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Information Technology
March 2008

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The case for government transformation

Governments can be transformed through IT by reducing cost, improving processes, and innovating new products and services. (PDF–848 KB) more

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An interview with Harald Lemke

If governments are eager to undertake sweeping administrative reforms and to create transparency across levels and agencies, they should appoint a chief information officer. But given that IT strategy always follows business strategy, and the public sector's business is politics, a successful public sector CIO has to be part of the political leadership and requires the ability to make a political case for why IT is important, says Harald Lemke, CIO and permanent secretary in the German state of Hesse. (PDF–640 KB) more

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An interview with David Fisher

Public-sector entities, like many commercial companies, are increasingly undertaking large transformation programs to streamline and improve core operations. Nowhere is this task more challenging than in the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD), which is committed to transforming its business practices to support faster and more agile operations. (PDF–320 KB) more

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The mega project mandate

Mega projects are necessary to effect deep and lasting change, if the risks are mitigated. (PDF–400 KB) more

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Business-based IT architecture:The business leader’s role in enabling public-sector change

There are best practice approaches to creating an agile and flexible IT architecture to improve operational efficiency. (PDF–728 KB) more

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IT management with service-oriented architecture

Service-oriented architecture (SOA) has become a popular guiding philosophy for creating applications and understanding business processes in the private sector. The idea behind SOA is that business processes can be developed as discrete software pieces and then offered to the organization independent of location and platform. Properly applied, SOA offers many advantages for public sector organizations as well. (PDF–148 KB) more

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Establishing good IT governance in the public sector

Some leadership and IT governance models are better than others to leverage the transformational power of IT and strategies for implementation. (PDF–756 KB) more

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IT for emerging markets– commentary

In an era when IT has become indispensable for enabling governments to provide better services to the public more effectively, efficiently, and sustainably, IT governance has come to the forefront as a critical capability for public-sector leaders seeking to create and capture IT value. (PDF–208 KB) more

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