UK: Burnley Borough Council enables Direct Debit council tax payment via its website
Taxpayers can now set up their direct debit payments over the telephone or via the council website instead of having to pick up a form, fill it in and then post it back, although people can still do that if they want to.
'Govt investing heavily in ICT development across Kuwait'
UK: Councils take 11 e-projects
The programme to transfer ownership of the National Projects for Local e-Government is making progress with 11 now under council control, the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister has confirmed.
UK: eGovernment benchmarking pilot launched
A new project to benchmark the popularity of local eGovernment services has been announced.
The Volumetric Guidance pilot will run between the end of October and February 2006 and measure the volume of services delivered across all electronic channels. It is currently looking for local councils to participate in the project, capture the data and add them to the ESD-Toolkit.
Ireland: Government going for public sector gongs
The strong Irish contingent is made up of Meath County Council for its work in taking communities online, the Local Government Computer Services Board for Mobhaile, the Department of An Taoiseach for its eCabinet initiative and the Revenue Commissioners for its ongoing innovation around the Revenue On-Line Service portal.