1999 … summary report on the cross-dept “intelligent forms” project

April 9, 2014 Jerry Fishenden future Britain, identity, IT, IT strategy, public services, technology, technology policy One comment

So, back in 1998, the “intelligent forms” (iForms) project was designed to enable anyone becoming self-employed to complete a single online form instead of 4 separate paper forms, and to submit and sign it using a Nat West smart card. In the background, each of the 3 depts then received the information they required.

This is the summary report from the Cabinet Office’s Central IT Unit (CITU) from early 1999. The iForms project, although apparently successful, seemed to fade away after the pilot phase.