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IAB Works For UK Government

26 Jun 2001

Interactive Bureau is contributing to a wide range of projects in the UK Government UK online initiative.

Interactive Bureau is contributing to a wide range of projects in the UK Government UK online initiative.

The projects, organised from the Cabinet Office, range from work on a news-information "Toolbar", to be displayed eventually on all Government Web sites, a Campaign site, which explains the initiative - and advising on an extranet site.

UK online is a major government initiative launched by the Prime Minister, Tony Blair, in September 2000. It is a campaign to ensure that everyone in the UK who wants it will have access to the Internet, and to help enable the UK to become one of the world's leading knowledge economies.

It is a broad partnership between government, industry, the voluntary sector, trades unions and consumer groups. The Government itself is leading by example through its drive to deliver all government information and services online by the end of 2005.

Interactive Bureau (IAB) was selected by the Office of the e-Envoy to provide technical advice and expertise to the project. IAB is part of a multi-disciplinary UK online team led by fellow Chime Communications company, Good Relations.

IAB's work for UK online has so far included:

• Updating and refining the campaign site which explains the initiative, encourages people to use the Internet, and links them to the training and business opportunities that are available through the Department for Education and Skills and the DTI;
• Creating an information toolbar for eventual use on all government Web sites
• Advising on the creation of an extranet for use with commercial and voluntary sector partners of the initiative
• Technical and design advice for the Government's portal - ukonline.gov.uk - a single point of entry to government information and services, linking over 1000 government web sites with access 24 hours a day, seven days a week

Prior to its involvement with UK online, IAB had designed the web site for learndirect - a University for Industry (Ufi) project that supports UK online and is the Government's flagship for lifelong learning.

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