There are some interesting perspectives from the commenters on this article summarising Fujitsu’s exit from the South NPfIT contract.
Monthly Archive for May, 2008
Very negative summary of the DfT shared services implementation.
It is disappointing to see a programme which aimed to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of a department leaving it on current projections some
IBM, Fujitsu, CSC, Thales and EDS go through.
They are being invited to sign framework contracts to form a “Strategic Supplier Group”. The five will then “compete in a series of mini-competitions to win specific contracts for the various projects.
Interesting to see the “worthy of review” projects and programmes under way in a major department like DWP.
Interesting to see how a small department like DCMS splits its activities – these are wage and overhead costs totalling
The PAC hearing on the consolidation of government websites reports that the number of websites is not well known, with 1 in 4 departments not knowing how much their websites cost.
Interesting coverage of a conference we attended on Tuesday, and of an agenda that we’ve been working on for the last few months. Very exciting times – asking some really chunky questions about what purpose government should look to achieve using technology as an enabler.
More on Paul Murphy’s speech: a strategy by the summer.