Winners in UK e-Government National Awards 2004 are announced
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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 http://www.planningportal.gov.uk
Inland Revenue - Tax self assessment Telefiling http://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
http://www.locata.org.uk
Highly Commended:
Ashford Borough Council
http://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
http://www.ncsl.org.uk
Award 7): e-Government excellence, other public sector body: Team
e@SY Connects - Electronic Services at South Yorkshire
http://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
e-Government National Awards 2004: Winners were announced on 19th January
The e-Government National Awards (www.e-GovernmentAwards.org.uk) recognise and praise the best strategies, achievements, teams and individuals in UK e-Government. The guest of honour at the 2004 Awards dinner was Ian Watmore, head of e-Government at the Cabinet Office e-Government Unit.
Full details on winners can be found at this link.
A gallery of photos of Awards winners and the dinner can be found at this link.
Full details on all the finalists can be found at this link
e-Government National Awards 2005: Details of next year's Awards are at this link.
Organiser for the awards was PublicTechnology.net, the leading online news provider for those in UK e-Government and public sector IT, with 29,300+ readers per month. The Awards were supported by the Cabinet Office e-Government Unit. Platinum sponsor was Intel and also a sponsor was Jobsgopublic.
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