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Article: Comment - We must champion digital inclusiveness. The campaign to promote media literacy must be about users' needs, not just the technology, says William Davies.(Column)
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- March 31, 2005
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Summer 2004 saw the launch of the government's digital strategy version 2.0. Since 1999, the former eEnvoy's Office had taken charge of technology-related issues, from digital inclusion through to e-democracy and egovernment.
The opportunities and challenges opened up by new technology were deemed so critical, they were granted an office all to themselves.
The closing of the eEnvoy's Office last June heralded the end of 'digital exceptionalism'. No longer would government focus on technology as an issue in its own right, but would look for ways of integrating it into various departments, wherever it was most appropriate to do so. Egovernment acquired ...