A new group of digital experts from industry, business and academia will support the UK Government to deliver its commitment to provide high-quality public services online by default, Minister for the Cabinet Office Francis Maude said on 25 April 2012.

Following a recent agreement between the Ministry of the Interior and Czech Post, as from April 2012 the cost of sending a single message to a Data Box will drop from CZK 15.04 without VAT (approx. €0.59) to CZK 11.68 without VAT (approx. €0.46). This is expected to save the government CZK 20 million (approx €790 600) a year.

According to the results of a first yearly survey conducted on behalf of Assinform, the Italian Association of Information Technology companies, between 2005 and 2011 Italy's various levels of government reduced their ICT expenditure in all policy sectors with one exception, namely

An increasing number of public sector organisations in Wales have been using the Government's xchangewales eAuction services since their introduction in 2009.