The department patted itself on its collective back for the hard work bringing the UK second only to the US as a top place to do ecommerce, according to an 'independent benchmarking report', having two thirds of government services online and that 96 per cent of the British populace knew where the nearest place they could get on the Internet was.
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Andrew Pinder, whose role has been to get people and services online by 2005, steps down after four years.
The UK government has confirmed speculation that it will appoint a head of e-government next year as part of its drive to improve the deployment of IT within departments.
Four years after the position was first created "to champion e-commerce" in the UK and "spearhead a wake-up call to British business", the Government has decided it's time to change tack.
The e-envoy, Andrew Pindar, published his fourth and final UK Online report as the government announced it would appoint a new head of e-government early next year.