by Andrea Di Maio | January 25, 2013 | Comments Off
Government organizations around the world have been on a continuous path toward greater IT efficiency as a result of overall spending cuts and budget reductions driven by the economic and financial situation in most of the developed world. An excellent report recently published by the UK National Audit Office shows that recipes for IT cost [...]
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Category: IT management Tags: cost cutting
by Andrea Di Maio | December 31, 2012 | 1 Comment
With an agreement between Democrats and Republicans to avoid the so-called fiscal cliff not yet in sight despite a fast-approaching deadline, it is fair to assume that government CIOs and IT leaders in the US federal government will have to deal with cost reductions as a key priority. The long tail of the fiscal cliff, [...]
Category: cloud social networks in government Tags: cost cutting, US
by Andrea Di Maio | June 27, 2012 | 3 Comments
As we go through a tough economic and financial climate, attention is drawn by the cost of government and how slashing it would significantly contribute to both reducing public debt and injecting more resources into the economy. Although with varying degrees across the world, government is usually considered less efficient that the private sector. Sometimes [...]
Category: e-government Europe and IT IT management Tags: cost cutting
by Andrea Di Maio | April 25, 2012 | Comments Off
Yesterday I was one of the keynote speakers at the Microsoft’s Government Solutions Forum in London. The speaker before was Liam Maxwell, recently appointed as Deputy Government CIO and already Director of ICT Futures. Liam gave a compelling speech about the current ICT strategy for the UK government, stressing how radical they need to be [...]
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Category: cloud Europe and IT IT management Tags: cost cutting, UK government
by Andrea Di Maio | September 22, 2011 | 2 Comments
At a cloud-related event GSA’s Dave McClure – commenting on the fact that the expected funding levels for eGov activities for 2012 appear to be below what was requested – said “When anyone gets less money than they requested, something’s got to give. Our challenge is trying to use this fund to fuel innovation and [...]
Category: cloud smart government Tags: cost cutting, innovation
by Andrea Di Maio | September 7, 2011 | 2 Comments
Increasing uncertainties about the global economic and financial situation, including worries about the sovereign debt in Europe, and the tightening government budgets are likely to trigger short-term reactions to reduce IT and other spending in government. Of course almost everybody knows that IT investments are key to reduce costs elsewhere, by increasing automation, reducing duplication, [...]
Category: smart government Tags: cost cutting
by Andrea Di Maio | August 10, 2011 | 2 Comments
What has been happening in the world during the last few days gives a glimpse of the level of uncertainty government and business are and will be operating within for the foreseeable future. A country like the U.S., where many economists and political leader thought they were out of a recession and growing at a [...]
Category: smart government Tags: cost cutting, Italy, public safety, UK
by Andrea Di Maio | August 3, 2011 | 4 Comments
Just yesterday a last-minute agreement has been found to prevent the US from defaulting on their debt, while Europe is still swept by increasing financial worries triggered by the situation in Greece and Ireland, which may spread to other countries too. Sluggish economic growth and the need for formidable reductions in public spending will pose [...]
Category: smart government Tags: cost cutting, government 2.0
by Andrea Di Maio | July 26, 2011 | 4 Comments
There seems to be a common misconception around the use of the term “smart” when used in direct or indirect connection to “government”. Smart cities, smart public transportation, smart planets, smart communities: all these and similar terms are being used mostly by vendors, but also by government business and IT executives who aim at setting [...]
Category: smart government Tags: cost cutting
by Andrea Di Maio | January 6, 2011 | 1 Comment
There is nothing better, and indeed more sad, than starting my New Year’s blogging with yet another not too exciting example from my own country, but so be it. Less than one month after our Minister of Justice and his colleague responsible for Public Service and Innovation proudly announced the “Vivifacile Giustizia” project (it sounds [...]
Category: e-government Uncategorized Tags: cost cutting, Italy
