"We want to work with the ICT sector to draw on innovative, proven industry solutions as we transform the Government of Canada's technology platform," said Minister Ambrose. "Their input is vital to helping Shared Services Canada develop a more efficient, secure and cost-effective IT infrastructure to serve Canadians."
Read more: Shared Services Canada Taps into IT Industry Knowledge
The University of Regina is about to establish a research chair in e-governance financed with $2 million over 10 years from Cisco Systems Inc.
The chair in the Johnson-Shoyama Graduate School of Public Policy will be used to support research into how governments can use technology to drive collaboration and productivity.
Read more: CA: Saskatchewan: Regina university to research e-governance
Much of the costs associated with a “technology roadmap” for 2013 to 2016 involve “sustainment and modernization investments” to get older infrastructure and assets up to snuff, as well as spending on “building blocks” necessary for the city’s so-called Service Ottawa initiative and future eGovernment projects. Streamlining under Service Ottawa makes it easier for residents to do more city business online and is meant to save about $6.6 million a year overall.
Read more: CA: Ottawa: $47M city technology investment needed over four years, plan suggests
Just over a year later, SSC’s president Liseanne Forand returned to the Government Technology Exhibition and Conference to announce that 6,000 employees have been recruited from various government departments with timelines set for a 2015 delivery.
Here's the thing: the data already exists. The province has digital records of every prescription filled by a pharmacist, plus all doctor billings, hospital admissions and treatments since 1995. As well, the results of every blood test have been logged since 2002.