This document discusses several topics related to benchmarking e-government services: 1. It examines benchmarking of e-government services in Nordic and other Northern European countries, finding they generally fall into the "steady achiever" category with modest online presence. 2. It references an EU benchmarking report that assessed e-readiness and provision of e-government services across European member states. 3. It discusses benchmarking approaches to co-design of e-government services, noting the importance of questions about current practices compared to peers and good practice standards.