Information Services

2001 Census
Regular news on the plans for the next UK census.
www.statistics.gov.uk/census2001/default.asp

Advisory Council on Public Records
Advises the Government on policy matters concerning the records and the work of the Public Record Office. Fairly brief details of the Council and minutes of its meetings are available.
www.pro.gov.uk/advisorycouncil/default.htm

British Official Publications Current Awareness Service (BOPCAS)
Free and subscription service, based at University of Southampton, which provides access to an extensive database of British Official Publications.
www.soton.ac.uk/~bopcas/

Central Office of Information
The COI provides publicity services to UK Government departments. Includes results from some of the research it sponsors.
www.coi.gov.uk

European Information Network in the UK
Provides a gateway to European information for the UK regions. It incorporates 12 regional and one national site.
www.europe.org.uk

Government Statistical Service
UK statistics and data service. Health, economic and population data available.
www.statistics.gov.uk/

Help is at Hand
Resource for staff in UK Online centres. Provides a range of information and resources for everyone working in community ICT but particularly UK Online centre staff.
centres.ngfl.gov.uk/

Her Majesty's Stationery Office
HMSO manages and regulates the use of all information produced by government which is protected by Crown copyright. Links to online government material, including legislation and asset registers.
www.hmso.gov.uk/

Home Office Research Development and Statistics Directorate
RDS provides information to Ministers and policy makers to help in their decision making, and also helps the police, probation service, the courts, immigration officials and fire-fighters in their work. Includes some interesting statistical info on crime rates in the UK.
www.homeoffice.gov.uk/rds/index.htm

Kablenet
UK e-government and information age public service news from Kable, the publisher of Government Computing.
www.kablenet.com

Official Documents
The Stationery Office site providing online versions of government material as well as information on ordering copies of official reports.
www.official-documents.co.uk/

Public Record Office
The repository of the UK's national archives. Includes an online catalogue, research information leaflets and an education centre.
www.pro.gov.uk/

Public Service Communication Agency
Publications designed to connect local and central government with the private sector. Procurement, best value and practice, policy and future developments are all subjects covered.
www.publicservice.co.uk

The Office for National Statistics
UK Government Agency that produces and disseminates social, health, economic, demographic, labour market and business statistics. Includes StatBase - a fully searchable database of key statistics.
www.ons.gov.uk/

The Society of Public Information Networks
Responsible for promoting and representing the joint interests of public information networks providers in the UK. Site provides background information and joining details for the SPIN.
www.spin.org.uk/

The UK Central Computer and Telecommunications Agency
Provides details of the roles and responsibilities of CCTA and also detailed information on CCTA run events including EPIC (European Public Sector Information Systems Conference).
www.ccta.gov.uk/

UK GovTalk
A forum to enable the public sector, industry and other interested parties to work together in developing and agreeing policies and standards for e-government.
www.govtalk.gov.uk/

UK National Digital Archive of Datasets
NDAD contains archived digital data from UK government departments and agencies. To access the data you need to be a registered user.
ndad.ulcc.ac.uk/

Websites for Exporters
A searchable database guiding the visitor through the range of free internet information for UK exporters.
dti.hyperco.net/cgi-bin/tp_url_search.pl