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The government is looking at centralising back-office operations like human resources, payroll and IT systems in a bid to cut duplication and save billions of dollars.
It was revealed last week the public service was a target in the upcoming Budget, with 8700 roles gone over three years and most departments' budgets shrunk by 2 percent.
In an April briefing to the new Public Service Minister Paul Goldsmith, the Public Service Commission said it would soon seek out all-of-government suppliers for human resources and payroll systems.
That was part of the commission's effort "to standardise and streamline back-office systems" which was expected to save $160 million over a decade "through de-duplicating legal, procurement, configuration, and other costs".
