General Chat
Welcome to the Genes Reunited community boards!
- The Genes Reunited community is made up of millions of people with similar interests. Discover your family history and make life long friends along the way.
- You will find a close knit but welcoming group of keen genealogists all prepared to offer advice and help to new members.
- And it's not all serious business. The boards are often a place to relax and be entertained by all kinds of subjects.
- The Genes community will go out of their way to help you, so don’t be shy about asking for help.
Quick Search
Single word search
Icons
- New posts
- No new posts
- Thread closed
- Stickied, new posts
- Stickied, no new posts
Botch-ups losing the taxpayer millions
Profile | Posted by | Options | Post Date |
---|---|---|---|
|
maggiewinchester | Report | 13 Jan 2014 23:15 |
Suffering with cr*p IT system at the mo. (I work for local government) |
|||
Researching: |
|||
|
Annx | Report | 13 Jan 2014 22:36 |
Another problem with the large IT projects is that those producing them don't talk to those who will use them and you end up with something not fit for purpose. I have been the victim of that more than once! |
|||
Researching: |
|||
|
RolloTheRed | Report | 13 Jan 2014 12:18 |
This is the 2nd worse UK govt bungle ever. (*) |
|||
Researching: |
|||
|
Bobtanian | Report | 13 Jan 2014 12:13 |
correct me if I am wrong, but as taxpayers, and royal mail being in government ownership (ie us) then sold off to (us) on the cheap? and then the big boys getting in on the act..........buying from the lucky small investors, |
|||
Researching: |
|||
|
OneFootInTheGrave | Report | 13 Jan 2014 07:04 |
Why is it all a botch up? |
|||
Researching: |
|||
|
maggiewinchester | Report | 12 Jan 2014 19:25 |
Not just botch ups, the deliberate misuse of public money on acting lessons!! |
|||
Researching: |
|||
|
InspectorGreenPen | Report | 12 Jan 2014 17:54 |
Why is it all a botch up? |
|||
|
Purple **^*Sparkly*^** Diamond | Report | 12 Jan 2014 02:34 |
Pie in the sky or Head in the Clouds, more than Blue Sky, I think. |
|||
|
Merlin | Report | 11 Jan 2014 14:22 |
Brian, I think this is what the Government call "Blue Sky Thinking" in their "Think Tank" :-D |
|||
Researching: |
|||
|
BrianW | Report | 11 Jan 2014 14:13 |
Remember that Ministers are unlikely to have any sort of qualification in the subject their department is responsible for and most Civil Servants only have internal training, not professional qualifications . |
|||
Researching: |
|||
|
RolloTheRed | Report | 11 Jan 2014 11:49 |
Ministers make policy - implementation is the job of the civil service. |
|||
Researching: |
|||
|
OneFootInTheGrave | Report | 11 Jan 2014 10:56 |
Reading some reports there seems to be a lot of infighting, not just between the two sides of the coalition government but also between various ministers and between ministers and their senior civil servants - I suppose that is what is called joined up government :-D |
|||
Researching: |
|||
|
+++DetEcTive+++ | Report | 11 Jan 2014 10:40 |
They've probably contracted out IT set-ups to the lowest tender - its not unknown for contractors to submit a bare bones quote knowing full well that there will be 'add ons'. |
|||
Researching: |
|||
|
OneFootInTheGrave | Report | 11 Jan 2014 10:07 |
Reports in recent weeks on several of the governments flagship policies are a sorry indictment of sheer incompetence. They highlight millions of pounds of taxpayers money literally being poured down the drain, this at a time of austerity where we are all being told we need to live within our means, these are only four of the policies where money is being wasted, there are probably many more:- |
|||
Researching: |