Small councils are finding ways to cope with meagre resources, delivering e-government against the odds, according to a report published on 17 November 2003.
It seems local authorities are reluctant to commit to major IT initiatives until such schemes have been carried out elsewhere and are proven to work.
The minister responsible for local e-government has said that councils are likely to have three quarters of their services online by March 2004.
The survey, jointly carried out by Oracle and the Society of Local Authority Chief Executives and Senior Managers (SOLACE), revealed that 56% of those questioned do not believe that services will be fully e-enabled within their own organisation by 2005.
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