Gordon Brown praises e-Government National Awards winners & finalists

January 2009: E-Government is delivering major benefits to citizens across the whole UK, proves the winners-list in the e-Government National Awards announced on 21st January 2009. Prime Minister Gordon Brown said: "The 2008 awards saw a record number of nominations from across the country - individuals, teams and organisations who are using new technologies in innovative and creative ways to deliver better public services."

"When times are tough, as they are now, it is more important than ever for government to work as smoothly and efficiently as possible, so it's good to see technology providing real efficiency gains at the same time as increasing the effectiveness of services. " said the Prime Minister.

The 11 winners have received the UK's highest level commendation for the best e-Government and technology-driven services - services which, through innovative online delivery or IT implementation, have positively transformed the lives of citizens, local communities, business and stakeholder groups.

Tom Watson MP, Cabinet Office Minister for Transformational Government says: "Public services continue to be transformed by technology, improving delivery on the front line and making us more efficient behind the scenes."

Those winning in the e-Government National Awards (from among the 588 nominations) include Birmingham City Council, RNIB Cymru, NHS Connecting for Health, Hertfordshire Constabulary, Fife Council, the London Borough of Croydon, the University of Bath, the Charity Commission, National Savings and Investments and others. The winners were presented with their Awards at a dinner in the City of London's Guildhall, on 20th January, by Minister Tom Watson MP, and Government CIO John Suffolk.

Todays citizens are quite rightly demanding better government services and technology is proven by the winners to be delivering this, breaking new ground and helping to achieve new goals. Important key themes in this year's Awards, run by PublicTechnology.net, are effective implementation of Green IT, and the use of innovative technology to deliver services to help build a fairer society.

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