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E-Government think tank launched
News A think tank dedicated to e-government issues has had its first meeting The e-Government Integration and Systems Evaluation (e-GISE) Network, is aiming to identify the challenges associated with e-government, with an initial focus on local...
[August 4, 2005, 14:40]
E-government: Must try harder
News If e-government is to succeed, the committee warned in a new report, then people must be able to benefit from online services that make their lives better and easier. In its report, Improving Public Services Through e-Government, the committee...
[August 28, 2002, 13:33]
E-government plans in disarray
News E-government plans appeared to be in disarray Thursday as Compaq withdrew from the process of setting up an infrastructure for electronic delivery, forcing the government back to the drawing board. It is the second blow in as many months to Tony...
[October 19, 2000, 14:54]
E-government targets branded 'inadequate'
News Targets for getting all government services online by 2005 may not be going far enough, critics have said at the government's e-Summit. While the target to provide Internet access for all who want it by 2005 was broadly welcomed at the first e...
[November 19, 2002, 15:45]
Project Return Through Earned Value Management Enhancing: E-Government Is Changing the Way the U.S. Office of Personnel Management Works
White Papers OPM handled five of the original e-Government projects that were initiated by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). The e-Government projects are led by a small e-Government team of project managers.
[December 7, 2005, 23:00]
E-government 'not yet serving citizens'
News E-government progress in this country still has much room for improvement, the chief executive of Citizens Advice claimed on 23 June, 2004. The award-winning Citizens Connect scheme is intended to provide an electronic case recording and filing...
[June 24, 2004, 14:35]
E-government threatened by IT underspending
News Almost all public sector IT directors believe their budgets are too low to allow them to achieve their e-government targets, according to a report published on Tuesday. Unisys claims that this situation means the UK's e-government agenda is running...
[July 10, 2002, 12:17]
E-government plans criticised
News The Labour administration has given e-government the highest possible profile, promising to put all government services online by 2008. The award ceremony, hosted by e-envoy Alex Allan, was meant to celebrate government Internet achievements but...
[March 28, 2000, 10:17]
E-Government Architecture in Ireland: An Introduction to the Service-Oriented Approach of the Public Services Broker
White Papers The Public Services Broker (PSB), currently under construction by the Irish Government agency Reach, is an integrated set of electronic processes, systems and procedures based on a service-oriented architecture (SOA) approach to e-government...
[May 20, 2005, 3:00]
E-Government 'undemocratic' says LSE
News E-government services have been slammed as "undemocratic" by an information systems expert from the London School of Economics. Speaking at a Nortel event on Tuesday, Professor Ian Angell did not criticise the technology behind e-government, but...
[April 11, 2006, 16:40]
e-Government Case Study: Chile
White Papers The Chilean experience with e-Government demonstrates how progress can occur even though it may be irregular and imperfect. E-Gov can be defined as the public sector's use of technology, especially the Internet and World Wide Web, to improve its...
[May 20, 2005, 0:00]
E-government plans are doomed to failure
News More doubt has been cast on Labour's ambitious e-government plans as a report leaked to the Guardian newspaper predicts it will fail in its goals. The growth of e-government should be put at the centre of government as it will be fundamental for...
[June 5, 2001, 10:19]
E-government programme 'going well'
News Local authority IT chiefs are positive about the benefits of e-government but recognise that more work is still needed to increase the take up of e-services, according to a Society of IT Management (Socitm) survey issued on 7 December.
[December 7, 2004, 13:10]
E-government minister named
News Nearly a month after the cabinet reshuffle, it has finally been decided which minister will be looking after the e-government agenda. The Cabinet Office said Pat McFadden will now take on the e-government brief previously held by Jim Murphy, who...
[May 31, 2006, 16:30]
Government rewards e-innovators
News The projects aim to address one of four themes: tackling social exclusion through IT; using technology to achieve efficiency savings; promoting "better leadership" in local government; and local authority e-business.
[March 31, 2005, 9:40]
Government drops e-voting trials
News The government has ditched plans for wide-ranging trials of Internet and SMS voting next year that are supposed to pave the way for e-voting technology to be used at the next general election. The ODPM said: "This notice has been cancelled as the...
[September 5, 2005, 10:05]
Government's e-commerce strategy under attack
News The all-party select committee report is expected to criticise the government's two year delay introducing an e-commerce bill. While Mandelson and Blair have sung the praises of e-commerce and digital government, the controversial bill has been...
[May 18, 1999, 11:38]
Surveillance: Government plans e-surveillance - Part 2
News The name of the bill has been changed from e-commerce to e-communications, which critics take to indicate the government is more concerned with how communication is used, rather than how e-commerce should be developed.
[September 27, 1999, 11:25]
Government launches e-learning taskforce
News A new government taskforce was launched on Thursday to investigate e-learning opportunities for students over the age of 16. The initiative will extend the government's e-learning strategy beyond the compulsory stage of education.
[February 1, 2002, 13:08]
E-envoy tells government to lay off the Net
News The UK's e-envoy Alex Allan warns the government not to interfere in the knowledge economy as he claims the Internet could be its closest political ally. Following accusations from the Institute of Directors and the British Chamber of Commerce that...
[June 28, 2000, 12:18]
