Well, in the council I've been working at for the last two years(http://www.westberks.gov.uk), it's something of a collaborative effort. ICT, that's the IT department, run the website and provide a mechanism for all the various departments to update their specific bits. There are loads of departments in your average council, some of them care about their webpages, some of them couldn't be bothered. ICT aren't allowed to make value judgements, prod people or do anything other than resize multi-megabyte graphics. There are currently no enforced usability or content standards for websites (not until next year), but SOCITM (Society of IT Management) do an annual survey and publish the results. It costs £150 (or you can join SOCITM and get it for less). Nobody evaluates websites on how easy it is to find information on recycling batteries, they're too concerned about meeting the government's latest set of "guidelines" which tend to have other priorities (search Google for "ODPM priority outcomes").
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Date: 2004-09-07 10:57 am (UTC)I'd try http://www.envirogreen.co.uk or pass their details on to your local council.