About this site

Site purpose

This site is the primary publication medium for official information about the e-government programme. It is also the home for the first implementations of e-government operations, e.g. standards that have been developed and are now in use.

Site audience

The primary audience is government people - central and local, officials and politicians. The secondary audiences include the information technology supplier community, industry groups and community organisations.

We recognise that the media, education institutions, individuals and people from other governments will visit the site though we have not specifically catered for those needs.

Site design

This site has been designed to adhere to the Government Web Guidelines, meet W3C WAI A guidelines or higher and conform to industry "best practice" for web development. We have carried out a self-assessment based on the Government Web Guidelines. Please see Accessibility for the ways in which we have made the site accessible to as many users as practical.

We will continue to enhance site accessibility in response to changes in the Guidelines and feedback from users.

Long documents are best printed using the Adobe Acrobat (PDF) format which is available on the title page of key documents. To view and print PDF files you will need Adobe Acrobat Reader.