Description (short summary):
The UK Government's information and communications technology (ICT) strategy is focused on change; it sets outs the strategic direction of central government ICT and the key actions that will be delivered over the next two years.
ICT is critical for the effective operation of government and the delivery of the services it provides to citizens and businesses. It offers key benefits by enabling:
- access to online transactional services, which makes life simpler and more convenient for citizens and businesses;
- channels to collaborate and share information with citizens and business, which in turn enable the innovation of new online tools and services.
The UK Government is taking a different approach to deliver this strategy, characterised by a strong centre and continued commitment to greater transparency through regular and open reporting. The approach includes:
- mandatory open standards
- spending controls to ensure that new ICT solutions comply with strategy objectives
- transparency to ensure the continued comparison of common ICT services so that government gets the best price
- increased standardisation and modularisation of business processes and supporting technologies to create a platform from which government can deliver new models of open and innovative public services
- a new, strengthened governance structure
- greater engagement with departments and suppliers to remove cultural as well as technical barriers.
Number of pages: 25
Description of license: © Crown copyright 2011
Nature of documentation: Policy/Strategy papers