[Gllug] Government IT projects and wasted money

[James Courtier-Dutton]

On 18 June 2011 11:10, Philip Hands <phil at hands.com> wrote:
> On Fri, 17 Jun 2011 10:30:21 +0100, Jon Fautley <jon.fautley at gmail.com> wrote:
> ...
>> > But look how much government work is already put out to tender, and how
>> > much of the old civil service was privatised in the last 30 years (e.g.
>> > Qinetic).  Ask yourself why private contractors should want to make the
>> > process more efficient.  Duplication of work = duplication of fees.
>>
>> Again, correct. It ties in with the fact that as you've mentioned, the
>> government won't hold private contractors to account.
>
> Maybe they should outsource that bit too -- I'd be very cheerful about
> giving BT a good kicking on pretty much any of the things I've ever seen
> them do in local government, for instance, and I'd be even more cheerful
> about it if I was being paid a percentage of the fees recovered.
>

Already taken care of.
I looked at a Tender document recently for a Government project, and
it specifically said "Do not use BT".
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