Potential bumps in the road to shared services
By Grant Buckler
November 8, 2011
IT World Canada
Liseanne Forand, the first president of Shared Services Canada, isn't saying it will be easy either - or that it will happen overnight. Like all federal departments, she said in a keynote address at the GTEC conference in Ottawa in mid-October, SSC must submit a deficit reduction action plan for the next three years.

Government technology consolidation to position industry players for profit
By Greg Markey
November 1, 2011
Ottawa Business Journal
The timeline and priority on e-mail was outlined by Shared Services Canada president Liseanne Forand during the Government Technology and Exhibition Conference in late October, according to media reports.

Our leadership award winners speak
By Dave Webb & Jeff Jedras
October 31, 2011
IT World Canada
GTEC: ComputerWorld Canada's Dave Webb and Computer Dealer News's Jeff Jedras review the recent public sector technology conference in Ottawa.

Shared Services boss looks for IT savings, big and small
By Grant Buckler
October 24, 2011
ITBusiness.ca
This year's GTEC public sector technology conference was a heady experience for Liseanne Forand and her staff at Shared Services Canada (SSC), the organization announced Aug. 4 to take over swathes of the federal government's IT infrastructure.

Entire work culture and way we define work is changing
By Jessica Bruno
October 24, 2011
The Hill Times
Teleconferencing, working through social media, cloud computing and a host of other technological changes are coming to the public service workplace.

The ongoing transformation of IT in Manitoba
By Dave Webb
October 21, 2011
IT World Canada
GTEC 2011 VIDEO REPORT: John Clarkson, deputy minister of science, technology, energy and mines, explains how the public service must change the way it sees itself, and the CIO of eHealth Manitoba describes the province's eChart initiative

Federal procurement revamp the talk of GTEC
By Jeff Jedras
October 21, 2011
CDN
The federal governments move to shared IT services and related procurement reform was the talk of GTEC 2011. CDN spoke with vendors and partners, as well as Treasury Board president Tony Clement, about the changes.

Shared Services: The 'rock stars' of GTEC
By Grant Buckler
October 21, 2011
IT World Canada
The new organization to consolidate federal government technology was the primary focus of the public sector technology conference.

Federal IT move a giant step into the 21st century: official
By Kathryn May
October 20, 2011
Vancouver Sun
"Our objective at Shared Services Canada has to be to build a new 21st-century department, a modern innovative department built for the 21st century and not the realities of 1975 or 1982," Forand told an audience Thursday at the Canada's Government Technology Event (GTEC).

The pros and cons of government social networking
By Grant Buckler
October 20, 2011
IT World Canada
Just ask Michael Wernick, deputy minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development. On the one hand, Wernick told a keynote panel of deputy ministers at the annual GTEC conference in here Thursday, his department has many operations in areas where it can't count on broadband being available.

GTEC Ottawa 2011 - Summary
By Bob Hall
October 20, 2011
Bob's Blogging It
The event again this year was hugely successful with literally thousands of people flooding the floor and attending workshops all at the new Ottawa Convention Center.

GTEC Day Two: Manitoba, the Flemish example and the trade show disconnect
By Jeff Jedras
October 20, 2011
IT World Canada
Wednesday was another busy one at Canada's Government Technology Event, and my last. The event continues through Thursday, but I had to head back to Toronto.

GTEC tries some brave new formats in a bold new building
By Susan Hickman
October 20, 2011
Ottawa Citizen
In its 19th year, Canada's government technology conference is experiencing a boost of energy. New venue, new format, new presentation styles, new hall for exhibitors.

E-government promises a world of possibilities, and a few big challenges, GTEC conference hears
By Susan Hickman
October 19, 2011
Ottawa Citizen
Those two-thirds of the 18- to 24-year-old sector who didn't vote in the last federal election would be right there, iPhones in hand, pointing to their candidate of choice on their touch screens in a world where voting by mobile device is a given, according to HP Enterprise Services vice-president Kathy Garcia. But delegates at GTEC2011 on Wednesday morning questioned the potential for security disasters and the government's ability to handle citizens' demands.

Next Generation Workplace - Session Summary
By Simona Ioffe
October 19, 2011
Simona's IPO
Nine speakers, three themes, one story: the next generation workplace. The speakers shared their personal views and real-life examples that centre on one of three themes: people, technology and connections.

