shared services cabinet office

Leading a horse to water

Comment Notable trailblazers in this are the Cabinet Office sharing services with other, smaller departments such as the Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills, the Office of National Statistics and The Children and Family Court Advisory and... [23 Jun 2008]

John Suffolk

CIO Profile The ongoing efficiency drive means there is also a big emphasis on shared services across government departments and, under Suffolk's guidance, the Cabinet Office has recently embraced shared back-office services. [11 Jun 2008]

Government flexes its shared service muscle

News The service - Flex - was originally set up for the Cabinet Office and will cost Cafcass £25m over the next seven years.silicon.com Public Sector The Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Service (Cafcass) has signed on to a managed desktop... [20 Mar 2008]

Data sharing 'could sap public confidence'

News Naomi Eisenstadt, director of the Cabinet Office's Social Exclusion Task Force, said a large amount of informal data sharing already exists. The government has been warned increased data sharing between departments and services could result in a... [12 Nov 2007]

Cabinet Office flexes its shared services

News Recently the Cabinet Office has embraced shared back-office services under the guidance of public sector CIO John Suffolk. Earlier this year, the Cabinet Office announced a deal with Fujitsu Services for a managed converged voice and data network... [25 Oct 2007]

The CIOs transforming government IT

Comment The Cabinet Office's Transformational Government progress report earlier this year revealed the public sector spent £12.4bn - £3.3bn of that in local government - on IT during the financial year 2005/2006. [27 Jun 2007]

Cabinet Office flexes £32m contract muscle

News The Cabinet Office has signed a £32m, five-year shared services deal with Fujitsu. The service, called Public Sector Flex, will enable the Cabinet Office to act as a purchasing authority and offer a shared service to multiple public sector... [21 Jun 2007]

A litany of disasters has made shared services easy to swallow

Comment The Cabinet Office has developed a team tasked with the responsibility of accelerating the take-up of shared services and developing the strategy for all the government departments to converge and consolidate. [20 Jun 2007]

The CIOs transforming government IT

CIO Analysis The Cabinet Office's Transformational Government progress report earlier this year revealed the public sector spent £12.4bn - £3.3bn of that in local government - on IT during the financial year 2005/2006. [06 Jun 2007]

Jos Creese

CIO Profile He is involved in a number of national groups on IT, working with the Local Government Association, Cabinet Office and local authority IT body Socitm. In addition to running the IT group, Creese oversees the 'business change through IT' programmes... [06 Jun 2007]

Shared services 'about more than cost savings'

News As a first move, Watmore said the Cabinet Office will join services with another big department as an example and the hope is that the rest of Whitehall will follow the departments' lead. In the case of the Cabinet Office, if it were to merge back... [30 Apr 2007]

Atos Origin lands £46.7m Government Gateway deal

News Atos Origin has won a £46.7m contract with the Cabinet Office to run the Government Gateway secure ecommerce service from next year. But that deal collapsed in 2004 when the Cabinet Office terminated the ITNet contract.silicon.com Public Sector [20 Sep 2006]

Verio lands £6m government web-hosting deal

News Verio UK, part of NTT Communications, has scored a £6m deal to supply tech to three government departments as part of a shared services venture by the Cabinet Office, the Department for Education and Skills, and the Department of Health. [08 Jun 2006]

£100,000 salary on offer for new Defra CIO

News The Cabinet Office is also looking to recruit a deputy director for its government IT profession programme aimed at boosting public sector IT skills and creating a genuine IT career path within the civil service. [12 Apr 2006]

Devil's Advocate: Open source for government

Comment They are central to the Cabinet Office eGovernment Unit's strategy and also to the Treasury's efficiency review. Recent thinking has involved emphasis on shared services. Despite the UK government's reluctance to embrace open source, Martin... [21 Feb 2006]

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