The slippage was small and it believes that this can be grabbed back before the next deadline is reached. The targets were always ambitious, and hopefully its confidence can be matched with action. But the fear with any slippage is that it is just the tip of the iceberg and that, far from putting on a spurt to catch up, projects will in fact fall further behind - or worse still cut corners to claw back time.
While this is a concern for those using the services, IT managers in the public sector must also cope with readying themselves for the Freedom of Information Act.
This comes into force in 18 months' time, but three-quarters of departments have yet to budget for the work that will be needed.
Like the Office of the e-Envoy though, they are confident that deadlines will be met.
So, yet again the thorny subject of projects being in budget and on schedule raises its head with government IT.
When I consider the government's record to date, I feel that the confidence displayed in these stories is either admirable or reckless.
Quelle: Vnunet
