THE five councils covering Tyneside and Wearside have received national recognition for their work bringing technology to the streets.
TWICT, the Tyne and Wear ICT and e-Government partnership, is the driving force behind the open:tyne&wear initiative, which has installed 40 of touchscreen information kiosks in the area.
The kiosks give residents easy access to the advanced electronic services, irrespective of whether they have a computer or any information technology skills.
The scheme has been recognised in the inaugural e-Government National Awards run by publictechnology.net.
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