A number of top-ranking federal government chief information officers have broadly declined to comment on any fallout for their departments from the news that the Federal Government will adopt Sir Peter Gershon's recommendations "in full".
A wide-ranging review released on the eve of Good Friday has severely criticised the Department of Defence's internal IT department for being unable to provide basic services to users.
The federal Department of Defence has committed to a substantial information technology reform agenda in the wake of a damning review of its ICT systems.
The Department of Defence has massive ICT problems and pays poorly ... do you want to be its chief information officer?
Sir Peter Gershon will return to Canberra next week as the British efficiency guru gears up to deliver a landmark report to finance and deregulation minister Lindsay Tanner on how the federal public sector could better spend its annual $6 billion IT budget.
Gershon's recommendations are consistent with those of other jurisdictions that have undertaken similar reviews, and are aimed at giving the ICT centralisation/decentralisation pendulum a shove back towards the centre. This is, however, easier said than done.
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