2013 - the year of public sector shared services (again!)
Another year, another stab at making the UK public sector accept shared services.
View ArticleCameron and Clegg crank up Coalition credit
The UK public sector cannot and should not be shielded from the impact of a technology revolution says the Coalition couple as they celebrate the halfway point of their alliance.
View ArticlePolicy Maker: Mike Bracken, Government Digital Service Executive Director
When it comes to government and reform, “Delivery is too often the poor relation to policy," says Mike Bracken, the Government Digital Service’s (GDS) executive director.
View ArticleCabinet Office opens up government process costs to public scrutiny
As part of its ongoing transparency agenda, the Cabinet Office has released the cost per transaction for some of the biggest government services it provides to citizens.
View ArticleCare Quality Commission takes to the G-Cloud
The Care Quality Commission is sourcing managed hosting and support services using the G-Cloud programme's CloudStore
View ArticleA little bit of Luddite left, but on the whole it's an awfully big adventure
Let's start by saying that we're right behind the basic principles of the Cabinet Office's latest plans. OK, there's a little bit of luddite at the back of our heads who keeps niggling about there...
View ArticleOpen Source 'preference' mandate: overcoming government impasse in the public...
The Open Source industry have been waiting the best part of ten years for the UK Government to mandate a ‘preference’ for Open Source Software (OSS) over proprietary or closed-source alternatives. I...
View ArticleCabinet Office announces Open Standards Board members
The members of the Open Standards Board have been revealed as they get ready to work on defining the open standards to use in government IT.
View ArticleWhat’s holding back Open Source innovation in government?
Much has been written about the use of Open Source in government over the last few years. Yet, despite a strong directive from Francis Maude, and the Cabinet Office, many central government workers in...
View ArticleThe big week for Standards (and the GDS!)
It's been a big week for standards in the public sector. The EU wants them for Cloud, but many are concerned, the healthcare industry wants them for patient records, but industry is concerned, and...
View ArticleOpen source should be used to commoditise government IT, says Cabinet...
Open source technology should be used to help commoditise government IT to move from cost-heavy bespoke systems to the more competitive end of the market, Tariq Rashid, IT Reform, Cabinet Office has said.
View ArticleDigital by Default: government "hasn't kept up with privacy enhancing...
Dr Martyn Thomas CBE has said that the government hasn't kept up with privacy enhancing technologies" during a session discussing Digital by Default.
View ArticleReport shows open source still not a priority for IT leaders
A new survey has reported that more than half of UK private and public sector organisations will spend at least 20% of their IT budget on open source applications and software within five years.
View ArticleOpen Source: should the UK have been the leaders?
Open source has some firm supporters, but many still don't believe it's the direct alternative to big vendor contracts. But does the UK have the opportunity to lead in this space? Or is it already...
View ArticleNHS heads towards the Open Source market
A new report published today by NHS England has detailed a move towards open source solutions in the NHS.
View ArticleTalking open source sense in the public sector
Open source evangelists are arguing that the government should pursue wholesale open source adoption as soon as possible. Is this approach the best route to take for sustained, long term government use...
View ArticleGDS launches tool to help FCO identify danger hotspots
The Government Digital Service (GDS) has launched a tool to help Foreign Office civil servants identify danger hotspots for British tourists.
View ArticlePublic sector needs cyber help 'more than big firms'
An ICT expert has called on the government to extend a new cyber security health check being offered to top commercial firms to the public sector.
View ArticleUsing open source to open doors in local government
Joe Morrissey says that local authorities must begin to look at open source solutions as a way of saving money on ICT contracts.
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