1. GCIO Summit Wrap up and way forward Lee Naik - Accenture

2. Towards reducing costs of doing business in government and contributing towards achieving clean audit Draft Government Wide ICT Strategy GCIO Summit 2013 “Towards reducing costs of doing business in government and contributing towards achieving clean audit“ GCIO Summit 2013 “Towards reducing costs of doing business in government and contributing towards achieving clean audit“ ICT Strategy FOSS (Free and Open Source Software) ICT Skills Governance of ICT Build on and improve

3. Towards reducing costs of doing business in government and contributing towards achieving clean audit GCIO Summit 2013 “Towards reducing costs of doing business in government and contributing towards achieving clean audit“ GCIO Summit 2013 “Towards reducing costs of doing business in government and contributing towards achieving clean audit“ ICT Strategy FOSS (Free and Open Source Software) ICT Skills Governance of ICT ICT has a role to play in the achievement of the NDP goals The alignment of ICT strategies to the NDP must be on ongoing process and not an event CIOs must earn their place at the strategic table while the business must also recognize the value of ICT and make room ICT must focus on developing the right capabilities and relationships with the business level and structure the ICT organization accordingly There is a need for centralised coordination and alignment to a common ICT strategic direction. The role of SITA must be reviewed as well as the service delivery model to achieve this end

4. Towards reducing costs of doing business in government and contributing towards achieving clean audit GCIO Summit 2013 “Towards reducing costs of doing business in government and contributing towards achieving clean audit“ GCIO Summit 2013 “Towards reducing costs of doing business in government and contributing towards achieving clean audit“ ICT Strategy FOSS (Free and Open Source Software) ICT Skills Governance of ICT The FOSS policy was developed and adopted in 2007, however uptake and implementation has been slow There are some examples of success in FOSS, however these are isolated incidences FOSS is a journey however the right sponsorship as well as implementation guidelines and frameworks are essential Skills remain a challenge and the way in which these skills are developed within education, industry and government itself must be addressed Successes in countries such as Korea have been achieved through centralised direction and support as well as the creation of a FOSS software framework Other successes in academia and other areas can also be leveraged within the Government

5. Towards reducing costs of doing business in government and contributing towards achieving clean audit GCIO Summit 2013 “Towards reducing costs of doing business in government and contributing towards achieving clean audit“ GCIO Summit 2013 “Towards reducing costs of doing business in government and contributing towards achieving clean audit“ ICT Strategy FOSS (Free and Open Source Software) ICT Skills Governance of ICT The lack of ICT skills remains as a significant obstacle to contributing to service delivery improvement Capability maturity must also be addressed to increase productivity and reduce the cost of doing business Value for money from the use of consultants is key and achieved through the development of quality requirements, effective management and building capability to accept work products essential to this end Specific programmes and industry partnerships must be used to increase the size of the skills pool

6. Towards reducing costs of doing business in government and contributing towards achieving clean audit GCIO Summit 2013 “Towards reducing costs of doing business in government and contributing towards achieving clean audit“ GCIO Summit 2013 “Towards reducing costs of doing business in government and contributing towards achieving clean audit“ ICT Strategy FOSS (Free and Open Source Software) ICT Skills Governance of ICT ICT Governance is key to achieving service delivery improvement in ICT Clear milestones are in place for the implementation of the common ICT Governance framework, however this must be done in conjunction with achieving the desired outcomes of service delivery improvement, reduce costs and contribute to a achieving a clean audit ICT Governance implementation will provide and opportunity for ICT to have a place at the table, however ICT enabled operational excellence must also be enabled through ICT Governance ICT Governance is also key in the procurement process across the full contract lifecycle