Re: A special IT relationship

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From	Oregonian Haruspex <bob_davis_retired@yahoo.com>
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Subject	Re: A special IT relationship
Date	Thu, 26 Jun 2014 13:54:49 -0700
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On 2014-06-26 15:09:22 +0000, Hils said:

> "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 the Ministry of Justice
> for computer services. [...]"
> 
> http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/us-computer-giant-hewlettpackard-rakes-in-140m-a-month-from-whitehall-9563397.html 
> 

This is the essence of the private / public partnership aka privatization.

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A special IT relationship Hils <hils@saynotospam.net> - 2014-06-26 16:09 +0100
  Re: A special IT relationship Oregonian Haruspex <bob_davis_retired@yahoo.com> - 2014-06-26 13:54 -0700
  Re: A special IT relationship Huge <Huge@nowhere.much.invalid> - 2014-06-27 18:18 +0000

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