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"Research has exploded the myth that prestigious government projects fail because managers are too risk averse. On the contrary, a Work Foundation report, seen exclusively by Public Finance, says that a reckless attitude towards information and communication technology projects has wasted millions of pounds of taxpayers’ money. The foundation criticises public sector managers for failing to test new systems properly before rolling them out, and for favouring over-complex designs. Alexandra Jones, associate director at the Work Foundation and co-author of the report Where next for transformational government?, said: ‘Too many government ICT projects fail to deliver the promised benefits because public sector managers have a reckless streak – they become dazzled by the potential of the technology and lose sight of what is practically deliverable.’"
