Bungled secret intelligence IT project needs major inquiry

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http://www.computerworlduk.com/management/government-law/public-sector/news/index.cfm?newsid=14705

“This should be a matter for a major inquiry, and people should be sacked for it. It is a classic example of the culture in the country: the bigger the mess up, the greater the cost, and the higher the rank of the person who presided over the mess up, the greater the rewards,” said Andrew MacKinlay, Labour MP, during the debate.

O’Donnell would likely “be awarded a seat in the House of Lords” rather than being blamed for the failure of the project, MacKinlay claimed."




Our country is being run by total idiots and we are the ones paying for it. It makes me weep especially as we have some really clever folk in Britain. The amount of money this glory seeking government has wasted on failed IT projects is incredible. All that money could have been spent on worthwhile projects like the providing more youth clubs etc etc.

 

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http://www.computerworlduk.com/management/government-law/public-sector/news/index.cfm?newsid=14188

"The government estimates it will spend £3.6 billion upgrading passports and running the IPS for the next 10 years. ID cards will cost £1.2 billion to deliver, it claims. "

"But ID cards remain highly controversial, facing tough opposition from privacy and civil liberties groups. Two Gateway reviews released last month showed the government was warned about the technical feasibility and merits of the programme in 2003, but pressed on.

Pilots union Balpa last year criticised the fact its members have been chosen for scheme tests, saying they did not want to be used as "guinea pigs".

And a highly critical report commissioned by the Joseph Rowntree Reform Trust called for the scheme to be "scrapped or substantially redesigned", saying it was "almost certainly illegal under human rights or data protection law".





Thats it ! I'm so depressed by me reading that I will just have to go and shoot some bad guys in Max Payne and pretend thay are MP's.