David CotterillDeputy Director, CTO OfficeGovernment Digital Service@davidcotterill

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21st Century Government

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My exciting life as a civil servant

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(But it's really about)

In the next 20 minutes I’ll prove it

And explain why

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WHAT ABOUT THE OLD?

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The prevailing models for technology in Government were:

Multi-year sourcing contracts to oligopoly suppliers

Multi-year, rolling consultancy engagements

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“Contracts were consistently awarded to a limited number of very large suppliers on long-term exclusive contracts…

… there was inadequate competition and an abdication of control.”

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“Smaller, more innovative and efficient suppliers were finding themselves locked out of the supply of services to Government because of the powerful "oligopoly" of large suppliers…

…we had an approach that was bad for users, bad for the taxpayer and bad for growth.”

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“The latest step is the publication of its report on open standards. And once again the government has got it right.” Wall Street Journal

“...represent the start of a new era for IT procurement in the UK.” Computer World

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The effects are starting to be felt

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What is 21st century government anyway?

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It might be things like these…

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Multi-disciplinary team

Developers, designers, product and service managers, policy, comms, etc

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Start with the user need

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We can’t build websites with tools designed for building bridges

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Not…

But…

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£250k, 8 weeks£6m, 1 year

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Government in the open

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Better for Less

If we build services on open standards and open source not closed systems

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If we build services based on user needs

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… told you it was exciting!

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David CotterillDeputy Director, CTO OfficeGovernment Digital Service@davidcotterill

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