As previously discussed in this blog, more and more organisations are turning to outsourcing to save costs during the economic downturn. And even the UK government is now considering increasing its use of offshore outsourcing.

According to an article on Silicon.com , senior Whitehall figures have indicated that they're open to increased offshoring of government IT in order to save costs and improve the quality of their IT services.

Alexis Cleveland, director of transformational government for the Cabinet Office commented that she: “would see a great cost reduction and improvement in quality through using offshoring," while Andrew Gay, acting CIO for the Ministry of Justice, stated that there is scope for more work to be carried out offshore in his department.

You can find out more about the cost-saving benefits of outsourcing here .