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e-government: a strategic framework for public services in the Information Age



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Next steps

Taking the strategy forward will need commitment and investment across the public sector and openness to innovative ideas and approaches. The major milestones will be

May 2000: completion of the CITU study of major IT projects
July 2000: publication of the outcome of the 2000 spending review
July 2000: publication of the Performance and Innovation Unit report on new ideas and approaches to government electronic service delivery
October 2000: departments will report on how their current IT plans will converge with the strategy in this paper
December 2000: the e-Envoy will review the strategy and its progress in the light of all these developments.

Table 2 summarises the actions which will follow the publication of the strategy.

Table 2 Actions following the publication of the strategy


No	Action	Lead responsibility	In support	By when
1	Publish initial e-business strategies	Information Age Government Champions agencies, NDPBs and e-Envoy	CITU	October 2000

2	Identify lead departments and funding mechanisms for cross-cutting service delivery projects	e-Envoy	CITU	Ongoing First report December 2000

3	Provide strategic prioritisation of further work on infrastructure and policy issues	e-Envoy	CITU	Ongoing

4	Provide services so that they are accessible via the government portal and the government gateway	e-Envoy	CITU	Ongoing First services by July 2000

5	Develop and monitor implementation of framework policies, standards and guidelines	CITU	CITU	Ongoing

6	Develop shared infrastructure and applications	CITU	CITU	Ongoing

7	Implement common policies on the management of information, including privacy	CITU	Lead department and agencies	March 2001

8	Develop the government portal	CITU		Initial live service July 2000

9	Infrastructure Programme management team in place. First wider public sector GSI extranet	CITU		Oct 2000 Oct 2000

10	Coordinate the actions on skills identified in Skills for the Information Age	CITU	Cabinet Office	Ongoing

11	Establish an agreed process for local authorities' electronic services delivery targets to be implemented starting July 2000	Central Local Information Age Forum	CITU, DETR, LGA and I&DEa	Ongoing

12	Assist the local government community's contribution to the implementation of the e-government strategy	Central Local Information Age Forum	CITU, DETR, LGA and I&DEa	November 2000

13	Encourage local authorities to consider the applicability of the framework policies and guidelines within their own authorities and also in the context of central-local working	Central Local Information Age Forum	CITU, DETR, LGA and I&DEa	Ongoing

14	Establish joint collaborative group with devolved administrations	CITU	Scottish Executive, Welsh Assembly and CITU Northern Ireland	July 2000

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