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Dave Bailey & Nicola Brittain, Computing, Tuesday 20 April 2010 at 11:05:00 Change is on the cards no matter who wins IT procurement across government has seen damning criticism from the National Audit Office and others in recent years – a fact that both the Tories and Lib Dems were keen to highlight in their manifestos. Unsurprisingly,... 

Tom Young, Computing, Thursday 22 October 2009 at 07:45:00 NAO tells agency it should look at scrapping UK’s faulty farm payments system If a project being the subject of one National Audit Office (NAO) report is a misfortune, and of two careless, what does it mean when it reaches a third? It was “a display of scant... 

Tom Young, Computing, Thursday 15 October 2009 at 09:29:00 NAO’s third report into agency administering farm payments slams lack of progress and complexity of IT The National Audit Office (NAO) has slammed a government agency set up to administer payments to farmers under the EU Common Agricultural Policy as a ”... 

Tom Young, Computing, Monday 28 September 2009 at 12:04:00 Better links with suppliers and establishment of amount of time to be spent in role also recommended Public sector buying agency the Office of Government Commerce (OGC) has published a report aimed at improving the role of Senior Responsible Owners (SROs) in government... 

Parliamentary reporter, Computing, Friday 21 August 2009 at 08:00:00 Billions of pounds worth of arms and equipment not correctly recorded on systems led to accounts being qualified Fault-ridden computerised recording systems at the Ministry of Defence (MoD) have been blamed for “losing” £6.6bn of arms and equipment,... 

Parliamentary reporter, Computing, Tuesday 21 July 2009 at 09:56:00 Controversial Joint Personnel Administration system blamed for problems in armed forces’ accounts The accounts of the Ministry of Defence (MoD) have been qualified after spending watchdogs found errors totalling £140m in its Joint Personnel Administration...