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Expensive apps give an intriguing glimpse of the future
Good to see that there are reasonably priced apps available (here $15 / $25) that can make real money for their creators. These aren’t micropayments, but they are small enough to be impulse purchases and not really noticed in the…
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Open government report
Some similar conclusions to ours in the CTPR report released in May. Processes need radical reworking, not extending Culture change is critical
Meeker on mobile
Some great stuff in there, but I can’t help being contrary on the consume and share portrayal of our online usage. Yes, that’s what the iPad engenders, but I don’t think it has to be the way: we create content…
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How big are savings targets and why is consultancy always the bugbear?
John Suffolk (Government CIO) expects a fun year ahead. I have tried to do some back of the envelope calculations based on his items and numbers in the OEP. My italics, all errors mine. HR must move to 1 HR…
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New software frameworks signed
Interesting to see that the new frameworks are only two years (with a potential two-year extension) this should help keep up with the pace of change in technology (the frameworks include web design, for example). But the £1bn expected to…
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DWP moves from HP to Fujitsu
Looks like Fujitsu’s punt on the shared services contract with the Cabinet Office is paying off, as the DWP moves across. As suspected, this is not directly through Flex, but as a separate contract. So why let Flex in the…
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Smarter government
Lots to digest in the Smarter Government report. Headlines: another £12bn in savings over the £26bn from Gershon and £35bn from OEP. In all, that’s approaching 10% of government spend. [NB Steph rightly counsels caution on the numbers.] Good to…
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More shared services in local government
Deloitte warns LAs not to outsource in bulk. This is contrary to the efficiency-based outsourcing deals underway like Cardiff and TCS and tenders from, for example, West Sussex. How about sharing staff: the figure given is that 30,000 people work in…
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Posted in ICT, Shared Services
UK government-wide IT strategy
Government-wide IT strategy draft emerges. As I read it, most was already known such as the link with the Operational Efficiency Programme, g-cloud, and government app store. That said, all these are sensible routes to follow. Interesting to see how…
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