Why the 'rip and replace' syndrome needs to stop / Principia, ITadviser, Issue 47, January/February 2007)
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Tim Holyoake
"Discusses how to improve information sharing in Central Government. With the Transformational Government agenda in full swing, Government departments are facing increasing pressure to improve performance, share information and provide joined-up delivery of public services. This is no small feat and requires the re-engineering of complex and devolved structures, which have evolved over the last thousand years or so. At the same time, the Gershon efficiency deadlines are now a matter of months away, so departments need to tighten the purse strings and achieve significant efficiency savings as soon as possible."