Cabinet Office Chief Information Officer
Last updated: 15 July 2009
The Government considers that in order to deliver its key objectives a programme of positive action is now needed to ensure that there is an effective ‘level playing field’ between open source and proprietary software and to realise the potential contribution open source software can make to wider aims of re–use and open standards.
The Government has released a Transformational Government annual report showing where Government has made progress towards designing and delivering public services around the needs of the citizen since it's creation.
The agreement sets out an ambitious programme of action that will be the foundation for public services that are more personalised to the needs of citizens and businesses. It places this challenge at the centre of government plans for public service delivery.
The Government launched its progress report on ‘Transformational Government: enabled by technology’ with the news that at least 551 government websites are to be cut to make access to information easier for citizens and businesses.
The Government has now published an Implementation Plan for the strategy, covering the tasks to be completed by July 2007. The plan describes the actions being taken for each of the workstreams identified in ‘Transformational Government’ and sets out how implementation of the strategy is aligned with the Comprehensive Spending Review.
Representatives from local government on the Chief Information Officer Council and Service Transformation Board have commissioned a discussion paper on the implications of ‘Transformational Government’ for local government.
‘Transformational Government’ invited readers to submit their views on the strategy. We are grateful to all those who submitted a response; many of the views have been reflected in the Implementation Plan or have been referred to the appropriate project team or Department. We have published a summary of responses received.
Twenty First Century Government is enabled by technology - policy is inspired by it, business change is delivered by it, customer and corporate services are dependent on it, and democratic engagement is exploring it. The Prime Minister commissioned 'Transformational Government - Enabled by Technology' to seize the opportunity provided by IT to transform the business of government. The CIO Council has developed this strategy and will be taking it forward to ensure that the work to transform public services harnesses technology to best advantage and best value for the citizen, businesses, taxpayers and for the front-line worker.
Transformational Government - Enabled by Technology
Examples of some future forecasts of the implementation of the strategy are available on the website.