submissions**Successful LSG Submissions have been consistently on the

increase over the past3 months from those authorities that are continually meeting

their obligations tosubmit and pass validation. The NSG coordinator would also like

to pass on a gentlereminder to all of you to submit your data in the first 10

working days of November.

Those authorities that will be unable to submit their NovemberLSG when the binsopen should contact the NSG Coordinator at



[1][email protected], detailing whythey will be unable to submit.


**5. LSG/LLPG Street Comparison Reports**

Comparison reports detailing differences in street informationbetween LLPG's andtheir respective LSG's are now available upon request. The

following differencesare detailed:

NSG street record does not match NLPG hub record on coordinates

NSG street record does not match NLPG record on street name

NLPG street records that do not exist in the NSG

NSG street records that do not exist in the NLPG

Different USRN in NLPG compared to NSG with same street,

locality, town and authoritycode

USRNs which are closed in the NLPG and live in the NSG, latest

version only USRNs which are closed in the NSG and live in the NLPG, latest

version only Authorities combining to form a Unitary authority on April 1st

2009 should lookat these comparisons and align their datasets prior to merging

their LSG's for submissionto the NSG hub. For more information please contact the IA

helpdesk at [1][email protected].


**6. NSG Meetings**Regional Meetings will be taking place in the following regions

through November: South West

East of England

North West

South East

London



East Midlands Please contact your Regional Chair if you require more

information.

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036. John Adam St Gang: Intelligent Addressing; Ezine_Oct._2008