The e-Government National Awards 2007 recognise and praise the best in public sector ICT & e-Government - across local / central government, non-departmental public bodies, non-governmental organisations and other deliverers of e-government services. Above, Gordon Brown's speech at the e-Government National Awards dinner on 22nd January, praising the finalists. Gillian Merron, Cabinet Office Minister with responsibility for Transformational Government (in Jan 2008), said: “Technology is bringing an ever increasing range of benefits to the public, making more and more services available online and allowing people to pay bills or make purchases at any time of day or night.” “Central government has a key role to play to ensure the provision of services fits around the diverse needs and lifestyles of our customers. However we also recognise the fantastic work being carried out across the public sector, and these Awards are an ideal opportunity to reward those who are both leading and delivering best practice.” “I would like to congratulate all of the finalists in this year’s e-Government National Awards on having come this far. This is a very strong set of short listed nominees whom I hope will inspire others and show what can what can be done to improve public services for more people.” Supporting the Awards Supporting the Awards are the Government Chief Information Officer (Cabinet Office), the Office of Government Commerce; the Society of Local Authority Chief Executives (SOLACE) and the Society of It Management (SOCITM). Platinum sponsor of the Awards is KPMG.

Birmingham City Council presented with its award by John Suffolk. John Suffolk, Government Chief Information Officer at the Cabinet Office, says: “We are at the beginning of the Transformational Government journey, but already have many successes we can be proud of - the e-Government National Awards 2007 are great way of sharing and recognising these achievements”