Summary
The Transformational Government strategy was laid out in
the 2005 publication
"Transformational
government: enabled by technology" (Cm. 6683), outlining a six year
improvement journey for public services.
This is the first
Transformational Government Annual Report, covering progress across the three
main themes of the strategy: customer-centric services, shared services and
professionalism.
The Annual Report states that, of 951
government information websites, 90 websites have already been closed and many
more are expected to follow, including Urban Summit 2002, Drinking Water
Inspectorate and Civil Service Statistics.
Some websites will remain for
the major government departments and the majority of government information
will be fed through two "supersites" - Directgov and
Business Link. The popular
NHS Direct will remain live.
A saving of around £9m a year over three years will be achieved by closing
government websites that do not serve a useful purpose or are out-of-date.
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How does it affect me?
If you need to access government information on a regular basis, this will
affect you.
The move is designed "to make access to information easier",
by allowing users to access government information quickly and easily from the
key “supersites” rather than having to search for the information across
numerous separate official websites.
More information can be found on
the CIO website.
See the full
Transformational
Government implementation plan.
