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Charity Finance Directors’ Group Bill McCluggageDeputy Government Chief Information Officer& Director of ICT Strategy & PolicyCabinet OfficeNOT A STATEMENT OF GOVERNMENT POLICY
Government’s agenda for IT:how will this impact the voluntary sector?NOT A STATEMENT OF GOVERNMENT POLICY
The key focus:about putting more power into people’s hands and opening up Government - it involves changing ICT so it is interoperable between Whitehall and local communities.
people coming together to solve problems and improve life for themselves and their communities“....where people in their everyday lives, their homes their neighbourhoods, their workplace, don’t always turn to officials, local authorities or central government for answers to the problems they face, but instead feel both free and powerful enough to help themselves and their own communities.”Prime Minister, 19 July 2010
Building a
We need ICT to enable:Community empowerment: giving local councils and neighbourhoods more power to take decisions and shape their area
Opening up public services: enabling charities, social enterprises, private companies and employee-owned co-operatives to compete to offer people high quality services
Social action: encouraging and enabling people to play a more active part in society
Challenges (Inward Facing)Oligopoly of suppliers
Projects too big, unmanageable, slow to procure and implement
Infrastructure is not interconnected and interoperable
Solutions are duplicated and re-invented within organisationsChallenges (Inward Facing)=
Challenges (Outward Facing)  Foster social mobility
  Enable economic growth
  Delivering better public services
  Greater government-citizen engagement
  Greater transparency9March 11
Government Policy“We will promote small business procurement, in particular by introducing an aspiration that 25% of government contracts should be awarded to small and medium-sized businesses and publishing government tenders in full online and free of charge.”Quoted from the Coalition Strategy for Government
Government Policy“We will create a level playing field for open-source software and enable large ICT projects to be split into smaller £100m components.”Coalition Programme for Government
Government Policy“We will take steps to open up government procurement and reduce costs; and we will publish government ICT contracts online.”Coalition Programme for Government
"The days of the mega IT contracts are over, we will need you to rethink the way you approach projects, making them smaller, off the shelf and open source where possible.”Francis Maude MP, Minister for the Cabinet Office, 2nd December 2010
REALITY
Gartner Global ICT Spending Analysis (average) by ICT Element 2003 -2009 indicates where money is typically spent in ICTSo UK Gov ICT Spend?Data Centres £3.2 bnDesktop £1.85 bnData Network £1.69 bnVoice Network £1.01 bnHelp Desk £1.18 bnApplication Dev £3.04 bnApplication Support £3.04 bnFinance, Man, Admin £1.85 bn£16.9bnSource Gartner analysis January 2010
What does success look like?(InWARD FACING)
A Common ICT Infrastructure:
CLOUDCOMPUTING
Key Commercials Principles – A Reminder
‘The 3 Rules’ of the Government CloudNo up front investment - PAYGNo term lock-inNo volume lock-in20
Characteristics:Elastic
Friction free
Procurement friendly21
Data Centre ConsolidationTodayHundreds of public sector data centres running to different standards;- some at capacity limits, others with unused space.GoalsReduce to an optimum number of modern, resilient, efficient and secure data centres that may also act as infrastructure for the G-Cloud.
