Digitising the structures of government: the UK's information age government agenda

Since its election the. UK Blair government has initiated -a radical programme to redesign the apparatus of government through the. use of information and: communication technologies (ICTs). However, unpacking the operational implications of this 'e-government' strategy is, a far from easy task and numerous policy dilemmas of considerable significance for the future of governance have arisen. This. article considers, the broad policy questions raised by the information age government agenda, the. implications for delivery. mechanisms of the, government's current strategy and. issues surrounding, access' exclusion and equity that are likely to be of increasing significance as their digitisation programme. gathers pace.