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Local authorities face categorical failure.(Brief Article)

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| September 12, 2005 | Thomas, Kim | COPYRIGHT 2005 Incisive Media, published with the permission of Incisive Media. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

Byline: Kim Thomas.

A mere 22 per cent of local authorities fully comply with e-government targets that come into force on 31 December, according to a new research report from APR Smartlogik.

The survey suggests it is unlikely that all local authorities will meet the targets set by the Implementing Electronic Government (IEG) strategy. IEG aims to deliver key local government services online, including schools admission, vote registration and planning applications.

The survey looked at whether local authorities had categorised their online content to either the new government standard - the Integrated Public Sector Vocabulary - or the previous standards, the Government Category List (GCL) and the Local Government Category List (LGCL).

Nearly 40 per cent of the 185 local authorities surveyed had made no attempt to categorise their content to any of the standards. Some were using ...

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