UK: From private to public
Richard Granger is the director general of NHS IT, responsible for the procurement, management and delivery of the £6bn, 10-year plan to create national electronic systems for the health service.
UK: Watmore's 't-government' vision
Shared IT, professional standards and reconfigured services around the citizen are to be focal points of the Cabinet Office e-Government Unit's forthcoming agenda, its senior official Ian Watmore said on 18 October 2005.
USA: National Audit Office to look at public sector IT successes
Government spending watchdog the National Audit Office (NAO) is to report on successful public sector technology programmes, and outline lessons that can be learned for the future.
Following discussions with the Cabinet Office’s head of egovernment, Ian Watmore, the NAO is to investigate between 10 and 20 projects, and publish a report next year.
UK: More National Projects Snapped Up
Three more local e-government National Projects are to be rolled out to local authorities, the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister has announced.
The London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham will take ownership of the e-Pay project, North Lincolnshire will take on e-Democracy and the London Borough of Newham will take on the e-Procurement project.
Baden-Württemberg: Behörden nutzen Internet zu selten
Bei ihren Dienstleistungen im Internet haben kleinere Gemeinden in Baden-Württemberg nach einer Studie von Forschern aus Karlsruhe noch starken Nachholbedarf. Zwar bieten die Verwaltungen bundesweit am häufigsten den Datenservice an. Doch nutzen die Behörden vor allem in den kleinen Kommunen das Internet noch zu selten, wie es in einer Studie des Fraunhofer-Instituts für System- und Innovationsforschung (ISI) heißt. Es gebe noch zu viele Unsicherheiten und Hemmnisse, die abgebaut werden müssten. Insgesamt haben 95 Prozent der Städte und Gemeinden einen Internetauftritt, fünf Prozentpunkte mehr als bei der Erhebung von 2003.