{"id":9777,"date":"2009-07-17T12:31:00","date_gmt":"1999-11-29T20:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aidanfinn.com\/?p=9777"},"modified":"2009-07-17T12:31:00","modified_gmt":"1999-11-29T20:00:00","slug":"shared-ict-services-for-the-civil-service","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aidanfinn.com\/?p=9777","title":{"rendered":"Shared ICT Services For The Civil Service?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>SiliconRepublic <a title=\"reports\" href=\"http:\/\/www.siliconrepublic.com\/news\/article\/13441\/government\/bord-snip-shared-ict-services-for-the-public-sector\">reports<\/a> that the \u201cAn Bord Snip\u201d (advisory report on cutting Irish government expenses) has told the government that they should shake up IT services in the civil service.\u00a0 They want expenses cut by 50%:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Less consulting\/contractors<\/li>\n<li>More in-house skills<\/li>\n<li>Shared services<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>For example.\u00a0 Each an every department, no matter how small it is, has their own IT organisation, buying power, staff, consulting services, etc.\u00a0 That\u2019s some massive wastage.\u00a0 We could probably run our entire government off of a single Exchange 2007 cluster (replicated of course) instead of an Exchange installation in countless departments.\u00a0 That sounds like a perfect scenario for Exchange 2010 DAG\u2019s.\u00a0 I know of one <em>major<\/em> department where their entire \u201chands-on\u201d staff are a collection of consultants and contractors that costs the tax payer a fortune.<\/p>\n<p>Bord Snip also said the government should have a Steering Committee made up of senior ICT advisors from the private sector.\u00a0 I\u2019ll volunteer for that one, thank you very much.\u00a0 I could do with some mileage and hotel expenses as well as a few junkets to somewhere sunny.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SiliconRepublic reports that the \u201cAn Bord Snip\u201d (advisory report on cutting Irish government expenses) has told the government that they should shake up IT services in the civil service.\u00a0 They want expenses cut by 50%: Less consulting\/contractors More in-house skills Shared services For example.\u00a0 Each an every department, no matter how small it is, has &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/aidanfinn.com\/?p=9777\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Shared ICT Services For The Civil Service?&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"_wpcom_ai_launchpad_first_post":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9777","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t<!-- All in One SEO 5.0.5 - aioseo.com -->\n\t<meta name=\"description\" content=\"SiliconRepublic reports that the \u201cAn Bord Snip\u201d (advisory report on cutting Irish government expenses) has told the government that they should shake up IT services in the civil service. 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