[FYI] UK Govt mulls compulsory online form filling

["Axel H Horns" <axel.h.horns@gmx.net>]

<http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/53/35584.html>

Govt mulls compulsory online form filling

By Lucy Sherriff

Posted: 16/02/2004 at 14:49 GMT

Online transactions with the government will be made compulsory for 
the e-capable, and the police and NHS will be given palm-top 
computers if radical proposals in a government document are 
implemented.

In a confidential report leaked to the Financial Times newspaper, Sir 
Peter Gershon identifies £15 billion of wasted public money that 
should be redirected to services such as education, the police and 
the NHS. The money will come from greater efficiencies in local 
government, and better use of technology.

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