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The e-agenda is key to the delivery of public services and we need as a profession to ensure that we recognise the impact of technology upon our organisations - and particularly upon the finance function. The Institute's Public Finance Board decided, therefore, to form a Panel to identify the key IT-related initiatives that we should be pursuing and to help in developing guidance and good practice in this area.
The Panel aims to focus upon those aspects of IT that are important to the finance professional and which may not have been fully covered to date elsewhere. In doing this it promotes good practice in the use of IT to deliver better public services. Its membership is drawn from across the public sector and its private sector advisors. At the heart of its current strategy is co-operation with the Society of Information Technology Managers (SOCITM) and the IT Faculty of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW) so both are represented on the Panel.
Alan Edwards, who is Chair of the Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust, chairs CIPFA's IT Panel.
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Terms of Reference
The IT Panel was created to focus upon IT issues of relevance to the finance community in public services. More specifically it intends to:
- be the focal point on IT issues for the Institute
- identify IT-related issues that impact upon public services
- respond to IT-related consultations/legislation on behalf of the Institute
- develop IT-related initiatives through events and publications
- advise on Information and Technological content of Institute activities