<p>The Education Funding Agency(EFA) is using cloud-based collaboration software from Huddle to underpin the Priority SchoolBuilding Programme (PSBP) which is redeveloping 261 English schools in poor condition.</p><p>The EFA was introduced by the coalition government in 20011, replacing the Partnerships forSchools and Young Peoples Learning Agency , which were part of the Building Schools for the Futureprogramme.</p><p>One of the major changes saw the budget for school managed allocated by central governmentrather than local authorities. The EFA, rather than the individual local authority, tookresponsibility for managing the budget.Need for collaboration</p><p>PSBP project director David Ogden said that, in the past, local authorities would procure forredevelopment projects for groups of schools. This would involve collaborating with multipleprivate-sector and public-sector organisations. These included local government planning agencies,building firms and health and safety organisations for example. All these groups needed to be ableto view all up-to-date information such as building plans and tenders to update their owncontributions.</p><p><a href="http://www.computerweekly.com/news/2240177684/Government-school-building-project-harnesses-cloud-collaboration">Keep reading...</a></p>