Sack the incompetent bitch

[DimPrawn]

http://www.silicon.com/publicsector/...9153719,00.htm

The government has revealed that a total of £236m – exclusive of VAT – has been paid to both EDS and Capgemini for the IT systems behind the disastrous new tax credits system.

HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) is currently in a stand-off with EDS over compensation for a litany of IT problems that led to massive overpayments and is threatening to take the supplier to court.

The tax credits system has been called a "nightmare" by MPs and a report by parliamentary watchdog the Public Accounts Committee has questioned HMRC's ability to rectify the problems.

The tax credits IT system went live in April 2003 under an outsourcing contract with EDS and when this contract ended Capgemini took over the running of the system from 1 July 2004.

Paymaster general Dawn Primarolo has now revealed the full cost of the IT system in answer to a Parliamentary Question this week.

She said: "The identifiable costs paid to these suppliers for running the IT tax credits system up to 31 August 2005, including costs in the pre 'go-live' stages, was £236m, exclusive of VAT."

Fecks sake, that's a lot of OUR money wasted by this moronic tart. Fire her ass!

[xoggoth]

Pity the government doesn't seek compensation from the person mainly responsible for this fiasco. Brownstuff. The whole concept sucks. Why is it it councillors can be surcharged but not ministers?

[wendigo100]

mired in confusion
little effective co-ordination
little confidence
immature
disjointed
weak
vague
not connected or coherent

There you have it in a nutshell - Dawn Primarolo's place in history.

[DimPrawn]

mired in confusion
little effective co-ordination
little confidence
immature
disjointed
weak
vague
not connected or coherent

There you have it in a nutshell - Dawn Primarolo's place in history.

Are you talking about IR35 there or the fantastic 1/4 billion pound tax credit system?

[ratewhore]

and we can all sleep soundly in our beds knowing EDS will not be engaged in any further public sector contracts...

[mcquiggd]

Which of the government ministers used to work for Anderson Consulting? It was Patricia Hewitt as I recall... I wonder which ones worked for EDS?

I seem to remember one of the large consultancies was banned from government contracts by the Tories due to every project being an over budget failure. The same consultancy gave free assistance to Nu Labour to formulate their economic policy while in opposition...

As soon as Nu Labour got elected, the ban on that consultancy was lifted and the court action for compensation was cancelled...

Oh, and look at the effect of the economic policy of Nu Labour... an over budget failure....


Funny old world, innit.

[TwoWolves]

Ah thank you Mr McQuiggd,

At last a contractor relevant point. Not only were the big consultancies given juicy government jobs, in spite of past incompetence, but also the introduction of IR35 was put into motion. Not particularly because contractors were competing with EDS et al but because they kept loosing their best people to the contract market. This is all a gross example of vulgar palm-greasing worthy only of a banana republic.

EDS = Contractor public enemy number one.

(IMHO)

[Mordac]

1 -Which of the government ministers used to work for Anderson Consulting? It was Patricia Hewitt as I recall...

1 -I seem to remember one of the large consultancies was banned from government contracts by the Tories due to every project being an over budget failure. The same consultancy gave free assistance to Nu Labour to formulate their economic policy while in opposition...

3 -Funny old world, innit.

Answers: 1 Correct (although I think it was Arthur Andersen to be strictly accurate - they used to be the same company before the consulting partners broke away in a row over how to split the profits)
2 It was Arthur Andersen again, something to do with the DeLorean scandal.
3 No, it fkin isn't.

[milanbenes]

Mordork,

how is the wonderful world of Microshaft Active Directory Administration treating you ?

Milan.

[Mordac]

It isn't. I'm doing a Novell-2003 & Exchange migration. Actually, I'm just finishing off and killing a bit of time on ere. Been too busy to post much lately, and I intend to make up for lost time.
How's the backup tape changing going round your neck of the woods?