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An article on Fairfax by Melissa Fyfe (March 22, 2009) gives a bit of an insite into a government IT department thats in melt-down. See http://www.smh.com.au/news/home/technology/vic-police-risk-computer-meltdown/2009/03/22/1237656745663.html

The article claims the Victorian Police Force are underfunding, have identified risks but have done little to manage them.

There’s also a bite about outsourcing. Apparently in 1999 IBM took on the IT business are combined with cost overruns and

after IBM had been running the IT for seven years, the force effectively lost control and knowledge of its systems. “Victoria Police operational environments (were) being dragged into gridlock,” the report said. The force has since diversified its contractors

Just an interesting read, make of it what you will.