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Article: Government set to transform info. Major re-think of how government bodies handle information will increase data sharing, finds Tracey Caldwell.
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- Information World Review
- Article date:
- December 6, 2005
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The government has launched a new information strategy focussing on increased digitisation and data sharing between departments. Public sector information professionals will be trained to hone their supplier skills, basing information management around the needs of citizens and businesses, not the government organisation's needs.
A spokesman at the Cabinet Office said the strategy, dubbed 'Transformational Government - Enabled by Technology' and announced this month, is intended to combine services under customer service directors who focus on information-using groups. They will establish the best delivery methods, including accessing government information by ...