Perhaps this is a case of 'Knowledge is Power'
therefore......
After all we do have a government committed to 'open
government' !
On Wed, 18 Apr 2001 18:44:05 +0100 Sarah Carter
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> Part of Terry's concerns may be met by the Tagish Essential List which
> includes an "index to existing governmental and quasi-governmental
> websites". You can find it at:
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> http://www.tagish.co.uk/links/
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> The List which is continually updated also includes sections on UK Local
> Government, World Government and Worldwide embassies.
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> "Hanstock,
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> NTU.AC.UK> Subject: Closure of open.gov.uk web service
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> 18/04/2001 11:00
> Please respond
> to "Hanstock,
> Terry"
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> Has anyone noticed this ominous announcement on the open.gov.uk website
> (http://www.open.gov.uk)?
>
> >>>Closure of open.gov.uk web service
> >>>The open.gov.uk web service will be gradually withdrawn over the next
> few
> months and cease to be available from 1st July 2001.
> >>>Similar services are provided by the UK Online citizen portal at
> > <http://www.ukonline.gov.uk>
> >>>We strongly recommend that any bookmarks you may have for the
> open.gov.uk
> domain are deleted.
>
> I find the current site invaluable both for keeping up to date with new
> official publications made available on the Web (via the "What's New"
> section) and as a quick and comprehensive index to existing governmental
> and
> quasi-governmental websites. In it present state, UK Online citizen is
> regrettably a poor relation
>
> Terry Hanstock
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