{"id":286272,"date":"2011-03-02T03:40:58","date_gmt":"2011-03-02T03:40:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/03\/02\/government-it-use-must-change\/"},"modified":"2011-03-02T03:40:58","modified_gmt":"2011-03-02T03:40:58","slug":"government-it-use-must-change","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/03\/02\/government-it-use-must-change\/","title":{"rendered":"Government IT use &#8216;must change&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div readability=\"71.3517665131\">\n        \t\t  <span><br \/>\n    <span>1 March 2011<\/span><br \/>\n<span>Last updated at <\/span><span>22:40 ET<\/span><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The government&#8217;s handling of IT is locked in a &#8220;vicious circle of costs and failures&#8221; and moves at a &#8220;glacial&#8221; pace, according to a report.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk\/publications\/23\/system-error\">independent Institute for Government recommends <\/a>sweeping changes to the way ministers order new computer systems. <\/p>\n<p>One recommendation is that new IT systems should be built piece by piece and tested by those who use them.<\/p>\n<p>The Treasury estimates that government IT costs approximately \u00a316bn per year.<\/p>\n<p>The report urges the government to simplify its computing projects by setting shared standards which would cut costs and reduce duplication. <\/p>\n<p>  <span>Flexible approach<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The government has already said it is seeking significant savings in its annual spending on IT &#8211; and will announce on Wednesday that both the Treasury and Cabinet Office will have to approve IT contracts worth more than \u00a35m.<\/p>\n<p>Andrew Adonis, director of the Institute for Government said: &#8220;The billions spent on cancelled IT projects, such as ID cards and National Programme for IT, demonstrate precisely why we need a much more flexible approach to government IT.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Our report has looked behind the scenes at this often unexplained back-office function that is fundamental to the effective and efficient running of government and public services. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;If a new approach to IT in government is not now put into practice, this will risk further haemorrhaging of public money.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Ian Magee, chair of the Improving Government IT taskforce said: &#8220;Government IT offers many challenges but, it seems, few solutions that satisfy everyone. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;There is a well-documented history of too many high-profile and costly failures.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The good news is that on the basis of the substantial research described in this report, we are convinced that there is a much better way forward for government IT.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>Read the original post:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/go\/rss\/int\/news\/-\/news\/uk-politics-12616777\" title=\"Government IT use 'must change'\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Government IT use &#8216;must change&#8217;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> 1 March 2011 Last updated at 22:40 ET The government&#8217;s handling of IT is locked in a &#8220;vicious circle of costs and failures&#8221; and moves at a &#8220;glacial&#8221; pace, according to a report. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-286272","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - 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