All part of the grand plan...
By Dan Ilett
Published: 23 September 2005 18:15 GMT
The government is set to reduce the budget for local e-government by more than 90 per cent.
As part of pre-planned cuts, the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister (ODPM) is to cut funds from £150m to £7m at the end of this year, as most projects are supposed to be finished by then.
A spokeswoman for the ODPM said: "There is no cutback. This was announced at the last spending round. It was always planned to end by 2005."
Earlier this year, more than two-thirds of silicon.com readers said they had seen no change in the way their local council communicates with them, despite the December 2005 deadlines.
The drive towards e-government is linked to a spending review on the public sector published last year by ex-CEO of the Office of Government Commerce, Sir Peter Gershon.
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