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Inconvenient truth about shared services

Computing Staff

18 August 2011 • 1 min read

It doesn't surprise me that government's Efficiency and Reform Group (EFG) is going to outline estimates and projections in support of shared services (Efficiency and Reform Group to benchmark shar...

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