Aye; in my notional "I suddenly take over the Government" plan, appointing someone to go over the whole Govt IT infrastructure is fairly high on the list; I think I'd ask Paul Evans of Never Trust a Hippy; he's one of those Labour supporters in the wrong party, but has written some damn good stuff on IT purchasing fuck ups.

I especially liked the reports of the splitting of the Home Office and the staff being transferred to the MoJ, problems would be caused by the incompatible IT systems; why do two very closely linked departments have different IT infrastructures?

Then there's Crapita.