Abstract: The Government Gateway: Running for the past four years, the Gateway
is a centralized registration point for government services online, offering
nearly 50 services from 20 different government entities to 5.1 million
registered users. Over the last 12 months, Gateway has had 100% operational
availability, while January 2005 saw 275 000 successful authentications take
place in just one day. Over the next 12 months, more than 24 new departments or
Local Authorities are due to make services available on the Gateway.