There is, as I
have stated
before, something bad and smelly about the awarding of IT contracts
throughout Government.
The Public
and Commercial Services Union has condemned the MOD for awarding a 2nd
phase contract to a project that has failed to meet the criteria of its 1st
phase Gateway review.
We find that the
ATLAS consortium led by IT company
The project in
question is part of the MoD's defence Information Infrastructure (
The Information
Commissioner needs, and the public need to back him up on this, to order the
MOD to release the Gateway review documents, under the Freedom of Information Act, just as he has on the ID
cards project.
MP’s need to demand a Statement in the House from the Minister of
Defence.
These IT
consortiums continue to fail to deliver, yet time and time again they are
rewarded with newer and more expensive contracts. Its has all but become
a licence to print money, our tax money.
I say put the
brakes on these contracts, slow things down, and make these IT consortium
companies deliver what it says on the box before they get another penny.
There also needs
to be an enquiry into the Civil Service heads who sign off these contracts, and
where they are found wanting, dismissed.
This is our money
they are spending, billions upon billions of pounds, and we have a right to
know why failure is being rewarded again and again.
The ATLAS
Consortium is responsible for delivering the Defence Information Infrastructure
(Future) project for the Ministry of Defence.
ATLAS is led by
ATLAS was awarded
the contract for increment 1 of
Increment 2a enables
