ID card chief tainted by IT fiasco at NHS
Ben Leapman writes in the Sunday Telegraph:
The official appointed to oversee the Government’s controversial identity card scheme has already played a central role in a public-sector computer disaster.
James Hall, who began work last week as chief executive of the Identity and Passport Service (IPS), was previously a partner at the consultancy firm Accenture.
His last job was running a £2 billion contract under which Accenture was to build a database of medical records for the NHS. But the project has fallen three years behind schedule. Accenture pulled out last month, blaming “significant delays” and writing off £260 million.
October 15th, 2006 at 12:53
No moral scruples on show here then.What would happen if all I.T experts refused to work with Blair and his cronies on this disaster,would it collapse overnight.But to some people the pursuit of money is far more important than morals or individual freedom.