“Local Democracy, Economy Development and Construction Bill”
Queens Speech 2009 on Wednesday 11th of November saw the proposal of many Government Bills. Debatably many of these Bills will come to fruition with the onset of the coming General Election which will be followed by more proposed legislation.
One piece of legislation though that certainly will see an outcome that looks likely to be an Act of Parliament is “Local Democracy, Economy Development and Construction Bill” which is now in its final Parliamentary stage. Proposed legislation will see Local Authorities enhance there abilities online as well as there democratic services. Councils will be able to distribute an e-petition facility, publishing scheme for both online and offline coverage. However, response and feedback for any petition is needed which is one of the key objectives of the Bill.
For any Local Authority to fulfil the requirements of the proposed Act of Parliament, they are going to need a technology that delivers online services. However, Web Labs have premedaitated the need and requirements of Local Authorities before the “Local Democracy, Economy Development and Construction Bill”. Well before the proposed legislation Web Labs have been providing e-forms for consultative Petitions for Local Authorities since 2002.
In fact Web Labs have been providing software services for interactive democratic operations in the Public Sector in many areas such as…
- Campaigns
- Committee Meetings/Minutes Publishing
- Community Micro Sites
- E- Consultations
- E- Forms
- Forums
- Petitions
- Pledges
- Polls
- Members Micro Sites
- SMS Texting
- Social Networking
- Web Casting
If you would like further information demonstration or discussion on any of our products please contact Mary@web-labs.co.uk or telephone 0800 8803 063