The Impact of Government's ICT Savings Initiatives

Released on by Great Britain: National Audit Office
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  • The Impact of Government's ICT Savings Initiatives Book Detail

  • Author : Great Britain: National Audit Office
  • Release Date : 2013-01-23
  • Publisher : The Stationery Office
  • Genre : Political Science
  • Pages : 56
  • ISBN 13 : 9780102980622
  • File Size : 25,25 MB
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The Impact of Government's ICT Savings Initiatives by Great Britain: National Audit Office PDF Summary

Book Description: According to the National Audit Office, in 2011-12, government spent an estimated £316 million less on ICT than it would otherwise have done. The main challenge, however, will be to move to the delivery of ICT solutions that reform public services and the way that government works. The government announced in October 2012 that, subject to audit, it had already saved £410 million from its savings initiatives in 2012-13 and expected to save a further £200 million by the end of March 2013. The appointment of commercial experts has helped departments to claw money back, renegotiate contracts before they expire and, overall, spend less on ICT than they otherwise would have done. However, weaknesses in data held by the Cabinet Office have meant that the £348 million of savings reported by the Cabinet Office for 2011-12, resulting from its initiative to manage ICT suppliers as a single customer, could not be validated. To date, moreover, the Cabinet Office has measured only cost savings and has not published measures of the wider impacts of its initiatives. The department is starting to take steps to consider risk and performance on a more holistic basis, which should provide it with more information on wider impact. Views are mixed on the effect of reform on government's relationship with ICT suppliers. Suppliers consulted by the NAO were frustrated at the slow pace of change and the focus on cost-cutting, rather than exploring innovative opportunities to redesign public service and put services online. There have also been comments from government on resistance by suppliers to change

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