Ten strategies, and the evidence behind the sequence.

Public sector organizations across Australia and New Zealand are under increasing pressure to modernize, adopt AI responsibly, strengthen cyber resilience and improve service delivery - yet many are doing so with the majority of ICT budgets still committed to keeping existing systems running.

Funding the Future from Within explores how government agencies can create room for transformation without relying solely on new funding. The whitepaper examines why ICT run costs have remained persistently high, and outlines three practical moves organizations can take to redirect existing spend toward modernization.

Explore how government agencies can fund transformation from within existing resources.

See the run by making total cost, risk, licenses and unused capacity visible

Consolidate to capabilities by identifying duplication across systems, data and infrastructure

Redesign the settings so recovered savings are sustained and reinvested into future priorities

Drawing on Australian, New Zealand and international evidence, the whitepaper highlights practical strategies for reducing duplication, improving investment governance, unlocking savings from the existing estate and building stronger foundations for AI, security and digital transformation.

Rather than making the case for more funding alone, this paper argues that meaningful transformation capacity already exists inside the operating envelope - if organisations can see it, sequence the change and reinvest the value they recover.



Prepared by: Sandy Chalasani, CTO – Public Sector, Akkodis

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