e-Accessibility in the EU: Cabinet Office publishes important report
The report was commissioned for the UK Presidency of the EU to help member states by undertaking an evaluation of eAccessibility and establishing the scope of public policy towards eAccessibility.
EU declaration challenges governments to use ICT to transform public services
Speaking at the EU Conference on "Transforming Public Services", hosted by the UK Presidency of the European Council and the European Commission, Jim Murphy, UK Cabinet Office Minister, announced the principles behind a ground-breaking Declaration on the future of e-Government. This was agreed yesterday by EU Member States and other invited European countries.
European e-Government: Ministers make unanimous declaration on 2010 targets
Ireland: Iffy Revenue computer wins Euro award
The ROS, which was launched in September 2001, allows taxpayers to file tax returns and access their account information over the internet.
EU governments fail on web access
Nearly all public service websites across Europe fail to meet international accessibility standards, according to an EU report published on 24 November 2005.
The study, issued by the UK presidency to coincide with its ministerial e-government conference, reveals that only 3% of public websites fully comply with the minimum standard of accessibility under the internationally accepted W3C guidelines.