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Surprised at this news, I made enquiries of the Cabinet Office. I gather their own GovTalk website is not one of those to be axed. Linda Humphries of the Delivery and Transformation Group has asked me to post this response to the list: "The information in The Times is based on the Transformational Government Annual Report (www.cio.gov.uk/transformational_government/annual_report2006/index.asp) . It summarises a review of 951 websites that are funded by the main central government departments rather than the 2,500+ public sector websites. Of the 951 sites reviewed by their departments, 90 have already closed and 461 are planned to close. The Times’ figures are based on an extrapolation of the ratio of how many sites have agreed to close and those that are definitely to be retained (e.g. departments’ corporate websites) – 26 to date. There are still 374 sites to be reviewed. The information currently held on sites that are closing will be migrated to Directgov, Business Link or the departments’ corporate sites as appropriate. This will result in a reduction of the number of locations in which information for citizens and businesses is held, rather than reducing the amount of information available. Kind regards, Linda Linda Humphries Technical Policy Team _________________________________________________ Cabinet Office, Delivery and Transformation Group (Manchester) 1st Floor, Oxford House, Oxford Road, Manchester M1 7ED Phone: 0161 242 2479 Fax: 0161 242 2160 www.govtalk.gov.uk <http://www.govtalk.gov.uk/> Head Office (London) G32, 1 Horse Guards Road, London SW1A 2HQ <file:///C:/Documents%20and%20Settings/RASCO/Application%20Data/Microsof t/Signatures/www.direct.gov.uk> www.direct.gov.uk - public services all in one place" ***************************************************** Stella Dextre Clarke Information Consultant Luke House, West Hendred, Wantage, Oxon, OX12 8RR, UK Tel: 01235-833-298 Fax: 01235-863-298 [log in to unmask] ***************************************************** -----Original Message----- From: Library and Information Professionals [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Hanstock, Terry Sent: 10 January 2007 12:02 To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: Time article 'delete.co.uk' There’s a Cabinet Office press release here that reveals all: http://www.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/newsroom/news_releases/2007/070110_ciost rategy.asp It’s all part of a “Transformational Government strategy”, apparently. Terry Hanstock Liaison Librarian Nottingham Trent University Libraries & Learning Resources The Boots Library Goldsmith Street NOTTINGHAM NG1 5LS 0115 8482893 [log in to unmask] _____ From: Library and Information Professionals [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Clare Brown (CYP) Sent: 10 January 2007 10:57 To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Time article 'delete.co.uk' I read this in the Times today. delete.gov.uk The Government will announce that it is going to close 95 per cent of its own websites in a drive to make important information more readily accessible for internet users. Officials insist that the mass cull, which will save £9million, is necessary to tidy up the Government’s presence on the internet. Has anyone heard anything more about this? Do we know what will be deleted? And will the information just disappear or will it be stored on a site such as http://www.official-documents.gov.uk/? Many thanks Clare Queries to: _______________________________________ Clare Brown Information Officer/e-Librarian Personnel, Administration, Communications & Training South Gloucestershire Department for Children and Young People Bowling Hill, Chipping Sodbury BS37 6JX Direct *: 01454 86 3372 E-mail *: [log in to unmask] ********************************************************************** This email and any files transmitted with it from South Gloucestershire Council are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. If you have received this email in error please notify the South Gloucestershire Council Postmaster at the address below. This footnote also confirms that this email message has been swept for the presence of computer viruses. [log in to unmask] **********************************************************************