Less than half of all UK local authorities expect to achieve the Government's 2005 target for delivering services electronically, with a significant number not even attempting to meet the deadline, according to new research.
The government has given up on conventional methods of kick-starting its move towards e-government and is now hoping for some supernatural intervention.
The government's digital deadline is under threat, according to Office of the eEnvoy director of security Dr Steve Marsh, who believes a "miracle" is needed in order to have all government services online by the end of 2005.
Held back by information overload, funding issues and resistance
Fewer than half of local authorities in the UK expect to hit the 2005 deadline for online public services, and 15 per cent have said they will not even try.
Fears deadline to get government services online won't be made
Civil servants are hoping for a miracle to help them get all government services online by end of 2005, according to a director of the e-Envoy's office.