The IT industry supports the government’s approach to cutting costs, a report has suggested.
Industry believes that the government ICT strategy is long overview, according to a report from TechMarketView. This conclusion is based on conversations with 19 key ICT companies about the new ICT strategy published in the Cabinet Office Structural Reform Plan.
100 per cent of companies questioned are said to support reform of government IT procurement, outsourcing of back off functions and reduced spending on consultancy.
“The new government has placed huge emphasis on IT in its quest to reduce spending and pay back the UK’s national debt,” said Georgina O’Toole, author of the report. “However, with recent news of the £1m cap on IT project spend, ICT suppliers are increasingly trying to demonstrate that their services are not ‘just another cost to be cut’ but that ICT should play a central role in supporting government-wide reform.”
“Whilst the results of this survey demonstrate that the ICT industry is largely in agreement with the new government’s policies on IT reform and spending, some policy areas are seen as contradictory or unclear,” she said.
O’Toole added that the government further clarify their position, especially on topics such as contract size limit and open source software.
Source:http://www.publicservice.co.uk/news_story.asp?id=13665
