Delivering the IT promise

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Published: July 13, 2010Posted in: App.gov, Cloud Computing Security, Cloud Intelligence, Cloud Services, Clouds, G-Cloud, Government Cloud, SecurityTags:
Delivering the IT promise
Investment in IT must be a key element of future spending plans despite the need for savings across the public sector, says Socitm president Jos Creese

Like other public sector managers, my first thoughts about life under the coalition have focused on the likely areas, depth and impact of budget cuts. For IT we’ve already had announcements that high-profile projects, including the ContactPoint database and ID cards, are to be scrapped. More will follow.
While these moves are not surprising, there are real concerns at Socitm about indiscriminate slashing of IT spending. Making blanket cuts could be a disaster.

http://www.publicservice.co.uk/feature_story.asp?id=14483

You cannot apply IT over the top of outdated and inefficient processes and hope that, as if by magic, technology will change everything.

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