The Netherlands dropped from eleventh to thirteenth place in 2002 when ranked worldwide by its success in making government services accessible through the internet and attractive to its users.
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The UK has slipped two places to eighth in the worldwide e-government league, according to consultant Accenture's fourth annual global study on electronic government.
Progress on e-government has slowed, with Britain slipping down the international league table of successful implementers, according to Accenture, the consultancy and IT specialist.
Canada has dramatically extended its global lead in the delivery of electronic government, and has now emerged as the only country where on-line delivery has become an integral part of public services, a new international study has found.
For the third year in a row, Canada heads a list of 22 countries in terms of the sophistication of their online services and in overall e-government maturity. Singapore ranked second and the United States third in the annual survey released Tuesday by Accenture.