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Doubt cast on £26bn IT savings claim
News Claims that £26.5bn has been cut from public spending under the Gershon programme to cut Whitehall costs have been called into doubt by a parliamentary report. The Gershon Review into government efficiency, published in 2003, identified IT as an...
[July 30, 2009, 9:53]
Government IT 'unfairly slated'
News Sir Peter Gershon said that such projects are quietly delivering greater efficiency across the public sector, despite the enormous publicity given to failures. Gershon's independent review of public sector efficiency focuses on new technology to...
[February 4, 2005, 15:05]
Government seeks new IT spending supremo
News Headhunters have started the search to replace the influential Peter Gershon as CEO of the government's procurement watchdog the Office of Government Commerce (OGC). Gershon took the three-year post in 2000 and has made it a key part of the OGC's...
[October 6, 2003, 14:10]
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 NAO suggested that the government was failing to fully follow Gershon's advice. The Gershon Review stated that it had been careful to...
[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]
The Role of ICT in Meeting Local Government Efficiency Targets: A Survey of 80 English Local Authorities
White Papers Asset management, web self-service and other applications are clearly in the minds of many of those charged with achieving Gershon savings, and there is evidence of an increased commitment to invest in these areas.
[May 26, 2006, 1:00]
FIFA 2001 Major League Soccer demo
Downloads An impressive list of players, representing the best European talent in the sport, includes Edgar Davids, Paul Scholes, Thierry Henry, Gaizka Mendieta, Puval Kuka and Shimon Gershon. FIFA 2001 Major League Soccer is EA Sport's latest...
[November 2, 2000, 5:08]
Govt ponders CIO role
News The contract of Peter Gershon, chief executive of the OGC, is also due to expire next April. I've been strongly pushing that we should have a CIO function that amalgamates some of the things I do and some of the things Peter [Gershon] does, as well...
[September 4, 2003, 11:40]
Web hits US election jackpot
News Bernard Gershon, senior vice president and general manager of ABCNews.com said people are now accustomed to getting news tailored specifically to their needs, something that can only be done via the Web.
[November 9, 2000, 8:04]
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]
£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]
Government urged to be bold with IT projects
News But we are seeing changes in the public sector with people like Peter Gershon, Richard Grainger and Jo Wright [in criminal justice IT], who are taking it forward and are not waiting for detailed analysis," he said.
[October 29, 2003, 16:35]
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]
Public sector wins new volume discounts from Microsoft
News Last year former OGC chief Sir Peter Gershon admitted to MPs that up to £50m of potential savings could be lost because of delays in the NHS and Inland Revenue signing up to the new terms. Microsoft is set to win a major victory in its battle...
[August 18, 2004, 10:25]
IBM: 'Inertia' holding back government desktop Linux adoption
News Wray also claimed that the UK public sector was under increasing pressure to cut costs, particularly through initiatives such as the wide-reaching Gershon report into public sector efficiency, and so any move to Linux would be driven by purely...
[November 18, 2004, 14:55]
Government IT stuck in post-election limbo
News Browne, who takes over from Paul Boateng, will oversee the implementation of the Gershon Efficiency programme. Whitehall is now busy adjusting itself to the post-election reshuffle, which promises to offer new leadership for public sector IT...
[May 9, 2005, 16:50]
UK govt investigates Linux savings
News This builds upon our commitment to create a level playing field between open-source software from a range of suppliers and propriety software within government procurement," OGC chief executive Peter Gershon said in a statement.
[October 9, 2003, 10:40]
New Symbian CEO named
News Sir Peter Gershon, independent non-executive chairman at Symbian, said in a statement that Clifford's appointment is the result of a "wide-ranging search" and that "Nigel was our unanimous choice". Symbian has announced Nigel Clifford will be the...
[May 18, 2005, 17:00]
