The Local Government & Municipal (LGAM) Knowledge Base is a Wiki created for the use of and to promote collaboration between Local Councils, Water Authorities and associated organisations, and to help them try to save money by sharing information. It is primarily aimed at an Australian & New Zealand audience, but users from other countries are more than welcome to join, and are encouraged to reuse any useful information they find on the site. It is a place to post any information† that may be of interest to Councils, and to search for information already posted. There are currently 3000+ pages of information on the site.
Please feel free to add information and pages and to contribute to the forum.
If you have any suggestions about how to improve the site PLEASE leave a comment in the Suggestion Box.
There is quite a bit of information already on the site. To find it you can either;
(a) use the search window at the top right of the screen
(b) use the side menu to the left of the screen
(c) click on one of the randomly generated links below & navigate from there.
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Random Pages
There are lot of articles on this site and it isn't always easy to find them. This is especially true if you don't know they are there. The links below change every time you access the home page, so if you keep an eye on them, you may see something of interest you didn't know was on the site.
Concrete
Somerset Regional Council
Waverley Condition 3 Road Photo
Arterial Road
MAMS
Augusta Margaret River Map
Town of Gawler
Moorabool Shire Council
Definiens eCognition
Wiluna Shire Council
Maintenance Plan
Records Management
Conversation Starter
Cast Iron Situ Lined Pipe
Total Management Plan
Southern Midlands Council
CH2M Hill
Strategic Planning
Automated Construction Techniques
Service Level Agreement
Beverley Shire Council
Maintenance Expenditure
Strathbogie Shire Council
City of Tea Tree Gully
Copyleft
A-Spec
Strategic Service Level
Parking Lane
Westonia Shire Council
Remaining Life
LGAM News
August 2010 Update
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22 new members joined the site in August, bringing the total to 275.
As of 31 August, the site has been visited on a total of 38,689 occasions and 165,320 pages have been viewed.
The site was visited almost 6,000 times in the last month, which is by far the most visits in a single month in the history of the site.
Another 95 pages were added to the site in August, bringing the grand total to 3,016
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The home page has been modified slightly. The Image of the Day has been replaced by an Image of the Moment which changes every few minutes. The image of the moment will showcase the photos in the photo library.
Photo Library
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The LGAM Photo Library is starting to come along nicely, following contributions from the following Councils and organisations.
BI study for Local Government
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Hello, Everyone.
We have commenced a new study for local councils – we are looking into utilization of Business Intelligence (BI) technologies. The requirement for open government puts additional pressure on local councils to re-evaluate and improve their BI capabilities. However, the deployment and adoption of BI is particularly challenging for local councils as their needs and objectives differ markedly from those of traditional users of BI technologies. This first of its kind study will provide comparative peer data based on actual experiences of local councils with different BI solutions (internally developed spreadsheets vs BI built into ERP vs enterprise BI) and will enable local councils to better evaluate their options and strategies. If you wish to participate, please e-mail to service(at)tech-indicators.com.au or visit our website for more details -> http://www.tech-indicators.com.au/studies. Leila Abbasova, Technology Indicators
AGIMO wants us to work collaboratively
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According to a recent article, the Australian Government Information Management Office (AGIMO) is encouraging government (& presumably local government) people to work collaboratively in externally hosted environments - which is exactly what this site is. It is fantastic that the federal government is being so supportive of this sort of open collaboration.
