08 Apr 2009
The National Audit Office (NAO) is to study the effectiveness of government policies in tackling e-crime, Computing has learned.
The value for money study is due to be released in the 2009/2010 tax year.
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A spokesman for the NAO said: "The emphasis is going to be on the citizen online, and the efficiency, economy and value for money of policy decisions designed to protect that citizen."
A source close to the NAO said preliminary enquiries had experienced some problems in collecting data on the size of the e-crime problem.
"Simply nobody collects the data," said the source.
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