"To punish and enslave"
I Don't think they have an IT policy, they just randomly go with what tabloids suggest.
The government's technology strategy is being scrutinised by the Common's Public Administration Select Committee (PASC). The committee said it would look at how the government develops and implements its IT policy. "The inquiry will examine the government’s overall strategy for information technology, including how it …
The elephant in the room is that the MPs making these decisions are incapable of making an informed decision. They are very naive in nearly all contract negotiations and are easy pickings for any major IT conglomerate. *cough* Fujitsu *cough*.
Ignore what business leaders say when they claim there is a lack of IT talent/skills available in the UK. There are plenty of talented homegrown individuals available but they would rather pay a pittance to cheaper coders abroad.
Odd how when the big five consulting groups are to have thier fees cut, "open" and review is accounced before contract reviews are due. Anyone who thinks putting effort into providing evidence (aka free consulting, fed directly to the big five to help them "improve performance") will help anyone but the big five needs the men in white coats.
Go try doing a search on the No 10 website for it, and then try to find out what it actually means. In particular, what is the plan to get from the current infrastructure to G-Cloud, and why is that important for knowledge workers who work at the same desk every day, processing stuff on re-purposed green screens?
(I understand that lib dem ministers are causing havoc in Whitehall at the moment by refusing to use PCs and insisting that apps are made to run on their Macs. At the same time, civil servants are being asked to lock down networks ever tighter after the latest Wikileaks)