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Added section about nationalised sofware company #639

Closed JoeRourke123 closed 3 years ago

JoeRourke123 commented 3 years ago

Proposed in an effort to reduce delay and cost of outsourced government projects.

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Floppy commented 3 years ago

How do you see this differing from what the Government Digital Service are doing? https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/government-digital-service

JoeRourke123 commented 3 years ago

How do you see this differing from what the Government Digital Service are doing? https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/government-digital-service

GDS sets standards for use by contracted companies, I believe. I imagine this office being completely inhouse (no contracting), leading to more cohesiveness amongst projects and allowing for a simpler model for planning/design/distribution of software (as lots of middlemen cut out). Undecided as to whether this would involve the nationalisation of pre-existing companies or starting fresh with establishment of a whole new division. The outcome/reasoning for the division would be to prevent failings like the original Track and Trace app.

Floppy commented 3 years ago

GDS does a lot of development in house, and helps other departments to set up their own in-house team. It does also set standards for contractors (I currently am one!) but that's mainly because govt wants to be able to scale up more quickly than it could with everyone in-house. There's definitely a big push towards in-house development and ownership of code. I thought the Track and Trace app was developed in-house by NHSX, but I'm not well-versed in the history, tbh.

There's definitely something here about protecting what GDS does and pushing it further, though. The government has stepped back from the original vision a bit.

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