Poor coordination expensive for Sweden - Computer Sweden

” Central Administration provides economies of scale, says Thomas Palsson at the National Service Center.

When the Social Democrats’ economic spokesperson Magdalena Andersson recently made a move to cut costs for Swedish authorities had it on a corner. More efficient systems will help to save ten billion in the 20 largest authorities.

question is what that cost unnecessary money for the state’s IT support today?

– separate, complex contracts with different agencies costing. Coordination of IT in the public sector is poor, says Magnus Petzäll, cio at Courts Administration.

class=”paragraphIntro”> Thomas Palsson as is the Director General of the Agency National Service Center estimates that there are to save 300 million dollars per year thanks to a 30 percent increase in productivity in the administration. One example is that the number of employees can be reduced by almost 500 through centralized administration and simpler financial administration, something that should be managed by the National Service Center. In connection with this, there is also a great potential for savings through lower system costs for payroll and financial management. Thomas Palsson believes that the savings for the system costs can be at least as large as those for productivity gains. Conservative estimate, there is therefore a potential savings of 600 million dollars per year.

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class=”paragraphIntro”> question is how , the potential savings to be realized. Magnus Petzäll think we should be afraid of the tradition of decentralized democracy among Swedish authorities, but it would be good to coordinate IT use.

class=”paragraphIntro”> – There are the potential to get more out of IT costs. Maybe you should put his foot down. Today’s coordination project based on the authorities to agree. It is a long process that leads to sub-optimization.