UK Government IT-related reports and papers

Below is a (non-definitive) list with links to some of the major reports and papers that have been published with regard to UK government strategy, particularly those relating to information technology. Full copies of these papers, and additional resources, are available in the subscribers-only section of this site.

The links all point to UK government web sites … let us know if they break.

• Electronic Government: the view from the queue. Comprehensive research into potential customer take-up of on-line government services, October 1998, (PDF).
• Modernising Government. Sets out a vision for the modernisation of the UK’s public sector, including the pivotal role of IT. 1999 (PDF)
• e-government: a strategic framework for public services in the Information Age. Published in April 2000, (PDF).
• e.gov:Electronic Government Services for the 21st Century. Published in September 2000, this report sets out a strategy to realise the full potential of electronic service delivery, (PDF).
• Successful IT: Modernising Government in Action. Review of major government IT projects from 2000, (PDF).
• Analysis of the impact of open source software. Published October 2001.
• Privacy and data-sharing: The way forward for public services. April 2002, (PDF).
• OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE USE WITHIN UK GOVERNMENT. Version 1, published in July 2002 (PDF).
• Policy Framework for a mixed economy in the supply of e-government services. A consultation document from May 2003, setting out how trusted third parties and intermediaries would be a key part of online services delivery.
• Efficient, effective and electronic. Ian Watmore’s vision on taking office as CIO, a role to which he was appointed in September 2004 (RTF).
• OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE Use within UK Government. Version 2, published October 2004 (PDF).
• e-Government Interoperability Framework Version 6.1. Published in March 2005, this was the latest iteration of the eGIF, a set of interoperability requirements founded in Internet and WWW standards and recommendations.
• Transformational Government, Enabled by Technology: CITIZEN and BUSINESS CENTRED SHARED SERVICES, PROFESSIONALLY DELIVERED. 2005, (PDF).
• Open Source, Open Standards and Re-Use: Government Action Plan. Published in 2009 as an update to the 2004 open source policy, PDF.
• Putting the Frontline First: Smarter Government. Published in 2009 (PDF).
• UK Government ICT Strategy. Published in 2010 (PDF).