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Going digital to tackle our financial challenge The Council is adopting new digital technology to make the services you use more efficient and easier to access.
New technology will make it easier for you to access services.
By 2018/19 our like-for-like funding will have been cut by more than half by the government so we’ve had to find new ways of doing things and rethink how we provide services. Camden Account More than half of our residents now have an online Camden Account, and the list of things you can do through the account or our website keeps growing. We are not just using technology in our offices. Our new recycling Your Camden Account is a safe and simple place to: • buy and renew parking permits; • view housing statements, pay bills and apply for housing benefits; • register for council tax, view your council tax bill and apply for a reduction; and • view planning activity in your area and more.
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See page 29 for a list of free drop-in computer classes so you can learn how to access council services online. and rubbish collection vehicles have in-cab technology that means we can now monitor what is being recycled and track collection rounds in real time. Open Data Camden This website has a wealth of information about Camden’s people and places. Data can be viewed, re-used and downloaded by anyone. We work with developers, researchers and decision makers to use this data to come up with innovative solutions
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to some of the challenges we face. Sharing open data helps us spend our money more efficiently by making it easier to analyse information from across the council, and identify opportunities to make living and working in our borough even better. Open Data Camden can also be viewed as a map, so you can see information about your neighbourhood, such as planning applications, traffic incidents or parking spaces.
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