The British Labour government has lost more than 1.5 billion pounds (EUR 2.21 billion) in six years in pursuit of realizing electronic government, reports the Financial Times. And according to a survey the wastage is even accelerating. The survey was compiled by Computing Magazine. Figures show that the cost of cancelled projects or of projects that exceeded the budget stood at 1.5 billion pounds in 1997 and had risen by 500 million pounds since July 2001. The former Department of Social Security and a joint venture with the Royal Mail called Pathway were among the worst budget offenders.. The government has accepted project failures but claims that new problems will be avoided in the future.
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