Asked to identify "quick wins" for the public sector, half of 100 CIOs polled by Coleman Parkes for SAP, identified simplifying and sharing of ICT business processes and on reducing complexity. A third cited the need to reduce energy and power costs as a quick win.

Almost two thirds of public sector CIOs said they were currently struggling to meet their organisation goals.

The poll, conducted this month, questioned eighty CIOs from local government and 20 from central government.

The results come as the major UK political parties battle it out to form the new government.

Despite the IT plans pledged by , the and , however, public sector IT projects are generally still on track. Just 15 percent of respondents said that they were putting projects on hold because of the general election, although unsurprisingly, central government CIOs were more affected (19 percent more than local government respondents), saying they were not able to progress their IT projects because of the possible change in government.