Introduction
This lens applies the concept of the Service-Based Business to public-sector organizations.
Official Definition(s)
There seem to be several different definitions in play, even within the UK Government.
Technological - Focus on the wiring that connects different parts of Government, as well as providing electronic services to the citizen. E-Government. This is what you get from the Office of the e-Envoy. Seen as a cost-saving and efficiency measure by the UK Treasury.
Accountability - Focus on joined-up information. This is implied by certain Canadian sources.
Policy - Focus on formulating and implementing cross-cutting policy. For example, this is what you get from the UK policy hub:
Holistic Government - This is what you get from Geoff Mulgan, one of New Labour's leading thinkers. Among the tactics for joined-up government, he mentions:
Technological - Focus on the wiring that connects different parts of Government, as well as providing electronic services to the citizen. E-Government. This is what you get from the Office of the e-Envoy. Seen as a cost-saving and efficiency measure by the UK Treasury.
Accountability - Focus on joined-up information. This is implied by certain Canadian sources.
Policy - Focus on formulating and implementing cross-cutting policy. For example, this is what you get from the UK policy hub:
- Cross-cutting approaches - A joined up approach to policy making clearly defines cross-cutting objectives at the outset.
- Joined-up management - A joined up approach to policy making ensures that joint working arrangements within the departments are clearly defined and well understood.
- Delivery - A joined up approach to policy making ensures that implementation is considered part of the policy process.
Holistic Government - This is what you get from Geoff Mulgan, one of New Labour's leading thinkers. Among the tactics for joined-up government, he mentions:
- joined-up budgets for areas, client groups and problems;
- joined-up policy-making;
- joined-up data management, standards, and use of digital signatures; and
- joint training of officials and ministers (which he thinks may be one of the most powerful tools for changing behaviour).
Internal Perspective
External Perspective
SOA for eGovernment
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- Wiring up Whitehall: Ensuring Effective Cross-Departmental Activity
- Major Will Anderson writes about joined-up government from a security perspective. (Journal of Security Sector Management, July 2005)
- Joined-up government is not inevitable or desirable
- argues Michael Cross (Guardian, January 2007)
- A joined-up breakthrough
- "The expanded role of the PSX(e) ministerial committee on e-government is a vital foundation stone for joined-up government - and about time too." (Computing, March 2007)
- Joined up (Government) Services
- This article identifies a number of important requirements for the effective management of joined-up services in Government. (Review of the Public Management and Policy Association, February 2002)
- In The Eye Of The Storm: e-government 3.0
- from Alan Mather's e-Government blog
Books
Blog Posts from Google
- Shout99 : Joined up government
- Would it be so complicated to have all the services in the same spot to assist in the issuance of a...
- Shout99 : Joined up government
- Joined up government Recently Published. by minn at 10:48 07/12/09 (The Clubhouse). Joined-up govern...
- Andrew Goodall: Government has yet to deliver 'joined-up' services ...
- The government could do ?much more? at ?low or negligible? cost to help people who are berea...
- No investment cuts in e-government services
- In some cases in the Dubai Government, administrative simplification involves implementing joined-up...







