Rebooting Government IT...

... in the UK in this case, but the advice could be just as relevant here. The Register has some advice for the new British Cabinet Secretary on what should be done based mainly on input to a Digital Government inquiry run by the Science and Technology Committee.

We've seen a couple of abortive half-starts on the GCTO front over the last year or so here in NZ however we also know that there are some fantastic projects and pilots going on locally. While there are still a lot of challenges with things like Govt. procurement practices still causing issues for local IT companies everyone I've met through user and industry groups, tech meetups and seminars remain positive about what can be achieved.

Have a read of the article and a ferret through the submissions here. Perhaps we can all learn something new...