We want to maximise the amount of consolidation to help the Public Sector achieve savings.End pointSignificant Central Government DC reduction  by 2020, and a reduction of 80% across the wider Public Sector.“Delivering Public Sector ICT services from the optimum number of high performing, energy-efficient, resilient, cost-effective and standards based data centres”22
Cloud environmentsPublic Cloud: Services and infrastructure provided off-site over the Internet Private Cloud: Services and infrastructure maintained on a private networkHybrid Cloud: A variety of public and private options. Each aspect of the business uses the most efficient environment
Introduction to Foundation Delivery PartnersFoundation Delivery Partners (FDPs) will be “Public Sector bodies who have volunteered to build the initial G-Cloud services”Services being Considered:Web Hosting and Content  ManagementInfrastructure as a ServicePublic Cloud ServicesCollaboration ToolsSecure Email24
G-Cloud, isn’t one thing: It has five “worlds”: Hosting, Testing, Sharing, Web, SME. Departments want and need different things so G-Cloud needs to offer them flexibility to make the offer compelling…“Testing world”I don’t want to buy computers to test new systems, can I rent them from you?DirectGov“Hosting world”“Shared world”My computer systems are fine, I just want to close my data centres and use yours.ERP – HR/ FinanceGateway & IDShared AppBusinessLinkAppsGive me economies of scale, security and growth, reduce my capex needWhat can be shared, should be shared.  Common shared systems for all too use.“SMEworld”data.govI want to use your G-Cloud to offer services to my non Government customers.  UK tax growth, innovation“Web world”Online/web services to employees/ citizens and business
So where does the Application Store for Government fit in? It’s a bad name, think of an eBay for Government, but with a twist…It Includes this:Classifieds, Buy it now, Auctions 			Suppliers/ SME’s can have their own   			store frontAnyone can be in the store

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20110307 cfdg slide_plenary1

  • 1. Charity Finance Directors’ Group Bill McCluggageDeputy Government Chief Information Officer& Director of ICT Strategy & PolicyCabinet OfficeNOT A STATEMENT OF GOVERNMENT POLICY
  • 2. Government’s agenda for IT:how will this impact the voluntary sector?NOT A STATEMENT OF GOVERNMENT POLICY
  • 3. The key focus:about putting more power into people’s hands and opening up Government - it involves changing ICT so it is interoperable between Whitehall and local communities.
  • 4. people coming together to solve problems and improve life for themselves and their communities“....where people in their everyday lives, their homes their neighbourhoods, their workplace, don’t always turn to officials, local authorities or central government for answers to the problems they face, but instead feel both free and powerful enough to help themselves and their own communities.”Prime Minister, 19 July 2010
  • 6. We need ICT to enable:Community empowerment: giving local councils and neighbourhoods more power to take decisions and shape their area
  • 7. Opening up public services: enabling charities, social enterprises, private companies and employee-owned co-operatives to compete to offer people high quality services
  • 8. Social action: encouraging and enabling people to play a more active part in society
  • 10. Projects too big, unmanageable, slow to procure and implement
  • 11. Infrastructure is not interconnected and interoperable
  • 12. Solutions are duplicated and re-invented within organisationsChallenges (Inward Facing)=
  • 13. Challenges (Outward Facing) Foster social mobility
  • 14. Enable economic growth
  • 15. Delivering better public services
  • 16. Greater government-citizen engagement
  • 17. Greater transparency9March 11
  • 18. Government Policy“We will promote small business procurement, in particular by introducing an aspiration that 25% of government contracts should be awarded to small and medium-sized businesses and publishing government tenders in full online and free of charge.”Quoted from the Coalition Strategy for Government
  • 19. Government Policy“We will create a level playing field for open-source software and enable large ICT projects to be split into smaller £100m components.”Coalition Programme for Government
  • 20. Government Policy“We will take steps to open up government procurement and reduce costs; and we will publish government ICT contracts online.”Coalition Programme for Government
  • 21. "The days of the mega IT contracts are over, we will need you to rethink the way you approach projects, making them smaller, off the shelf and open source where possible.”Francis Maude MP, Minister for the Cabinet Office, 2nd December 2010
  • 23. Gartner Global ICT Spending Analysis (average) by ICT Element 2003 -2009 indicates where money is typically spent in ICTSo UK Gov ICT Spend?Data Centres £3.2 bnDesktop £1.85 bnData Network £1.69 bnVoice Network £1.01 bnHelp Desk £1.18 bnApplication Dev £3.04 bnApplication Support £3.04 bnFinance, Man, Admin £1.85 bn£16.9bnSource Gartner analysis January 2010
  • 24. What does success look like?(InWARD FACING)
  • 25. A Common ICT Infrastructure:
  • 27. Key Commercials Principles – A Reminder
  • 28. ‘The 3 Rules’ of the Government CloudNo up front investment - PAYGNo term lock-inNo volume lock-in20
  • 32. Data Centre ConsolidationTodayHundreds of public sector data centres running to different standards;- some at capacity limits, others with unused space.GoalsReduce to an optimum number of modern, resilient, efficient and secure data centres that may also act as infrastructure for the G-Cloud.
