Public Sector Strike Threatened Over Lack Of IT Performance Improvement
News The UK's biggest civil service union has criticised the government's IT plans as it ballots members on industrial action over the Gershon Efficiency Review. The Gershon Efficiency Review, published earlier this year, recommended staffing cuts...
[October 4, 2004, 16:15]
Spending Watchdog Attacks Government's Record On IT
News Sir Peter Gershon was commissioned in August 2003 to conduct a review of efficiency in the public sector. The Gershon Review stated that it had been careful to avoid such proposals requiring large new ICT systems because such projects often...
[February 17, 2006, 13:55]
Government ICT Use Under Fire
News Commenting on the results, Alexandra Jones, senior researcher for The Work Foundation, said the findings have implications for the government's Gershon Efficiency Review. Gershon's Efficiency Review does not take a 'whole system' approach to change...
[March 29, 2005, 13:10]
Government Starts 'rationalisation' Of IT Systems
News Reid said that the move is in line with the Gershon efficiency review, which is expected to recommend setting up shared IT services along with radical staff cuts. The UK government is to cut more than 5,000 jobs from NHS agencies and "rationalise...
[May 21, 2004, 12:30]
Value For Money Measurement: OGC Business Guidance
White Papers The Gershon Review examined the whole process of acquisition from third parties, including goods services and large capital projects. This paper describes the methodologies for quantifying value for money gains from procurement activity in central...
[January 1, 1970, 0:59]
Government IT 'unfairly Slated'
News Gershon's independent review of public sector efficiency focuses on new technology to deliver streamlined services and cut paperwork. Sir Peter Gershon said that such projects are quietly delivering greater efficiency across the public sector...
[February 4, 2005, 15:05]
Microsoft Appoints New UK Public Service Chief
News He said particular issues he will be focusing on include identity management and collaboration across government to support the Gershon Efficiency Review. Jerry Fishenden started this month as National Technology Officer (NTO) in the UK - a...
[January 21, 2005, 15:40]
Public Sector Outsourcing Boom To Continue
News Whitehall outsourcing alone could reach £7bn a year "directly as a result" of the Gershon Efficiency Review, the December 2004 report says. The UK public sector is set to outsource a further £20bn worth of services - representing a growth of 50...
[April 18, 2005, 17:00]
£300m Local Savings From E-government
News Phil Hope MP, minister for local e-government, said the report shows that the National Projects are helping councils to meet the efficiency targets set out in the Gershon Review. The UK's local e-government programme could lead to significant...
[December 9, 2004, 11:05]
Prime Minister Admits Being A Technophobe
News Prime Minister, do you accept you will not meet your Gershon Review efficiency targets unless Government dramatically improves its ability to purchase the large IT systems it requires? Prime Minister Tony Blair has confounded critics who claim he...
[February 9, 2005, 12:50]
