Western European Government Industry 2007 Top 10 Predictions

This Government Insights report presents our top 10 predictions for Western European government for 2007. It addresses key issues, conditions, and challenges that government officials and organizations must address as they perform their roles and responsibilities in information technology strategic planning, investment decision-making, and technology program delivery. It also provides guidance for those global and local ICT vendors that will provide products and services in support of government modernization.

"Government organizations need to focus on defining and justifying the right technology solutions predicated on increased confidence that successful program implementation optimizes government performance and creates maximum value for its mission"- says Massimiliano Claps, Program Manager for Government Insights -"Government buyers must look for both new technologies and applications of existing technologies to apply across the full life cycle of lines of business and services that accommodate multiple organizations and layers of governments. Following national plans and EU guidelines most Western European countries are deploying (Belgium, Italy, Finland, Austria) or planning to implement (the UK and Germany) unique national IDs in the form of smart cards. "