Crunch time for public sector ICT?

According to the The Society of Information Technology (Socitm) the current economic crisis could herald a different sort of ‘crunch’ for public sector ICT as organisations look to these investments to deliver at last on the ‘do more for less’ promise of the last decade.

Feb 12, 2009
By Paul Jacques

According to the The Society of Information Technology (Socitm) the current economic crisis could herald a different sort of ‘crunch’ for public sector ICT as organisations look to these investments to deliver at last on the ‘do more for less’ promise of the last decade.

‘Public service ICT: dealing with a different sort of crunch’ is the title of Socitm’s National Conference taking place at Stoneleigh Park Conference Centre, near Coventry on April 23.

The conference programme will consider whether the current economic crisis will force organisations to take a more radical approach to change.

Socitm, with members drawn from local authorities and the police and fire services, says that ICT-facilitated programmes may have improved services and efficiency over recent years, but nothing like as much as was hoped or is needed now.

Topics on the agenda include the impact of the credit crunch on local public services, the ‘Power of Information’ agenda and what the Government’s encouragement of the re-use of public sector information means for local authorities, case studies on customer access and how the concept of ‘avoidable contact’ is being used to re-invigorate transformation, and how third sector organisations are working with the Government on digital inclusion.

The event will be supported by an exhibition of relevant products and services.

Visit www.socitm.gov.uk

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