E-Government, DirectGov

 Different Services;

-Student Finance

-Car Tax

-Jobseeker’s Allowance

-Driving Theory Test

-Passports

Information Services;

-Britons living abroad, http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/BritonsLivingAbroad/BeforeYouGo/DG_4000018

-Employment, http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/Employment/index.htm

-Pension And Retirement Planning, http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/Pensionsandretirementplanning/index.htm

-Crime And Justice, http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/CrimeJusticeAndTheLaw/index.htm

Online Reporting And Advice;

-Flood Advice, http://www.environment-agency.gov.uk/homeandleisure/floods/31618.aspx

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Online Payments;

-Passports, http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/TravelAndTransport/Passports/index.htm?PRO=hp&CRE=pop

-Benefits, Money, Tax, http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/MoneyTaxAndBenefits/index.htm

DirectGov is a useful website if you know what you’re looking for as it is quite complicated if you go on there just for a browse not knowing exactly what you want. I can see myself using this website in future for car tax and passport etc as all this will be probably be stopped applying for by paper. 

Download Services

“Why download rather than buy the actual physical copy?”

It is a lot easier to download rather than to buy the actual copy because say music for example, literally everyone has some form of iPod and because of this we download music so we have a huge range of music on our iPod so all we have to carry round is that rather then a stereo system with twenty different albums.

“What problems have you encountered when downloading products?”

Problems we encounter whilst on downloading services are internet problems. If you have rubbish internet for example, Orange or TalkTalk, then you see the buffering symbol every two seconds. Also if you’re trying to download a two and a half hour film it will take about five hours to download it because of poor internet speeds. Also if you download illegally through YouTube Convertor, or any other sites, then you may encounter a lot of virus issues because these websites are made by third parties and are illegal making them a hornet’s nest for viruses and Trojans etc.

“How does it fulfil its purpose?”

It fulfils its purpose very well because for example if I went on iTunes purely to download a song then it would purchase and download that song safely without viruses and to the best quality as it’s the official track. Also if we download films from iTunes or Love Film then that film will be purchased and downloaded to its best quality. This fulfils its purpose well because they provide the service they are there to do.

Reliable Real Time Information? Sunday 23rd September 2012

Today's weather forecast has been accurate to the BBC weather page. Light rain fell at predicted times, and heavy rain fell at it's predicted times. To conclude this 5 day experiment I would say that the BBC weather page is very accurate to its weather forecast and wind speed however, I feel that the temperatures are not always as accurate as they could be.

Reliable Real Time Information? Sunday 23rd September 2012

Today it is predicted to be mainly cloudy however, heavy rain later on tonight. Highest temperature for today is 13 degrees and the lowest will be 9 degrees. Wind speed for today is 14 mph travelling South, South East.

Reliable Real Time Information? Saturday 22nd September 2012

Today the weather, temperature and wind were all as predicted and around the approximate time predicted. Just one more day now for this investigation and all so far have been accurate, if not precise.

Reliable Real Time Information? Saturday 22nd September 2012

Today the BBC weather page predicts that the highest and lowest temperature will be 6 degrees. Also predicts it will be clear skies mainly throughout the day but sometimes sunny with some clouds. Average wind speed of 4 mph travelling South, South East.

Reliable Real Time Information? Friday 21st September 2012

For a third day running the BBC weather page has been rather accurate as throughout the day there were light rain showers as predicted, and at the times precited. However, I do believe that temperature may have been slightly off although it could have just been the wind making it feel cooler.