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Picture credit: activefree I believe that the global financial crisis is getting too much attention, while the principal [but underlying and understated] cause: the crisis of integrity, is completely ignored. Collectively and individually the direct and indirect perpetrators of our current financial problems were clearly guilty of totally abrogating their integrity in favour of greed and wilful ignorance. Picture credit: austins_irish_pirate It looks like the MOD has yet another poster child for The Trillion Dollar Bonfire. The latest Ministry of Defence Annual Report and Accounts make sorry reading; for a number of reasons, not the least being the following damning statements: “It is difficult to exaggerate the magnitude of the failure of the Joint Personnel Administration programme” and: ”The lack of clarity Continue reading article » Picture credit: Lucy A Little Just in case any government ministers read this story, here is the simplest possible advice to avoid IT blunders: Stop thinking about IT projects and start building effective information systems. Computing reports “Government computer blunders are being caused by political priorities over-riding the advice of IT experts, according to MPs.” That statement simply re-inforces the crux Continue reading article » Picture credit: msmail Channel 4′s Dispatches duly gave the audience tonight a full hour’s litany of woe, exposing public spending waste on a massive scale. But the programme was not Fighting the Trillion Dollar Bonfire by another name, just a damp squib. Picture credit: wili hybrid Listening to a radio discussion this morning, the presenter observed that the Trillion is the new Billion. This prompted me to look back at my own records. I first started writing about the Billion Dollar Bonfire on 27th December 2001 and decided to upgrade my focus to the Trillion Dollar Bonfire, on 6th July 2006. When I Continue reading article » |
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