  • 33. We want to maximise the amount of consolidation to help the Public Sector achieve savings.End pointSignificant Central Government DC reduction by 2020, and a reduction of 80% across the wider Public Sector.“Delivering Public Sector ICT services from the optimum number of high performing, energy-efficient, resilient, cost-effective and standards based data centres”22
  • 34. Cloud environmentsPublic Cloud: Services and infrastructure provided off-site over the Internet Private Cloud: Services and infrastructure maintained on a private networkHybrid Cloud: A variety of public and private options. Each aspect of the business uses the most efficient environment
  • 35. Introduction to Foundation Delivery PartnersFoundation Delivery Partners (FDPs) will be “Public Sector bodies who have volunteered to build the initial G-Cloud services”Services being Considered:Web Hosting and Content ManagementInfrastructure as a ServicePublic Cloud ServicesCollaboration ToolsSecure Email24
  • 36. G-Cloud, isn’t one thing: It has five “worlds”: Hosting, Testing, Sharing, Web, SME. Departments want and need different things so G-Cloud needs to offer them flexibility to make the offer compelling…“Testing world”I don’t want to buy computers to test new systems, can I rent them from you?DirectGov“Hosting world”“Shared world”My computer systems are fine, I just want to close my data centres and use yours.ERP – HR/ FinanceGateway & IDShared AppBusinessLinkAppsGive me economies of scale, security and growth, reduce my capex needWhat can be shared, should be shared. Common shared systems for all too use.“SMEworld”data.govI want to use your G-Cloud to offer services to my non Government customers. UK tax growth, innovation“Web world”Online/web services to employees/ citizens and business
  • 37. So where does the Application Store for Government fit in? It’s a bad name, think of an eBay for Government, but with a twist…It Includes this:Classifieds, Buy it now, Auctions Suppliers/ SME’s can have their own store frontAnyone can be in the store
  • 39. SME’s don’t need capital to “prove” their software… they can test it on the G-Cloud
  • 41. No Technology stack lock-inGovernment Applications Store“eBay”SharedHostingTestingWebSMEAppAppAppData StorageAppProcessing CapacityAppAppSecurity, Resilience, SupportAny “application” from any supplier can be deployed on a common infrastructure using any back end technology stack (the lines)Software design, development , testing and integration tools/ componentsA choice of “technology stack” vendorsThe infrastructure provider handles security and scalability. Think of it as the electricity grid. They don't decide what you do with itIt is pay for use, there is no lock-in to long term software licence contactsIt potentially provides a development and delivery vehicle for SME’s to all their products globally, generating UK tax income and innovation
  • 42. We need ICT to enable:Community empowerment: giving local councils and neighbourhoods more power to take decisions and shape their area
  • 43. Opening up public services: enabling charities, social enterprises, private companies and employee-owned co-operatives to compete to offer people high quality services
  • 44. Social action: encouraging and enabling people to play a more active part in societyWhat does success look like?(Outward Facing)
  • 45. Community EmpowermentReducing the barriers that prevent SME & other organisations participation in Government ICT
  • 46. Opening data and application interfaces to encourage businesses and social providers to serve new market opportunitiesOpening up public sector provisionOpening the development of public services to the ideas and solutions of a diverse range of service providersOpening up data and encouraging citizens and businesses to innovate new services and solutionTechnology will empower communities by providing access to information and local knowledge which will inform local solutionsGreater transparency and simpler channels for accessing data and government procurement tender opportunities
  • 47. Planning for theY Generation
  • 49. Social action using social mediaDigitally enabled citizen/govt engagement & collaboration (social media, e-petitions & etc)Open and accessible forumsIncreased efficiency Greater transparency will build citizen trustPolicy developed in consultation with citizens
  • 50. Technology is an enabler – not an end in itself
  • 51. Technology is an enabler – not an end in itself
  • 52. Technology is an enabler – not an end in itself
  • 53. Thank YouNOT A STATEMENT OF GOVERNMENT POLICY

Editor's Notes

  • #26: Five Worlds – start at Testing World and explain.
  • #30: The Government is also committed to growing the economy for a diverse range of businesses, voluntary bodies and other social providers. It will promote a public service economy based on open ICT markets with increased participation of small and medium enterprises (SMEs) and mutuals driving growth and creating jobs.The Government is already reducing the barriers that prevent SME participation in its ICT, for example through accelerated and less burdensome procurement regimes. It will create a competitive and open ICT market where SMEs will be given a fair chance to compete for opportunities. To do this, where possible, the Government will move away from large and expensive ICT contracts, with a presumption that no contract will be greater than £100 million.It will also open its data and application interfaces in ways which encourage businesses and social providers to serve new market opportunities.