Efficiency & shared services — Civil Service World

Extracting a princely sum 13 May, 2013

The government has appointed six new crown representatives from the business world in order to help Whitehall departments...
Government launches training joint venture 29 April, 2013

The Cabinet Office has created a joint venture company to commercialise government’s portfolio of ‘Best Management Practice’...
Cloud spotting 16 April, 2013

The CloudStore is a key part of plans to change the way government buys ICT, but many civil servants don’t even know what...
Departments face further cuts to fund infrastructure investment 19 March, 2013

Most central government departments will have to cut spending by two per cent over the next two years in order to fund a...
First independently-run shared service centre opens 5 March, 2013

The government has signed an agreement with private-sector partner arvato to manage an independently-run shared service centre,...
A new way to share 27 February, 2013

Efforts to share traditional back office services have been underway for years – but now Whitehall’s specialist units...
Marriner defends IT “purchase” 26 February, 2013

The executive director of shared services in the Cabinet Office, Paul Marriner, has defended the decision to procure from...
Interview: Paul Marriner 26 February, 2013

Most attempts to share services in Whitehall have been pretty disastrous. Joshua Chambers meets Paul Marriner, the man charged...
NAO queries IT savings data 30 January, 2013

Initiatives aimed at reducing ICT spending saved the government £316m in 2011-12, but a lack of evidence makes it impossible...
Depts to share services by 2014 23 January, 2013

Most Whitehall departments will have to move their transaction services – meaning HR, payroll, and accounts processes –...