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[General]
**1. IA takes UK's Leading Role in European Address Harmonisation
Project</b>**
Intelligent Addressing is taking a leading role as Britain's
sole representative
in the EURADIN (EURopean ADdresses INfrastructure) project. The
EURADIN project,
which runs over two years, aims to contribute to the
harmonisation of European addresses,
propose solutions for interoperability and access, facilitating
the creation of
new value added products and services across Europe. The results
of the project
will be used as a reference for all European member states to
fulfil their obligations
under the INPSIRE directive. From 2009 any new address datasets
across Europe will
have to accommodate the agreed data structure and any existing
datasets by 2016.
See [1]Press Release for full story.
[1] http://www.iahub.net/docs/1219998636240.pdf
[1] http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?
sm=9ziRjNjA_2b58oO7ZqcC5gRw_3d_3d
[2] http://www.nlpg.org.uk/nlpg/link.htm?id=2022
Tracy King from Suffolk Coastal who was highly commended in the
'Best Business Process
Transformation' category said, "An NLPG Exemplar Award has
helped the Property Information
Team raise awareness of the good work it has done to date; it
has also helped us
to encourage support for the future developments and
improvements we hope to make".
Whilst Barry Foster from Plymouth, the winner of that category
stated, "We are
delighted that Plymouth City Council has won this national
award. It is a tangible
recognition which the staff who have contributed to our service
delivery improvement
can associate themselves with".
[1] http://www.iahub.net/docs/1202827550480.pdf
[2] http://www.iahub.net/docs/1214326110057.pdf
[3] http://www.iahub.net/docs/1214393428453.doc
[4] http://www.nlpg.org.uk
[5] http://www.thensg.org.uk
[1] mailto:ggander@intelligent-addressing.co.uk
**5. CORE**
IA is receiving a steady flow of CORE data as Authorities get to
grips with the
task of meeting the MoJ's December 2009 target. At the time of
going to press
almost 50 Authorities had sent or scheduled data for processing.
While this is
encouraging, the message is still very much "act now" to assess
the position rather
than leave it until later. A 96.6% average match rate still
leaves much to be
achieved and potentially a time consuming exercise sorting out
the "anomalies".
[1] http://www.justice.gov.uk/guidance/electoral-data-
standards.htm
Over the past eight years there has been a growing volume of
concern expressed about
how the public sector makes its public data ("Public Sector
Information" or PSI)
available.
And as for the NLPG and NSG? Neither dataset falls under the
"PSI Directive" but,
if the changes described above come about, then Ordnance Survey
may cease to charge
for their IPR within AddressPoint and both the NLPG and NSG
could become available
at a far lower price covering the licence fee to Royal Mail and
a payment to local
government for part of the maintenance and development overhead.
[1] http://www.eventsforce.net/dods/frontend/reg/thome.csp?
pageID=151714&CSPCHDx=0000000000000&ef_sel_menu=82&eventID=819&eve
ntID=819
"The census has been around for two hundred years and it is no
longer gathering
the right sort of data for modern public services. We are left
in a situation where
not only does central government not know where it should
distribute grant, but
local councils do not have the information or flexibility to
work out where best
to spend money to tackle worklessness and crime, or to gauge
where future demand
will be for care homes and schools.
[1] http://www.nlgn.org.uk/public/wp-content/uploads/local-
counts.pdf
[1] http://www.maaforum.org.uk
[1] http://press.homeoffice.gov.uk/press-releases/Crime-Maps
[2] http://maps.met.police.uk/
[1] http://www.nlpg.org.uk/nlpg/link.htm?id=2021
Speakers include:
John Jolley, Land Charges Manager, Tunbridge Wells Borough
Council
Alison Walker, Local Land Charges Manager, Legal and Democratic
Services, South
Gloucestershire Council
Nigel Hemmings, Local Land Charges Manager, Birmingham City
Council
Caroline Towers, Land Charges Manager, London Borough of Sutton
Full details and booking form can be accessed here:
[1]www.publicsectorforums.co.uk
[1] http://www.publicsectorforums.co.uk/page.cfm?pageID=5111
[2] mailto:emma@publicsectorforums.co.uk
[1] http://www.hants.gov.uk
[1] http://www.thurrock.gov.uk/jobs
[2] mailto:recruitment@thurrock.gov.uk
[NLPG]
**1. FTP Username and Password Changes**
Please remember that on Friday September 12th 2008 at 17.00hrs
your current password
will expire and your new password will become active. From now
until this date,
your new FTP password details - stored in the OUT directory in a
folder called 'new
ftp details' - are available to download from the FTP site
(ftp://ftp.nlpg.org.uk/)
using your current log in details.
[1] mailto:helpdesk@intelligent-addressing.co.uk
**2. DTF7.3**
Since the successful migration of all creating authorities to
DTF7.3 IA have continued
to support the old 6.3 data transfer format for organisations
taking NLPG extracts.
As the number of DTF6.3 recipients is diminishing rapidly IA
have decided to withdraw
support for this service at the end of the current MSA, at the
beginning of April
2009. This will give all the remaining DTF6.3 clients the time
and opportunity
to transfer to the new format and benefit from the richness of
the new data supply.
All existing DTF6.3 services will continue to be honoured
until April 2009 but
no new orders will be accepted in the old format.
[1] mailto:Exceptions@nlpg.org.uk
[1] mailto:helpdesk@intelligent-addressing.co.uk
[NSG]
**1. MSA Organisations and Downloading the NSG**
All MSA signatories are allowed under the terms of the MSA to
download Level 3 NSG
data. This includes district councils, Police and Fire
authorities. The registration
process is very simple and can be completed on the registration
page at [1]www.thensg.org.uk.
If you think your organisation could use the NSG but would like
to know more please
do not hesitate to contact either Nick Turner, NSG custodian, or
Baz Lokat at the
NSG hub on 0207 7473500; or email [2]helpdesk@intelligent-
addressing.co.uk
[1] http://www.thensg.org.uk
[2] mailto:helpdesk@intelligent-addressing.co.uk
[1] mailto:contact@intelligent-addressing.co.uk
[1] mailto:nickt@thensg.org.uk
[1] mailto:alokat@thensg.org.uk
**5. Up and Coming NSG Events**
A member of Intelligent Addressing and IDeA will be attending
the following NSG
Related Events:
South East HAUC Annual Conference (Sandown) - Wednesday,
September 3rd 2008.