What is the background to the National Projects and where does FAME fit in?
“Local e-Government offers a chance to breathe new life into local democracy and to transform local services. e-Government is central to our ambitions to reform and modernise all our public services and local e-Government is an integral part of the overall UK Online programme to realise the benefits of the internet for all our citizens.” Source: The National Strategy for Local e-Government The FAME project was originally one of 23 National Projects for Local e-government commissioned by the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister (ODPM). The aim of these projects was to assist in the delivery of the ‘National Strategy for Local e-Government’ as well as build on the White Paper ‘Strong Local Leadership – Quality Public Services’, which outlines a vision for improved local services into the new millennium (based on partnerships between central and local government). The Framework for Multi-Agency Environments (FAME) was launched in April 2003. It has developed a framework for multi-agency in
