Five steps to a safer e-Britain
It's always encouraging to see MPs debating the threat that electronic crime poses to the UK. However, Mark Pritchard's suggestion that we need a cybersecurity tsar to lead the fight against Internet criminals is unlikely to be embraced by the government. And rightly so.
UK: Leader: Cheerleaders for e-government needed fast
Many councils have already completed all the work they need to do to get their e-government systems in place by the end of the year as demanded by the government.
But we'll have to wait for the report on that next year to see how all councils have faired. It's too early to say yet, the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister has said.
UK: Cheat Sheet: E-government deadlines
E-government? Sounds like a clubber's dream come true...
Ha Ha. Electronic government is going to transform the way the public sector communicates with the average Joe on the street, or so Whitehall hopes.
What does that mean?
Basically it's a double whammy - cut costs in government administration and give people better and quicker access to information.
UK: Will councils hit e-government deadlines?
Councils are racing against the clock. They have only two weeks left before the deadline by which they must have their services "e-enabled" - 15 December. The big question is will they hit the target?
Setting the deadline is the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister (ODPM). It is pushing e-government in an attempt to make life easier for the public.
Singapore shares e-government experience at symposium
It does so by making public policy making processes more transparent.
He says it has also created a channel for the public to communicate and transact with the government.