The winners in the e-Government National Awards 2004 were presented with their Awards on the evening of 19th January, at a high level dinner attended by a who's who of senior UK e-Government leaders. The awards are a yardstick for UK excellence in e-Government and are supported by the Cabinet Office and Socitm. The winners in the e-Government National Awards 2004 were presented with their Awards on the evening of 19th January, at a high level dinner attended by a who's who of senior UK e-Government leaders. The awards are a yardstick for UK excellence in e-Government and are supported by the Cabinet Office and Socitm.
e-Government in the UK is going to be a prime enabler for transformation of the way that central and local Government interact and communicate with UK Citizens.
The e-Government National Awards praise and recognise the best in UK e-Government, and highlight the important contributions made by e-Government to central and local Government service strategy.
Councils, central government departments, non-departmental public bodies and National e-Government Projects are all among the Finalists - showing a great diversity and spread of achievement in e-Government right across the UK.
Ian Watmore, UK Government CIO and Head of the Cabinet Office e-Government Unit, is giving his support to the Awards, and made a keynote speech t at the Awards Dinner, setting out his vision for UK e-Government over the next year
Watmore says: "For many organisations, technology has fundamentally changed their relationship with customers. Customers demand more of the organisations that they interact with. From being able to bank or book our holidays online, through to accessing more information than ever about Government around the clock, many of us have enjoyed the benefits that technology has offered us over the last few years. "
"As the Head of the IT Profession within Government I want to promote a greater sense of community amongst us all. To build that community we ought to share in each other successes and, more importantly, share knowledge and information. There are many innovative services being provided across the public sector which very often don’t get the publicity and reward that they deserve. I hope that these awards can play a part in addressing that."
"e-Government is a key tool in service transformation for central departments and local authorities - and will impact on the lives of all UK citizens", says Christopher Histed, founder of the e-Government National Awards and its organiser PublicTechnology.net, the UK's top online news source for the e-Government & public sector IT community, which has 29,300 readers a month.
"These Awards are being launched to highlight good practice which the whole public sector can identify with and learn from, thereby adding value to their own e-Government projects and strategies".
The e-Government National Awards 2004 platinum sponsor is Intel, and also a sponsor is Jobsgopublic.
The e-Government National Awards 2004 winners are:
Award 1): e-Government excellence, Central Government: Strategic plan / achievement. Joint winners:
- The Planning Portal, www.planningportal.gov.uk
- Inland Revenue - Tax self assessment Telefiling, www.inlandrevenue.gov.uk
Award 2): e-Government excellence, Central Government: Team
- Department for Transport / Vehicle & Operator Services Agency TAN 21 Project Team, www.vosa.gov.uk & www.dft.gov.uk
Award3): e-Government excellence, Local Government: Strategic plan / achievement. Winner:
- Choice-based accommodation lettings system - LOCATA, www.locata.org.uk
Highly Commended:
- Ashford Borough Council, www.ashford.gov.uk
Award 4): e-Government excellence, Local Government: Team
- Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council - eCouncil Team & eCouncil Programme, www.knowsley.gov.uk
Award 5): e-Government excellence, Local Government: Individual
- Sally Meecham Broadband Strategy Adviser, Broadband East Sussex, www.accesseastsussex.org/broadband
Award 6): e-Government excellence, other public sector body: Strategic plan / achievement
- The National College for School Leadership - Learning Gateway, www.ncsl.org.uk
Award 7): e-Government excellence, other public sector body: Team
- e@SY Connects - Electronic Services at South Yorkshire, www.easyconnects.org.uk
Award 8): e-Government service uptake: Excellence in usership / user growth
- Vehicle & Operator Services Agency: The Commercial Vehicle Industry Self-Service Regulatory Service, www.vosa.gov.uk
Quelle: Publictechnology, 20.01.2005
