A quarter of councils have no strategic plan to bring services online - report

Sooraj Shah
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Three-quarters of councils believe lack of IT investment is undermining service delivery

One in four (24 per cent) local government organisations has no strategic plan to bring services online, according to a survey of IT decision makers in local government by IT services provider Edus...

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