E-Government & the Digital Divide

E-Government & the Digital Divide

What Is 'E-Government'?

E-Government is  ‘the employment of the Internet and the world-wide-web for delivering government information and services to the citizens.’-United Nations.

 

What is 'the digital divide'?

 A digital divide is an inequality between groups, broadly construed, in terms of access to, use of, or knowledge of information and communication technologies (ICT) - Wikipedia

Information access capability gulf that separates those who are connected to the internet and those who are not. -technologysource.org

National IT Services

The majority of libraires in the UK now have computers ready for use for the general public. They provide you with a free login and you have an hour per day to use the internet. This is helpful for the government because they can now send information to people quicker and cheaper now that everyone has access to a computer.

Quick Facts on how IT is being used today:

 

 

 For more information on national services visit: direct.gov.uk

Here is a screen snap from the direct gov website, this should halp give you an idea of the national online services they can help you with: