General Election 2010: The technology manifestos
With parties promising to cut public expenditure and waste, technology has become an election issue.
With the controversial Digital Economy Act, high-profile data security lapses and a string of expensive and chaotic projects (IT for NHS, NIRS2 etc), the current government’s record in this field is not great. But the nature of government procurement and deeply engrained civil service habits means that any other party taking over from Labour is likely to face many of the same difficulties.
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NHS IT Project
This project is essential but the way it has been implemented is awful and very expensive.
Why can't Govenments appoint a business with the knowhow and a fixed agreed budget and then leave alone until completion.
The constant tampering by Civil Servants and Politicans makes them unworkeable and so expensive.