National Project will prevent duplication of e-gov efforts among local councils
The Office of the Deputy Prime Minister (ODPM) has established a standards body to cut out any duplication of resources for developing electronic services in local government.
Major UK government IT projects will lead to a £ 7bn public sector bonanza on IT software and services by 2006, according to a new report.
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The UK e-envoy has pledged his commitment to e-government – for the next 11 months at least.
Andrew Pinder the UK e-envoy is now spending the majority of his time with Government departments in an attempt to improve their IT initiatives and the way they deliver services online, he told Government Computing News on 13 May 2003.
Government departments will be charged for improvements to e-services
The Office of the e-Envoy (OeE) is to start invoicing departments for improvements to e-government services from September.