Think tank to UK government: You can't build the future on systems from the past
Public Sector
Legacy IT is getting worse, not better, and could trip up Whitehall's shiny digital plans, report warns
Flagship tech projects such as the ID card scheme are at risk of failure unless the UK government changes its approach to legacy systems – which evidence shows is getting worse, a new think tank report claims.
Re:State, a non-partisan policy unit focused on public service reform, says much of the government's ambitions for digital services and efficiency depend on "modern, interoperable systems." However, the problem of legacy systems is underestimated, it claims.
"In Westminster the money doesn't get prioritized for tech, and so behind the scenes successive governments have neglected to fix many dangerously outdated systems, leaving a ticking time bomb for future generations to defuse," said Joe Hill, co-author of the report, director of Strategy at Re:State and former Treasury civil servant.
Examples are not hard to find. They...
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