Newsletter, March 2017 No Images? Click here Hi there, As we end the penultimate week in the financial year, we'd like to say thanks for all your feedback over the past 12 months and we look forward to hearing more from you in 2017/18. We'd also like to remind you that subscriptions to LG Inform Plus will be ending on 31 March 2017 (unless you've extended your subscription already). Not sure whether yours will end? Get in touch and we'll let you know. We're always interested to hear about your ideas for improving both the tools and would love to hear from you, so don't hesitate to get in touch by replying to this newsletter. Latest boundaries for parliamentary constituenciesThe Office for National Statistics (ONS) published the latest boundaries for parliamentary constituencies this week, which we'll be loading into LG Inform Plus soon. Back in December we published the proposed parliamentary constituencies for 2018, which you can see compared to current boundaries here. Recent metric updatesYou've been giving us feedback on our library of metric types and as a result we've been able to introduce some new datasets, in addition to the existing metric types which we routinely update. See below for a sample of the recent updates and let us know about any data you would like included in the tools. Better use of dataThe Local Government Association (LGA), in partnership with the Open Data Institute (ODI), is organising a second series of webinars to consider local government information management practices, tips and examples for making better use of data, and re-use of data that is collected as part of day-to-day operations. The content and subject areas will accompany the three latest additions to the LGA’s suite of eLearning modules. These new modules, published in March 2017, aim to support better use of local government data and build on 2016's work with Nesta to identify good practice in local data management as set out in the Wise Council final report. They build upon the successful series run in 2016 in which we focused on the principles moving towards open data publishing to consistent standards and best practices. The first series of webinars planned for this spring are full, but we are setting up another series and more dates and details will be shared here. If you would like to be sent details when they are available please email us. Training and eventsJoin us for a series of online training sessions covering areas of LG Inform and LG Inform Plus. There are several sessions planned in the next few months covering topics such as the report builders, the Natural Neighbourhoods tool and how to use our direct data feed (API). For more information and to book your place, visit our Online Training pages. If you'd prefer a more in-depth and hands-on training session, click the links below to join us at one of our in-house sessions.
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