Oh Dear - Another New Lie IT system goes tits up

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Mailman replied

5 September 2006, 11:08
Was EDS also involved in Cross Rail?

Mailman
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Andyw replied

5 September 2006, 10:37
another labour peerage offered for IT contracts ?
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darmstadt replied

5 September 2006, 10:28
Hmmm, I believe I might have worked on this recently and know some of the decisions why...(this is why I've been up i Newcastle a lot recently. Us offshore based consultancies )
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Mordac replied

5 September 2006, 10:23
Originally posted by DaveB

EDS I belive...

If it's a guess, it's almost certainly a good one...
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wendigo100 replied

5 September 2006, 10:10
Originally posted by DaveB

EDS I belive...

Therefore the first priority of HMG will be to find them another project to do.
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DaveB replied

5 September 2006, 10:08
Originally posted by Troll

Consultants involved?

EDS I belive...
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Troll replied

5 September 2006, 10:07
Consultants involved?
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DimPrawn started a topic Oh Dear - Another New Lie IT system goes tits up

5 September 2006, 09:14
Oh Dear - Another New Lie IT system goes tits up

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/5315280.stm

A new computer system used to process benefits payments has been scrapped at a cost to the taxpayer of £141m, the BBC has learned.
The IT project, key to streamlining payments by the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP), was quietly axed at an internal meeting last month.

The project had been central to delivering savings of more than £60m for the DWP by 2008.

It is the latest in a long series of computer problems for the government.

blah blah

It has now "refocused" on developing a new system for a single benefit, the planned employment support allowance.

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