Local authorities critical of 'patronising' strategy paper
The government's national strategy for e-government, launched last week, has received a mixed response from local authorities.
The US beat the UK to the top spot as the best place in the world for e-commerce, according to the government-backed benchmarking report from consultancy Booz Allen Hamilton, which was released at the e-Summit in London last week.
The UK’s Office of the Deputy Prime Minister yesterday launched a new national strategy for local e-government.
The government has launched what it describes as “the world's most comprehensive approach to implementing local e-government”.
Public sector IT chiefs have welcomed the Government's commitment to ensure that its £6bn IT injection for the sector will not be diverted to meet pressing, front-line needs.
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