As we warm up to a general election, I want to dwell on the positive moves we have seen from the current government in trying to achieving the cost savings in public sector IT spend.
Last year the UK Government CIO, John Suffolk pushed out a world leading (in my opinion) policy revision on Open Standards, Open Source and Reuse in UK Government IT. Rather than issue the policy then let it gather dust on the shelf, the Policy was refreshed a couple of weeks ago with some amendments to close the loop holes that current buyers and suppliers were using to conduct “business as usual”. I have been a regular supporter of the Policy but critical of the fact that it is not enforced…