The region's mayors met this week to discuss the findings of four separate working parties looking at potential collaboration across councils in planning, roading, water and waste water.
Waikato Mayoral Forum chairman, Matamata-Piako Mayor Hugh Vercoe, said the detailed reports had identified opportunities for efficiency gains, in areas such as planning, and also highlighted differences between councils in areas such as roading.
Together with these RFPs, a policy framework is being developed by the Department of Internal Affairs in tandem with core agencies. This department is expected to report back to relevant ministers by the end of 2012 about broad-based cloud adoption plans.
Cloud computing will enable agencies to pay per-use for ICT products and services delivered through networks, rather than maintain their own ICT infrastructure, according to NZ’s Minister for Internal Affairs, Chris Tremain.
Group Manager Airports, Phil Chitty says SmartGate is a stress-free way for New Zealand and Australian ePassport holders to enter both countries, or leave New Zealand. All they need is their ePassport – the two-step SmartGate will do the rest.
Cloud computing will enable government agencies to pay per-use for ICT products and services delivered through networks, rather than maintain their own ICT infrastructure.
The 'new normal', said Caminos, is an uncertain economy and tight budgets.
Cost reduction remains a high priority -- ranking number three among ICT leaders, based on a recent Gartner survey of CIOs.