The Home Office operates a large-scale, multi-vendor, supply chain delivering a wide range of ICT categories.
The Home Office CIO, in line with all other Chief Information Officers (CIOs) on the CIO Council, has produced a “CIO Green ICT Roadmap” which we will be following to deliver against the 18 target improvement areas outlined in the Greening Government ICT Strategy including those aimed at reducing carbon emissions.
The CIOs and Chief Technology Officers (CTO) Council of the Cabinet Office have completed the CIO Green ICT Roadmap baselines for all of its CIOs including local government representatives and agencies.
The Home Office is directly represented on the CIO/CTO Council Green ICT Delivery Unit and is responsible for providing support to the development of the pan-government Greening Government ICT Strategy and leadership.
A full report of the CIO Council Green ICT Roadmaps will be made available and will feature the action plans of all Departments involved in the Council against the 18 steps. This will be included in a "one year on" Green ICT CIO report which will be issued by the Cabinet Office in July. The CIO/CTO Council Green ICT Delivery Unit will refresh its annual CIO key objectives against the latest developments in technology and advances in carbon measurement which will be circulated for comment to all CIOs and relevant Departments this summer.
As already reported to the Cabinet Office in the CIO Green ICT roadmap Home Office businesses are currently analysing, planning and implementing (where appropriate) the actions laid out in the Greening Government ICT Strategy. Our main ICT suppliers are being asked to provide low power consumption devices wherever applicable. We have initiated projects to configure our workstations to automatically power down after hours, to virtualise a significant proportion of our server estate and to implement thin client technology. We have reduced the amount of ICT devices and we are extending "smart working" which will also contribute to reduce the amount of ICT equipment on Home Office estate.