Responsibilities of the eGU included: • Strategy – to develop policy and planning for
Information and Communication Technology (ICT) within the Government and to provide an element of
programme management; to support the Government's objectives for public service delivery and administrative efficiency. • Architecture – to provide policy, design, standards, governance, advice and guidance for ICT in central government; to commission government-wide infrastructure and services; to address issues of systems integration with other levels of government. • Innovation – to provide high-level advice to government bodies on innovative opportunities that come from ICT. • IT Finance – to monitor major IT projects in the Government and give advice on major investment decisions, in partnership with the Office of Government Commerce (OGC). • IT
HR – to lead the Government’s professional IT development. • Projects – to take on ad hoc policy and strategy studies to support ministers, the Prime Minister's Office, the Cabinet Office and the Treasury. • Research – to identify and communicate key technology trends, opportunities, threats and risks. • Security – to oversee government IT security policy, standards, monitoring and assurance, and contingency-planning for the critical national infrastructure. • Supplier management – to manage the top-level relationship with strategic suppliers to the Government and to carry out supplier analysis, in partnership with OGC. == References ==