The Public Administration Select Committee (PASC) has launched a review on the government's IT strategy.
In a paper entitled Good Governance: the effective use of IT Issues and Questions, the committee invites responses to questions around the strategy so far. This has included cuts of £95m to central IT spending ,announced in the emergency budget; a moratorium on new contracts greater than £1m; steps to centralise IT procurement; and renegotiation of contracts with suppliers.
Key questions include: have past lessons from NAO and OGC reviews about unsuccessful IT programmes been learned and applied, and what role should IT play in a ‘post-bureaucratic age'?
Relevant parties should respond to the paper by noon on 21 January.
Source: http://www.computing.co.uk/ctg/news/1935576/select-committee-feedback-government-strategy#ixzz1Acxmt6YO