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Ministers
The
Rt. Hon. Patricia Hewitt MP, Secretary of State for Trade
and Industry, is the e-Minister with overall responsibility
for the Government's e-agenda. She champions the e-agenda
at Cabinet level, provides the Prime Minister with monthly
progress reports, and takes overall responsibility for the
Government's e-strategy. Stephen
Timms MP, Minister of State for E-Commerce and Competitiveness,
takes the day-to-day lead on e-commerce issues. In the Cabinet
Office, The
Lord Macdonald of Tradeston CBE and Douglas
Alexander MP have responsibility for e-government issues.
Responsibilities
The OeE has responsibilities across
the whole e-agenda, notably e-commerce and e-government. The
Office is organised into four principal work areas:
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e-Policy
> Service
Transformation
> e-Delivery
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e-Communications
e-Policy
The e-Policy team focuses on operational
and infrastructure strategies. It ensures that the infrastructure
for the new economy is delivered, transforming government
to improve services to citizens and business. There are the
following work streams:
- e-Government Policy & Strategy
The e-Government Strategy team is responsible for developing
central policy and strategic direction for the e-Government
programme.
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more information about e-Government Strategy
- e-Democracy and Europe
The e-Democracy team is responsible for the development
of government policy on e-democracy including both participation
and e-voting. Policy proposals have been published in
the OeE's consultation paper - In the Service of Democracy
- which was launched by Rt Hon Robin Cook, Leader of the
House of Commons in July 2002.
Find out more about e-Democracy at http://www.edemocracy.gov.uk.
The Europe team's purpose is
to enable the government to assess, influence and benefit
from European policies and initiatives through the promotion
and support of collaborative working between the UK and
European institutions, EU member states and accession states
in OeE policy areas.
- Markets, Technologies and Innovation
The Markets, Technologies & Innovation Team is responsible
for setting out the UK government's vision and policy on
online services. It works jointly with the private and public
sector and business. Its projects and work fall into three
overall areas:
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Technology policy, which develops policies and frameworks
on infrastructures and standards needed for the delivery
of e-government services.
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Security and Authentication, which develops policies
to deliver the necessary authentication services and develops
security frameworks to ensure trust and confidence in e-government
services.
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Creating a mixed economy for service delivery so that
the government, private and voluntary sectors can come together
to deliver e-Government services that better meet customers'
demands.
- Central Strategy Unit
The Central Strategy Unit provides strategic support
to the e-Minister and the e-Envoy on their broader e-economy
responsibilities.
Market Development leads
on internet access for all by 2005 and digital divide
policy.
Market Framework leads
on developing a legal, regulatory and fiscal framework
supportive to e-commerce, produce the UK online Annual
Report and drive implementation of its recommendations.
Market Analysis benchmarks
the UK against other countries, tracks statistics on readiness
and use of the internet.
Ministerial Business deals
with all official correspondence and manage the OeE helpdesk.
The Private Office provides
administrative and strategic support to the e-Envoy.
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more information on the Central Strategy Unit
Service
Transformation
The Service Transformation Team
(STT) has a central role in the OeE's relationships with key
government departmental customers and in ensuring joined-up
e-government products and services from the rest of the OeE.
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more information on the STT
e-Delivery
The e-Delivery team (eDt) is responsible
for the implementation and operation of projects intitiated
by the OeE. The team is taking forward the Government Gateway,
ukonline.gov.uk and DotP initiative. eDt focuses on delivery
and technology innovation and provides products and services
to government departments to enable the internet to become
the primary channel for interaction with government.
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more information on the eDt
e-Communications
The e-Communications team has
a leading role in ensuring that the Government has a first-class
Internet presence, and that all its services are on-line by
2005. The e-Communications group is spearheading the UK online
Campaign and is working across government to improve the quality
of government websites, promoting best practice and innovation.
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more information on the e-Communications team
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Who does what in the information age: the Office of the e-Envoy
and the Office of Government Commerce
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