What direction are we taking?
Now that the frenzy of the election period is over it's perhaps time to revisit what we're trying to achieve here. for that we probably need to set some direction, and clarify what relationship anything we come up within internally has with those who are also now in government. that said, several of the roles that we have in government do have a strong bearing on a technology policy that we might come up with; DBIS and Treasury/ OGC being the most obvious.
It strikes me that there are two main threads here, how is a technology economy cultivated, and how do we improve government procurement and programme management in the technology field.
One aspect that might come to the fore is the Tory manifesto, which has points around strengthening the position of the Government CIO, a Cabinet Office Senior Civil Servant, and developing a ''skunk works'' in Cabinet Office. From a market perspective there are very clear risks around doing that, placing Cabinet Office, OGC and DBIS in opposition with one another, but it's something to develop further as we discuss.
There are some issues around opening up the government marketplace to SMEs, Tory policies are quite hostile to framework agreements and the due diligence required by the Treasury Green Book, which tends to exclude small or very young companies from servicing the government buyer. Again there is no correct answer. Unfortunately our own manifesto is very weak around the SME marketplace.
anyway, a few thoughts for further discussion.
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