The Irish people voted the online TV licence facility as their favourite e-government service last night at the e-Government Awards 2009.
The organisers of the awards said that the recession should be used by Government departments as an opportunity to look at ways of driving savings with in their own organisations.
Delivering education online, for example, can be up to 40pc cheaper than educating people in a classroom demonstrating again the truly significant savings that can be made by driving more and more government services online, according to Maeve Kneafsey, managing director of online strategy and marketing company, Elucidate which co-hosts Ireland’s eGovernment Awards.
“E-government, which includes e-learning, really comes into its own during a time when budgets are tight as it can mean a dramatic cut in the cost of delivering services to the citizen. It can also play a significant role in speeding up our transformation to a knowledge economy,” Kneafsey said. Read More
Courtesy: Silicon Republic
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