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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]
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...
[April 29, 2005, 0:00]
Greater Manchester Councils Adopt Portal Solution To Extend Collaboration
White Papers AGMA members need to demonstrate buy-in to the government's Gershon Efficiency Review. The Association of Greater Manchester Authorities (AGMA) is a partnership between the 10 councils within the Greater Manchester Area and two associate members.
[October 31, 2006, 23:00]
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]
The Office Of Government Commerce - Modernising Procurement
White Papers As part of his strategy to achieve the vision, Gershon planned to fully absorb the component parts of OGC, including CCTA, PACE, the Buying Agency and HM Treasury policy teams into the OGC by April 2001.
[December 23, 2004, 23:00]
The Public Sector Should Not Underestimate The Benefits Of Shared Services
Talkback This thinking is directly in line with Sir Peter Gershon’s 2004 Public Sector Efficiency Review in which his rationale was ‘share the service, share the cost and exploit the economies of scale. The business world has enjoyed the countless benefits...
[May 9, 2008, 15:28]
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]
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]
