[LINK] web: One Public Service, 200 systems, hundreds of millions wasted

[Bernard Robertson-Dunn]

On 03-May-15 2:20 AM, Tom Worthington wrote:
> On 30/04/15 19:46, Bernard Robertson-Dunn wrote:
>
>> ... the roots of the problem go to Ministerial responsibilities as
>> prescribed in the Constitution.  ...
> The Constitution does not say much about what ministers do, or what
> departments there are.

But it does define ministerial responsibilities. Ministers are not 
attracted by the thought of delegating key aspects of their portfolio to 
someone else, especially a potential political rival.

The debacle of the Fahey/Howard whole of government outsourcing 
initiative did nothing to encourage such thoughts.

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Regards
brd

Bernard Robertson-Dunn
Sydney Australia
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