Digital Britain is the report that will guide the UK's strategy to make it a leading player in the new media revolution. The author of the report, dubbed Digital Britain, is Stephen Carter, the minister for communications, technology and broadcasting.
Lord Carter began work on the Digital Britain action plan on 17 October 2008 and is due to release the full report tomorrow (16 June). Carter's interim Digital Britain report was released on the 29 January. ComputerWeekly.com has pulled together a full review of all Digital Britain stories and opinions in reaction to the interim report, a useful source of background information.
It is seen widely an opportunity to put Britain on the digital fast track. However, many critics believe the report will not deliver the transformation and investment in digital required to make the UK a cutting edge digital economy.
There is speculation that the report's author Stephen Carter will be resigning from Government as soon as he has released his the Digital Britain report. Business minister Peter Mandelson is likely to oversee its implementation.
The Digital Britain report hopes to achieve five goals:
1. To upgrade and modernise the UK's digital networks to enable the economy to remain globally competitive
2. To attract investment for UK digital content, applications and services
3. To create UK content for UK users, in particular impartial news, comment and analysis
4. To ensure fairness and access for all
5. To develop the infrastructure, skills and take-up that enable the widespread online delivery of public services and business interface with government.
All the latest news, blogs and multimedia content about the Digital Britain report from ComputerWeekly.com and from the web can be found below.