Firecontrol disaster and NPfIT – two of a kind?
By Tony Collins Today’s report of the Public Account Committee on the Firecontrol project could, in many ways, be a report on the consequences of the failure of the National Programme for IT in the NHS...
View ArticleA great speech in praise of the Public Accounts Committee
By Tony Collins Margaret Hodge spoke incisively this week about her five years as chairman of the 160 year-old Public Accounts Committee. It’s assumed that civil servants answer to ministers who are...
View ArticleA proposed Bill and charter that could change the face of Whitehall IT and...
By Tony Collins A government-commissioned review yesterday backed a Bill that could, if enacted and applied to Whitehall generally, prevent billions of pounds being lost on wasteful projects. The...
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