IT orders ‘illegal’ claim
3 April 2012
A National Audit office (NAO) report has suggested that IT orders placed by the Home Office to upgrade the probation service’s computer system may have been illegal.
A National Audit office (NAO) report has suggested that IT orders placed by the Home Office to upgrade the probation service’s computer system may have been illegal. The NAO said that legal advice in 1999 suggested that the original 1994 contract with French IT services firm Bull meant additional purchase orders for work to correct IT defects were not legal. The...