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Entries from June 2006

2006 Summer Work

June 26th, 2006 · 1 Comment

Whilst school staff enjoy their long summer holiday, please spare a thought for the ICT officers and the rest of the Desktop Services team who will be hard at work in the schools.
 
The summer holidays offer us the one period in the year when we can carry out major programmes of housekeeping and replacements. This [...]

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Why Do I Have To Buy All My IT Equipment Through The IT Dept?

June 14th, 2006 · 3 Comments

This is probably the question I get asked most by schools. The answer is very simple. You have to because East Lothian Council’s Standing Orders say so! Of more interest are the reasons behind this.
By ensuring that everyone across the Council (not just in schools) purchases all of their IT goods and services through the [...]

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