When people around government talk about shared services, you always hear one big thing – cost savings. In March 2015, the Partnership for Public Service released a report, Building a Shared Services Marketplace, which pegged savings from consolidating “back office” functions – IT management, HR, financial management, supply chain, administrative and planning and budgeting -- at $47 billion over 10 years. Now $47 billion in savings over 10 years is nothing to sneeze at, par