NIRS 2 + recent NAO report
For those without long memories, what did he actually do as CIO, except big up ID cards?
This is depressing rubbish
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Ian Watmore, the government's first chief information officer, has taken up a new position at the Cabinet Office. He is to become the chief operating officer at the head of the new Efficiency and Reform Group, an appointment at permanent secretary level. The Cabinet Office said Watmore will work closely with its senior …
It's called Plundering the Public Sector and he appears as IT consultant in chief on the basis of his Accenture leadership background. That's the same Accenture that was allowed to walk out of the failing NHS IT contract, mysteriously leaving the NHS with the infamous ISoft Lorenzo debacle. ISoft was Accenture's sub-contractor, but Accentrure managed to escape unscathed.
Shhhhh! don't mention Arthur Anderson and Enron, those were completely different companies
Subject: Out of Office AutoReply
From: <ian.watmore@cabinet-office.x.gsi.gov.uk>
Date: Fri, 2 Jul 2010
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