** apologies for cross-posting **
The Cabinet Office announced yesterday that the target for providing
all Government services online has been brought forward from 2008 to
2005. The press release also states that the Government's Cabinet IT
strategy, "E-Government", will be launched by Ian McCartney on Monday
3 April. An extract from the press release is provided below:
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CAB 140/00
30 March 2000
GOVERNMENT TO SPEED UP INTRODUCTION OF ONLINE SERVICES
"All services to be delivered online by 2005" says the Prime Minister
The Prime Minister today launched a new drive to speed up Government
plans to offer online services to businesses and individuals. He
proposed a challenging target for Government to offer all services
online by 2005....
[commenting on the announcement]
...Ian McCartney said:
..."But we must speed up the pace of change in Government so that
we can offer our businesses and citizens more efficient and effective
services. That is why the Cabinet decided to bring forward the
target. The Cabinet also agreed our detailed strategy for achieving
this, "E-Government", which we shall be publishing on Monday. An
important part of this drive will be the new personalised gateway to
Government online services - UK Online - which we plan to launch in
July."
A full press release announcing the change is available from Government
press releases for the 30 March 2000 at http://www.coi.gov.uk/
Best wishes
Helen
Helen Baigent
People's Network Development Team
Library and Information Commission
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