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RM chosen for Government data
RM chosen for Government data.
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[{"type":"text","content":"\n RNS Number : 8649D RM PLC 10 December 2009 \n \n 10 December 2009\n\nRM chosen for Government data services contract\nRM has been awarded a £3m, four-year contract to provide data services for the Tenant Services Authority (TSA), the regulator for social housing. The contract will be delivered by the Group's Assessment and Data division.\nRM will be responsible for designing, implementing and managing the National Register of Social Housing (NROSH), a national database containing detailed information about four million properties across England. The project includes collecting data from 1,500 housing associations and 150 local authorities, checking and collating this data, and providing reporting and data analysis tools. NROSH will be used by the TSA, and other stakeholders, to inform research, policy making and investment decisions.\nTerry Sweeney, Chief Executive of RM, said:\n\"RM has developed significant expertise in providing complex and innovative public-sector data services. The NROSH project builds on the skills and experience we have developed delivering these kinds of services for other government departments.\"\n\nFor further information, please contact: \n\n\n\n\nMike Greig/Phil Hemmings, RM plc\n\n\n08450 700300\n\n\n\n\nChris Blundell/Franziska Boehnke, Brunswick\n\n\n020 7404 5959\n\n\n\n\n\nNotes:\n \n\n1. The RM Group is a leading provider of educational solutions that help teachers to teach and learners to learn. RM works closely with educationalists to create new products, processes and technology which improve education. RM is listed on the main market of the London Stock Exchange under the symbol RM.L, ISIN GB0002870417. Further details are available at ww.rm.com/investors and through the Group’s investor blog at rminvestors.wordpress.com\n2. The Tenant Services Authority (TSA) is a non-departmental public body sponsored by the Government department for Communities and Local Government. It is the independent regulator for social housing. The TSA launched on 1 December 2008 and currently regulates housing associations. From spring 2010, subject to Parliamentary approval, the TSA will also regulate other providers of social housing, such as local authorities and arm’s-len...