4 March 2005
ODPM has today published the second annual report on the National Strategy for Local e-government.
The report "Two Years On - realising the benefits from our investment in e-government" identifies several key achievements made by the service to date and also suggests what remains to be done to meet the December 2005 local e-government target.
Included in the report were the statistics showing that the average council is now 79 per cent e-enabled compared to 59 per cent 12 months ago and that over 250 different products have been produced by Local Authorities for Local Authorities through the National Projects programme.
The report also revealed that over 100 councils have now launched Internet sites to provide easier access to planning applications and council tax balances.
"Our second year report documents the tremendous progress that has been made by councils to date, under the sponsorship of the National Strategy for local e-government," commented local e-government minister Phil Hope.
"If local e-government is to make a genuine and sustainable contribution to the improvement of public services, then the next twelve months must see us driving through the benefits of our investment to make a real difference to the lives of ordinary people."
Councils throughout England will each receive a further £150,000 in capital grant during the next 12 months to help them deliver local e-government.© DeHavilland Information Services plc
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