Documents drawn up at the Office of the eEnvoy and leaked to our sister title, Computing, detail a common systems strategy designed to 'reduce the cost of IT, while getting improved output' and 'make government more agile and responsive'.
The current e-envoy, Andrew Pinder is set to leave the post next April when his contract expires. He will not be replaced.
The challenge is not so much to put eGovernment services online, but to instil in eGovernment services a compelling value-add which makes the citizen use them rather than traditional transactions with Government.
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The role will come into force when Andrew Pinder, the current E-envoy, completes his four-year contract in April 2004. The new head "will play a pivotal role in supporting the Prime Minister's vision for public service reform," according to former E-commerce Minister Douglas Alexander.
The figure was one of the highlights of the UK online annual report 2003, which was published on 15 December 2003
A spokesperson for the OeE said that 66% of government services are currently online.