| Sumario: | The British government has an unsatisfactory record to date with public sector ICT, despite spending more than any other European country on the technology. One problem is with the public sector's indiscriminate disregard for open-source software. This type of software, where the source code is readily available for anyone to read and modify, makes a sensible choice for the public sector. Using open-source would mean a significant cost saving for government, as well as encouraging the creation of more highly skilled, highly paid jobs. The government's procurement culture, however, presents a significant barrier, mainly because civil servants prefer to pick big-name consultants they know they can blame when things go awry.
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