I read an interesting article earlier today about IT spending in Australia: http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-08-28/federal-governments-$10bn-bill-rivals-newstart

I read an interesting article earlier today about IT spending in Australia: http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-08-28/federal-governments-$10bn-bill-rivals-newstart-cost/8849562 http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-08-28/federal-governments-$1... > It found public servants were too afraid to make major changes to IT procurement and were not talking with other departments to avoid duplication. > "A fear of external scrutiny of decisions — such as through Senate estimates and audits — leads to a low-risk appetite and a culture where it is 'not OK to fail'," the report said. > "This means that old and familiar ICT solutions are preferred to newer and more innovative, but perceivably riskier, solutions." Nobody in the APS gets fired for hiring IBM, and nobody in IBM gets fired for screwing up major government projects. http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-10-25/turning-router-off-and-on-could-have-prevented-census-outage/7963916 http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-10-25/turning-router-off-and...