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Islington Council has backed a proposal for a shared ICT service with Camden Council, which aims to save the councils a combined £4m a year once fully operational.

Both councils are under pressure to reduce their expenditure, and have estimated that they will need to deliver a combined savings total of £185m by 2018/19. The shared ICT service is an attempt at making some of those savings.

According to the plans, which were approved by Camden Council earlier this month, there will be a "one-off" cost of £5m - this includes an "external" project team cost of £1.9m, capital investment of £1.6m and severance pay of £1.5m.

The annual savings of £4m per year would come from staff savings of £2.45m and non-staff savings of £1.54m.

The councils want the new shared service to be operational by April 2016.

"This is an ambitious timeline and will require a robust project management approach," the document detailing the plans states.

Over the first six months, the councils plan to appoint a single ICT head of service who will be tasked with centralising ICT in Islington, agreeing a shared service governance model, engaging with stakeholders to develop detailed design, consultation and proposals, and developing a programme of proposed "quick wins".

The councils will also investigate their data centre options and iron out the main priorities and demand across both local authorities.

Over the following six months, the councils aim to centralise IT staff and budgets into the shared service, appoint a senior management structure and align staff to the new operating model.

Within the 12-18 month period, Islington and Camden aim to implement a service efficiency programme, proactively explore opportunities to expand and put an ICT target operating model in place.

The councils' three overarching objectives are to deliver value for money and cashable financial savings, consolidate the expertise and best practice of ICT into one service, and create a resilient public service structure that is able to better withstand market conditions from both local government and beyond.

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Autor(en)/Author(s): Sooraj Shah

Quelle/Source: computing, 29.09.2015

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