Computer Weekly: Whitehall says no to Freedom Act requests
Whitehall officials have refused requests under the Freedom of Information Act to publish the results of Gateway reviews on high-risk IT-related projects at the NHS, the Child Support Agency and on a national ID card scheme.
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Gateway reviews are six-stage independent assessments during the life of high-risk projects conducted by the Office of Government Commerce.
The OGC’s refusal leaves Parliament with no reliable means of receiving regular reports on the progress of risky IT-related schemes, which can cost billions of pounds.
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The OGC’s refusal to publish reports came in the same week the government admitted that a problem-laden IT implementation of tax credits in 2003 contributed to about a third of all awards, covering 1.9 million families, being overpaid in 2003-04.
Posted on June 14th, 2005 at 11:59am under Affronts to democracy, F.O.I, UK politics
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