Technology consultant Bill Thompson worries that we are losing the e-government plot.
If you live in Canada then there's a good chance you've used one of the wide range of government services on offer, whether to pay bills, file tax returns or apply for a gun licence.
Cumbria reviews third-party options to maximise its £10m annual IT spend
Cumbria County Council is considering how best to use third-party help to meet e-government targets and stay within its £10m annual IT spend.
The UK Government's Web sites have come in for yet another bashing following research that found each site had an average of 600 errors - seven times higher than the average error rate for the UK's leading 100 companies.
Nearly 80 per cent of UK central government Web sites need to be redesigned before they can be fully accessible to users with disabilities,judging from a leaked report from the e-Envoy's office.
Government plans for a one-stop online service are still a distant goal. Critics have also questioned the model's constitutional legality.