By Ian Jones, 30 August 2001 08:05
NEWS Tony Blair's e-government plans look like they're going to be blown off course by the slower than expected uptake of smartcard and digital signature technology in the UK. According to e-envoy Andrew Pinder, such technology is crucial to plans to get government services online, but deployment is so far not as widespread as was originally hoped. According to a report in the Financial Times, Government working groups are expected to produce consultation papers on the matter in the autumn.
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