Reform
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Improving services through IT
Frank O’Dea, Partner and Head of EY’s Performance Improvement Services, looks at how governments can use information technology as a…
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Small countries: delivery in times of austerity
Michael McKernan examines the four approaches to reform taken by six of Ireland’s closest counterparts within the OECD’s membership. A…
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Enhancing accountability
Robert Watt, Secretary General of the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform, sets out how a framework for the Civil…
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A radical agenda for improving public services
Sean Worth’s report on UK public sector reform sets out clear principles for opening up services to competition (and potential…
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Reforming local government
Peter Cheney reviews the plans to reshape councils and districts. Irish local government is preparing for its most significant overhaul…
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A single view of reform
Eight months after the Public Service Reform Plan, Department of Public Expenditure and Reform Secretary General Robert Watt and Assistant…
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Analytics: a local and global opportunity
Big data analytics provide the Government with an opportunity to turn data into knowledge that will enable better decision-making while…
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Next steps to the cloud
Cloud computing is not yet mature enough for use in government but the Public Service is preparing for its eventual…
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Deeper reform
The Government’s reform programme must “go deeper” than previous change initiatives. Accountability and buy-in from secretaries general is essential, Trinity…
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Progressing the reform agenda
Tim Duggan tells Meadhbh Monahan how the e-government and cloud computing strategies form the primary focus of the Public Service’s…
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