Re: [Sheflug] IT giants 'ripping off Whitehall', say MPs

[Christopher Brown <snecklifter@xxxxxxxxx>]

On 28 July 2011 15:18, Robert Burrell Donkin
<robertburrelldonkin@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Thu, Jul 28, 2011 at 11:41 AM, Richard Ibbotson
> <richard@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> Hi
>>
>> http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-14314935
>>
>> " Government departments have been ripped off by a "cartel" of big IT
>> firms, a damning report by a committee of MPs has found. "
>>
>> Just to add my own 10p's worth.  Although, it's proabably a £1 coin by
>> now.  Inflation since yesterday.  I remember Harold Wilson saying "This
>> will not affect the £1 in your pocket".  When I was a boy.
>>
>>  For nearly 40 years now I've witnessed the fact that one Government
>> after another has screwed up the IT sector and anything to do with IT
>> in Government offices. Let's see... "end the era of vast government IT
>> projects that he said had dominated Labour's time in power. "   I
>> remember reading exactly the same words in a newspaper about thirty
>> years ago.  The Prime Minister has dicovered copy and paste in his
>> word processor ?
>>
>> The comments that have been added to the bottom of the page are a good
>> read.  Add one yourself if you want to.  Not that anything is going to
>> change.
>
> Don't be so sure of that. The current procurement laws are way out
> there, far beyond that which is required by EU law. For example, EU
> requires 30 days delay not the UK IT average of 77 weeks.
>
> Changing to a rational, agile, iterative procurement system would be
> worth 5p off income tax. That's probably enough to win an election...

Errr. That is quite a statement. Care to back it up with hard figures?


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Christopher Brown

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