Topic: Watchdog slams “wasteful” Government IT spending

[Simon]

Government IT spending has been attacked as “weak” by the outgoing chairman of the Public Accounts Committee.

In an open letter to his successor at the Parliamentary watchdog, Edward Leigh MP slammed the procurement of new IT systems as “over-ambitious, overly complex and failing to deliver what is promised while costs rocket”.

“Time and again, departments have wasted millions on IT systems that fail to live up to promise, come in late and cost hugely more than forecast,” he wrote, adding these problems are the symptoms, rather than the cause, of data being “riddled with errors” and often lost.

http://www.pcpro.co.uk/news/356974/watchdog-slams-wasteful-government-it-spending

[Rik]

We know, the select committee knows, how come the Govt doesn't?

[Simon]

Because they don't want to? 

[Rik]

They don't, and I suspect they are embarrassed by the amount of money wasted, especially just before an election.