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Government to make public services online only

Applications for some government services, such as company filings, will go completely online by 2013, while others, including jobseekers' benefits, will be mostly digital Read more

23 November, 2010 by Tom Espiner

Scotland sets out plans for digital future

...document, published on Friday, says that the government wants to see more public services online, as the internet offers huge potential savings in the cost... Read more

25 October, 2010 by Kable

Identity scheme echoes ID cards, say campaigners

...create services that will verify a person's identity when they access public services online. The scheme will, according to Maude, allow people to access... Read more

24 May, 2011 by Nick Heath

Guardian IT chief moves to Cabinet Office

...in a statement. "I am looking forward seeing radical change in our public services online experience." Bracken said in a blog post on Friday that... Read more

20 May, 2011

Department for Business to tackle online accessibility

...everyone can enjoy the same advantages that technology offers, like access to public services, online shopping and banking, interactive games and social media," said communications... Read more

14 October, 2010 by Kable

Three-quarters of government websites to go in cost cuts

...Fox will work with Maude to transform governmental websites to put key public services online and to increase the number of people who are able... Read more

25 June, 2010 by David Meyer

Shades of ID cards haunt new authentication scheme

...create services that will verify a person's identity when they access public services online. The scheme will, according to Maude, allow people to access... Read more

23 May, 2011 by Nick Heath

Cabinet Office appoints £142k digital tsar

...142,000 role for a director to lead plans to deliver more public services online and revamp its estate of websites. Mike Bracken, Guardian News... Read more

23 May, 2011 by Nick Heath

Government CIO appointed but role will be part-time

...the government has created a post to oversee the transition to delivering public services online and today announced it will appoint a director of ICT... Read more

31 January, 2011 by Nick Heath

Cloud and iPads identified as secrets of leaner government

...will "do IT" in future, ranging from using cloud computing to delivering public services online, and from using shared services to using more smaller suppliers... Read more

26 January, 2011 by Nick Heath

Businesses reap rewards of e-government

...criteria cover the level of online interaction and the overall availability of public services online. For the 20 public services analysed across the 15 EU... Read more

7 February, 2003 by Graham Hayday

Public shows caution over online services

...The public is reserving judgement on the idea of taking crucial public services online, according to a newly published survey. The National Endowment for... Read more

6 July, 2009 by Kable

Local councils fear e-government failure

...that they will fail to achieve the goal of putting all their public services online by 2005, according to a report to be published on... Read more

3 July, 2003 by Graeme Wearden
Issue-by-issue: parties' tech policies compared

Issue-by-issue: parties' tech policies compared

...available in a form that can be easily interrogated; wants to put public services online with a view to eventually withdrawing offline access to some... Read more

16 April, 2010 by David Meyer

Exclusive: Next-generation super ID card on the cards for 2012

...which is using its ID card to allow its citizens to access public services online. "Belgium is one country that leads the way - it [the... Read more

17 March, 2010 by Nick Heath

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