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  • 30 Sep 2009
    politics, technology
    awards, commons, MPs, parliament

    No awards for MPs' websites this year

    bcsawardBad news for anyone whoโ€™s just put a massive amount of work into an innovative, cutting-edge website for an MP. (Ahem.) Iโ€™ve received confirmation from the British Computer Society โ€“ oops, sorry, โ€˜BCS โ€“ The Chartered Institute for ITโ€™ โ€“ that their annual awards recognising the best websites by Members of Parliament arenโ€™t quite as โ€˜annualโ€™ as the label might suggest.

    I noticed that the new BCS website seemed to be downplaying the info on their MP Website Awards โ€“ and emailed to ask if it was still happening this year. The response โ€“ quite telling in its own way โ€“ came back:

    The decision was taken earlier this year not to hold the competition this year. We decided that would give MPs time to have another look at their websites as, while some had really made efforts to improve their sites as a result of our first year competition, a significant proportion had not. BCS is still very much interested in the competition and we hope we can take it forward in the future.

    A pity. But then again, I suppose those websites will be facing the ultimate test of their effectiveness โ€“ with their constituents in a general election โ€“ next spring.

    Response

    1. Matt Wardman
      3 Oct 2009

      MPs paying attention to the BCS wrt their website design.
      Wonderfully creative imagination !

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