A new report on the state of UK government on the internet has been published by the UK National Audit Office on Friday 13 July based on research by our team from the Oxford Internet Institute (University of Oxford) and the LSE Public Policy Group (London School of Economics and Political Science).
The report to Parliament looked at the progress made by government in delivering services and information online since the last two NAO reports in 1999 and 2002. UK government organisations spend some £208 million on websites each year. While usage of the main government websites has risen over time, the study reports a number of areas where departments and agencies could improve value for money in the provision of online information and services.

Members of our research team are involved in a number of research projects relating to Government on the Web, involving other universities and private sector partners and sponsored by the National Audit Office, research councils, the European Commission, private companies and charitable bodies.
The projects have for example resulted in two books: the recent "Digital Era Governance" and the upcoming "The Tools of Government in the Digital Age".
Other projects include the setup of an experimental laboratory for the Social Sciences in Oxford including a database with currently more than 800 participants.

The UK's National Audit Office (NAO) has commissioned us to carry out several Value For Money studies on their behalf to survey online delivery of UK public services.
Coming up in July 2007 is the latest Government on the Internet report which evaluates progress in delivering UK government services online. The upcoming study is the third in the series that started with Government on the Web (in 1999) and Government on the Web II (2002). Other reports for the National Audit Office have looked at how to achieve innovation in public services, citizen redress options and the design of government administrative forms.