A new report published by Gartner has shown strong signs of stability in government IT departments, with almost 75 per cent of department being reported as having increased or flat budgets in 2013.

The report of stabilised and increasing budgets comes at a time when the government has been seeking to create cost savings and reduce the overall cost of IT services. This new report suggests that IT departments are being given increased funds in order to promote long term efficiencies and IT projects designed to increase savings.

Gartner said that, “CIOs in government indicated that reducing overall business costs is now more important than reducing IT costs alone, which will permit government CIOs to accelerate enterprise-scale initiatives.”

The report which gathered data from CIO’s in the fourth quarter of 2012 revealed renewed focus on analytics, as the public sector seeks to understand areas and services where action can deliver further savings.

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