Government unveils Digital Britain delivery plan
Kable
Published: 17 Aug 2009 09:09 BST
The government's Digital Britain Implementation Plan sets out responsibilities but no timetable.
The plan, published on 13 August, 2009, sets out the governance structure for delivering the 70 key actions set out in the government's Digital Britain final report in June.
A joint Digital Britain programme board will meet twice a month, led by the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) and the Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS), and including members from other parts of government and the digital inclusion champion Martha Lane Fox.
The board will be responsible for the delivery of projects, including monitoring and ensuring value for money.
Day-to-day responsibility for the Digital Britain programme rests with two senior civil servants, David Hendon from BIS and Jon Zeff from the DCMS, who have been appointed as joint senior responsible owners for the work.
Although the plan does not set out a timetable for achieving the aims of the Digital Britain report, it says there will be a progress report in the autumn.
Digital Britain's plans include pushing users of electoral and school registration services mainly online by 2012 and getting each government department to identify at least two services to form part of the digital service switchover plan.
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