By Daniel Stedman Jones with Ben Crowe
This report by DEMOS, warns that the UK’s current e-government initiatives are not sufficiently “joined up”. It calls for a more connected strategy that links government departments together, and transforms their relationship with citizens. Automation simply isn’t enough. The real goal for e-government is the transformation of services to meet the needs of citizens.
ISBN 1 84180 095 3. ?7.95 Available from www.demos.co.

A conference taking place tomorrow (Thursday, March 22) indicates that local government generally is still talking about the e-revolution, rather than being a part of it.The New Local Government Network, a think tank of modernisers, has joined with the IDeA, the Government sponsored improvement agency for the sector, to attempt to offer a guide to how it’s done. 

The National Assembly for Wales will decide today (Wednesday, March 21) whether to adopt radical action to combat racism within its corridors.The recommendations for action are in a report commissioned in partnership by the Public and Commercial Services (PCS) and the National Assembly.
“Lifting Every Voice” has identified a number of problems in the Assembly’s procedures and practices that inadvertently disadvantage people from ethnic minority groups.