Decade likely for federal IT revamp
By Susan Hickman
October 19, 2011
Ottawa Citizen
"It is not the kind of service you can step up or down instantly," chief information officer Corinne Charette told delegates attending Canada's Government Technology Event (GTEC 2011) at the new Ottawa Convention Centre Tuesday.

Feds look to private sector for government network overhaul
By Greg Markey
October 19, 2011
Ottawa Business Journal
Officials will discuss cloud computing, technological standards and architecture, among other issues, she added in a keynote address Tuesday at the Government Technology Exhibition and Conference.

Conservatives advised to adopt 'cloud' workers in public service sector
By Kathryn May
October 19, 2011
Vancouver Sun
Eggers, who presented his FedCloud vision Wednesday at the Government and Technology Event (GTEC) at Ottawa Convention Centre, said a cloud-based workforce would house employees who do creative problem-based work.

All Eyes on Clement's Cuts
By Jessica Smith
October 19, 2011
Metro
Treasury Board President Tony Clement speaks to reporters after an address at a GTEC 2011 conference in Ottawa on Tuesday.

Recognition has its rewards
By Paul Crookall
October 19, 2011
Canadian Government Executive
GTEC, the annual big show for technology in government, recognized 48 people and projects for excellence on Monday night.

GTEC Day One: An iPad cabinet and where the feds are spending on IT
By Jeff Jedras
October 19, 2011
IT World Canada
A busy day one at the Canada's Government Technology Event (GTEC) is in the books. I filed a piece on what shared services and procurement reform could mean for the channel and colleague Dave Webb reported on timeline and potential savings, but here's a look at some of the other news and notes that caught my eye on Tuesday in the halls of the Ottawa Convention Centre.

Innovative IT: Supporting government transformation
By Chris Thatcher
October 18, 2011
Canadian Government Executive
As the showcase province at this year's Government Technology (GTEC) conference in Ottawa, Manitoba will highlight how it is leveraging enterprise solutions to create best practices and improve citizen services.

Old government IT finding a new face, Clement tells tech conference
By Colin Horgan
October 18, 2011
iPolitics
Tony Clement told a crowd at GTEC (Canada's Government Technology Event) Tuesday morning that Canada's aging IT infrastructure is finding a youthful new face.

Federal government IT remake could take decade, CIO tells conference
By Susan Hickman
October 18, 2011
Ottawa Citizen
Attended by 7,000, GTEC 2011 aims to pave the way for "the tsunami of change ahead" within the public service and the public it serves. The theme of the four-day conference is Connected Government - Working Together to Better Serve Canadians.

Shared services will reap savings by 2014: Fed CIO
By Dave Webb
October 18, 2011
IT World Canada
GTEC 2011 Departmental CIOs in collaboration with Shared Services Canada will drive the change to how IT servioces are delivered to the federal government, Corinne Charette tells a government technology conference

Smaller VARs may need to sub-contract from big fish on procurement: Clement
By Jeff Jedras
October 18, 2011
Computer Dealer News
The government's Shared Services Bureau is the talk of GTEC 2011, as the feds get ready to shake up IT service delivery and procurement

Morning Brief - October 18, 2011
By iPolitics Staff
October 18, 2011
iPolitics
Treasury Board President Tony Clement addresses GTEC - Canada's government technology conference - in Ottawa first thing this morning.

Diplomatic Agenda
By Alia Kellock Heward
October 17, 2011
Parliament Now
For 18 years, GTEC has been gathering delegates from across Canada to collaborate and participate in discussions focused on providing improved and more cost-effective service delivery through the use of information technology.

Connecting with government
By Vito Pilieci
October 15, 2011
Ottawa Citizen
With brand new meeting facilities and potential recordsetting attendance, 2011 is shaping up to be a fresh start for the Government Technology Exhibition and Conference (GTEC).

Cisco's Plans at Canadian Government Technology Event
By Jeff Seifert
October 7, 2011
Cisco blog
The team at Cisco Canada is very excited about the upcoming Canadian Government Technology Event, GTEC at the Ottawa Convention Centre the week of October 17-20, 2011.