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seamlessUK gave presentations at the following events -

• 22 May 2002 - SPIN 2002 - The National Motorcycle Museum.
  Mary Rowlatt and Mark Allcock gave a presentation on seamlessUK.
  Fretwell-Downing Informatics also had a stand where attendees witnessed seamlessUK in action.
• 25 - 27 June 2002 - Library and Information Show 2002.
  Excel in London's Docklands. FDI will be demoing seamlessUK portals at their stand.
• 26 June - seamlessUK launch party 11am in the Waterfront rooms.
  Mary Rowlatt will also be giving presentations to NOF seminars throughout the year - please call back for more details.

Essex County Council and FDI gave a press launch to seamlessUK on the 19th March

Listed below are some of the links to web sites with reviews and articles from that day. seamlessUK was very enthusiastically received and has garnered considerable coverage in the press.

• Essex Gateway Must Pay Its Way - Computing - 28th March 2002 issue number 20328.
• seamlessUK Looks For Partners - Vnunet.com - 20th March 2002.
• seamlessUK Partners Launch A New Gateway for Local and National Community Information - Biblio-Tech Review - March 2002.
• seamless Government Moves A Step Closer - E-Government Bulletin - March 2002.
• Seamless in Essex - Kablenet.com - March 2002.
• Community Net - Library and Information Update - April 2002.
• Seamless Access to Information for Citizens - Managing Information - April 2002
• Steering Group meeting - 30 September 2002.

Details of this meeting at NOF's offices in London have already been circulated. If anyone missed them or needs further information please contact Fay Bartlett.

• seamlessUK Launch Party, Library and Information Show June 25th 2002.

We hope everyone enjoyed the excellent (!) facilities at ExCel and the chance to chat with other partners over lunch. Thank you to everyone who came along. Sarah Mitchell from NOF gave strong support to the concept seamlessUK and Susan Flack an Essex County Councillor emphasised the importance of the project to real people in the community.

Press coverage

• Library Hi Tech News Vol. 19 No. 9 November 2002: Delivering joined-up access to local and national information in the UK
• New Library World Vol. 103 NO. 1182/83 2002 seamlessUK - building bridges between information islands
• Information Management & Technology No 3601 12 Jan 2003 Seamless access to citizens information
• Managing Information October 2002 SeamlessUK: Essex leads the way in providing information to its citizens
• Electronic Public Information July/August 2002 CASP: Community Advice-Seamless Portals
• Government Computing, Issue 26, 14 May 2002 - Sophisticated and seamless
• LA Record (Update), Volume 9, May 2002 - seamlessUK
• E-Government Bulletin, 17 May 2002 - Surfing the community
• Electronic Public Information, Issue 12, 23 May 2002
• E-Government Bulletin, 11 June 2002 - Finding solutions for Local Government