From Cloudstore To Govstore – big model ambitions

Grazed from UKAuthority. Author: Dan Jellinek.

The online government "Cloudstore" allowing public bodies to buy cloud services may be tranformed into a generic "Govstore" for all kinds of IT products and services, a senior civil servant has revealed. The idea emerged in a panel debate on the second phase of the government’s cloud computing framework, G-Cloud ii, broadcast today on UKAuthority TV.

Panellist Denise McDonagh, G-Cloud programme director in the Cabinet Office’s Government Digital Service and ICT director at the Home Office, said: "What we want to do in the centre is do things well and do things once. So if have we have a mechanism for buying cloud services, why not use it for other services?"…

As part of G-Cloud ii, Cloudstore has an improved search facility to help public bodies find the services they need, McDonagh said. And she said: "we will continue to iterate Cloudstore, because it is my ambition that cloud store becomes Govstore for ICT."…

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