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This site is dedicated to improving knowledge and understanding of e-government and the impact of web-based technologies on government. This site is run jointly by the LSE Public Policy Group (London School of Economics and Political Science) and the Oxford Internet Institute (University of Oxford).

 Government on the Internet 2007

Government on the Internet cover A report on the state of UK government on the internet, published by the UK National Audit Office on 13 July 2007 and 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. The study reports a number of areas where departments and agencies could improve value for money in the provision of online information and services.
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 OUR PROJECTS

OUP Digital Era Governance 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 (OXlab) including a database with currently more than 1.500 participants.
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 OUR REPORTS

national audit office 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.
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 OUR PAPERS
american political science association Our research team has produced a range of academic papers and conference presentations on the emerging issues of e-government and how we develop our theoretical and empirical understanding of these issues.
The latest paper has been presented at the 2007 Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association in Chicago from August 30 - September 2.
Findings from our research have also been presented at the World Wide Web Conference and the British Political Science Association.
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 News
NEW EXPERIMENT
The Effect of the Internet on Collective Action
September 2008 in OXlab: A quasi-field experiment to investigate the logic of collective action. For more information
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NEW PROJECT
Citizen Redress
With a grant from the Nuffield Foundation ('Access to Justice') this project will examine all aspects of the current complaints handling process.
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NEW PAPERBACK
Digital Age Era Governance now as paperback
Published by Oxford University Press in June 2008.
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NEW REPORT
Estimating the Value of Public Service Content Online
Ofcom's Second Public Service Broadcasting Review used data from our Government on the Internet report. For a copy
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