Sunday, 28 October 2007

Investigating government services online

http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/index.htm
Research on usefulness of government services;

Information services
  • Educating and learning- offers a wide range of information, for young and old people seeking; EMA, taking exams, student loans, adult learning. This provides a good informational service for online research/help.
  • Money, tax and benefits up-to-date info. on all taxes etc...
  • Travel and transport gives train times, bus times very informational and useful
  • Crime, justice and the law provides people with more detailed information on crime, Justice and the law allows for people to see why these laws are followed up etc...
  • Home and community keeps people up-to-date with flooding, repairs in there areas, problems for concern, nuisance in neighbourhoods, council tax.
  • Motoring
  • Employment
  • Rights and responsibilities
  • Environment and greener living
  • Health and well being

Online reporting and advice
  • Many of the information services also provide an area for online reporting and advice giving.
  • Money, tax and benefits- people can be contacted e.g. phone numbers advertised
  • Travel and transport provides route planners etc..
  • Crime, justice and the law provides links to helplines the police...
  • Motoring
  • Employment
  • Health and well being- can put you in touch with various helplines e.g. quite smoking, heart disease...
  • Environment and greener living- also put you in touch with environmental groups near you, invite you to get involved.

Online booking

  • Taking tests
  • Leisure e.g. putting you in touch with theatres, paintball centres for booking parties, tickets.
  • The site did not offer much in the way of online booking because it doesn't really supply users with activities that need booking.

Online payments

  • You could find out information on the price of payments etc.. but I could find no real payment service that needed to carry out transactions because the site is not an online store it is more of a public information site.

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