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Tim Beadle
tim.beadle at gmail.com
Wed Aug 16 13:18:36 BST 2006
On 16/08/06, Clive Hunt <clive.hunt at softwarerad.com> wrote:
> But fresh01 aren't overseas.
No, and neither are Fujitsu. Besides, it said "nearly all".
Have a read around some of the links I posted to see what some
determined people and the good old Freedom of Information Act can
achieve in terms of finding out just how UK.gov operates (clue: not
very well).
One problem is that the office of the eEnvoy (putting "e" in front of
stuff is so last bubble) makes the rules regarding IT best practice,
but doesn't enforce them. In fact, it's not entirely clear that
*anyone* enforces the rules. Thus, we get IT disaster after IT
disaster as risk-averse civil servants run into the arms of the
largest companies. As we all know, though, most of the best web work
is being done by the smaller shops...
Tim
> But fresh01 aren't overseas.
No, and neither are Fujitsu. Besides, it said "nearly all".
Have a read around some of the links I posted to see what some
determined people and the good old Freedom of Information Act can
achieve in terms of finding out just how UK.gov operates (clue: not
very well).
One problem is that the office of the eEnvoy (putting "e" in front of
stuff is so last bubble) makes the rules regarding IT best practice,
but doesn't enforce them. In fact, it's not entirely clear that
*anyone* enforces the rules. Thus, we get IT disaster after IT
disaster as risk-averse civil servants run into the arms of the
largest companies. As we all know, though, most of the best web work
is being done by the smaller shops...
Tim