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CW500: Jos Creese, CIO of Hampshire County Council

CW500: Jos Creese, CIO of Hampshire County Council

Date: Sep 16, 2011

In the year after the coalition government took power, a number of significant and radical changes and new approaches to IT management in the public sector have been introduced. An important facet of the new government technology strategy, intended to reduce cost while offering better services to citizens, is the delivery of public services online.

In this CW500 Club video, Local CIO Council chairman Jos Creese, the CIO of Hampshire County Council, talks to Computer Weekly editor in chief Bryan Glick about how the government’s online plans will be delivered by local authorities and the challenges in making it happen.

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