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Re: A special IT relationship

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On 2014-06-26, Hils <hils@saynotospam.net> wrote:
> "Private IT companies are being paid almost £5bn a year by the [UK]
> taxpayer to run Government computer networks, startling new figures
> reveal today.
>
> An analysis of contracts across Whitehall shows that the American
> computer giant Hewlett-Packard alone was paid £140m a month last year by
> the Department of Work and Pensions (DWP)  ...

And having worked with the DWP intermittently over the last couple of
years, I would say that £139,999,980.00 of it is wasted.

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A special IT relationship Hils <hils@saynotospam.net> - 2014-06-26 16:09 +0100
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