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The UK is the fifth most advanced European country for electronic government services, says the annual benchmark survey from Capgemini.

Austria is top of the league, following by Malta, Slovenia and Portugal. The UK is up one place since last year with 89 per cent of services now available online.

The report – Government at a Glance 2009 – found the UK was bettered only by Austria and Portugal in the sophistication of its e-services. In terms of e-government readiness, the UK was rated 10th out of all OECD countries, with Sweden at the top and the US fourth.

The survey said the UK was one of four countries, alongside Austria, Malta and Portugal, to have full online availability. The survey found it had progressed 10 points since 2007. The UK also ranked 7th for sophistication of services.

The UK has risen one place this year, in the World Economic Forum’s Networked Readiness Index (NRI) 2006-2007.

The US was knocked off the top position and plummeted to seventh in the league. Denmark climbed from third to first while Sweden moved to second from eighth and Finland moved from fifth to fourth.

And doesn't get a look-in on top 10 most cyber-conscious nations

The UK has fallen off its perch at the top of the UN’s biennial e-government ranking, dropping three places.

The survey, which compares trends in digital government across countries, rated Denmark as the most developed – a big jump from its previous ninth place.

The UK has dropped down the e-government rankings, as too few citizens use online services, according to an new report.

The relevant section of Government at a Glance 2009, published by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, shows the UK comes third behind Austria and Portugal in the sophistication of its e-services, and is in a similar position for their full online capability.

Britain has the best blend of telecoms, human capital and online services according to newly published international index

The UK has come out as the leader in the United Nations’ rankings for e-government, topping the table in the new survey published by the UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs (Undesa).

Birmingham is the most advanced city in Europe in provision of eGovernment, according to a new report.

The city has come top of a benchmarking survey of e-goverance initiatives in 35 European cities across 12 EU Member States.

Birmingham has the most advanced egovernment in Europe, according to a study by the Spanish university of Zaragoza.

The study rated 35 European cities on the breadth and depth of the online services they provide, the level of e-democracy that has been developed, and how much elected officials use it to communicate.

The UK has been ranked third in a global chart measuring the readiness of its e-government strategy, according to a report published by the United Nations (UN) this week.

Britain's multibillion pound effort to create electronic government received a confidence boost this week. It is officially the most advanced large European country at making public services available online.

Launched in February 2004 and funded by the INTERREG IIIC programme, which aims to promote interregional cooperation in the European Union, the project looks to develop standard indicators for benchmarking the information society across European regions.

The UK has slipped another rung down the e-government ladder, slipping further behind leaders including Canada, the US and Denmark.

Despite the huge amounts spent on government IT - and the laudable target of having all government services online by the end of this year - the UK is still rated as a follower in the rankings put together by Accenture.

The OECD has published the results of its research into the performance of governments across the world. It measured expenditure, revenues, regulation, corruption and budgeting policies.