Information direct to the population.

The article presents comments on the Directgov project of Great Britain. Chief technology officer David Matthewman says that the premise of Directgov is to make a single portal that citizens use to learn about public services and carry out every transaction they need with the state, regardless of the complications behind the scenes. Directgov hits rose from 11 million in January 2009 to 18 million in March 2009 after the transfer of Jobcentre Plus services to the website.