Large taxpayer-funded IT deals and projects should have an independent assessor tracking their progress to avoid disasters such as Victoria Police’s $120 million “wastage”, says The Australian.
Last week, Victoria Police’s former manager of strategy and business relationships, Richard Kennedy, made sensational claims that the force had been “systematically milked” by outsourcing partner IBM for years before action was taken.
“Hundreds of millions of dollars were lost, and the Ombudsman, chief commissioner Christine Nixon and the auditor-general were repeatedly warned,” said Kennedy. “The whole thing is just an unbelievable disaster.”
Source: http://www.itweb.co.za/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=28943:oz-police-it-projects-8220disastrous8221&catid=69:business&Itemid=58
