Government sources indicated yesterday that the package is "designed to address the immediate priority of securing maximum value for public spending and laying the foundation for a complete overhaul of how the public service is managed and does its business".
The report, compiled by a committee chaired by Dermot McCarthy, the secretary general of the Department of the Taoiseach, is expected to be considered by the cabinet in the next ten days. It is also expected to recommend a major expansion in the e-government programme to allow services to be delivered to the public in amore cost-effective way.
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The CitizenFirst Project, which is led by the MWRA and co-funded by INTERREG North West Europe, is one of just 35 shortlisted entries that impressed the judging panel in the 2008 European e-Inclusion Awards.
“The real savings that Government could make are very simple,” said Maeve Kneafsey, awards director of the Eircom-sponsored Irish eGovernment Awards and managing director of consultancy Elucidate.
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The Irish Spatial Data Exchange (ISDE) will operate as an inter-departmental and cross-agency online service that will allow the public to search multiple databases.
It will also be a vital service for the construction industry, geologists, students, archaeologists, researchers and businesspeople alike.
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