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Defra e-business strategy

Defra's e-business strategy

In April 2000, the Cabinet Office set out a framework for e-government and required departments to produce their own e-business strategies.

The four guiding principles of the e-business strategy as defined by the E-Envoy are:

  1. building services around citizens' choices;
  2. making government and its services more accessible;
  3. social inclusion;
  4. using information better.

Defra's e-Business Strategy (September 2001) is available in PDF format:

Further information is available on our Help page about downloading or reading Adobe Acrobat PDF documents.

See also:

  • Electronic forms - Electronic IACS forms are now available on the RPA website.

Page last modified: 3 January 2006

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