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What does this say about Government IT?

 

I maintained this blog regularly from 2003 to 2016. Although old posts are still online for reference, this post was published 18 years ago and it could be out of date.

 

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I received today (February 7th) the “Government IT Profession Update (January 2007)”. (I am, strangely, a member of the Government IT profession, as well as being a member of the Government Economic Service.)

This month’s update begins as follows:

Here is the belated January edition of Government IT Profession Update. It was held up because we had server problems and were unable to access our database to send out bulk emails.

Not exactly the best way to inspire confidence in the Government IT profession, is it?

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2 responses to “What does this say about Government IT?”

  1. William avatar
    William

    Yes, but at least they use email. And know what went wrong. (I’m striving to find the bright side here)

  2. Martin avatar
    Martin

    Owen,

    There has been a strong case for a Minister for IT Procurement for some time.