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Government plans ICT services overhaul

27 September 2010
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Government plans ICT services overhaulThe government has announced plans to overhaul public spending on information and communication technologies (ICT).

A freeze has been placed on all new spending in the field over £1 million and the deputy government chief information officer (CIO) has stated that the long-term plan is to provide better services.

Bill McCluggage told an audience at the 360 IT event in London that the government aims to allocate less to ICT over the short-term by "cutting back on wasteful spend and duplication".

Those working in operations management in the sector may be interested to learn that the public sector block on major new ICT projects will help to deliver these plans, while future strategies will "enable and empower savings and delivery of improved services through items".

It came into force in May and Mr McCluggage explained the focus will be on using technologies to generate an "improved return on investment".

A recent report by Gartner outlined steps governments need to take to reduce costs and create joint business and IT initiatives.ADNFCR-3058-ID-800083323-ADNFCR
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