Management Information for Government

I’ve programmed management information systems since about 1970.

Recently, I’ve taken a disparate group of internal databases in a company and produced a series of on-line management reports. The outcome was that we got a seven percent improvement in the company’s performance.

It wasn’t easy to put together, but the sort of systems the government needs are not difficult to create by real computer professionals, not the usual bunch of dubious suspects. The trouble is that although the system would not be expensive, the individuals who put their neck on the block would each earn a lot. Too much for Civil Servants?

Perhaps they don’t want the efficiency improvements a decent system would produce, as we all know a Civil Servant’s first loyalty is to job security for him/her and all their mates.

All the databases should also be desensitised and put on-line, so we can all make our own real conclusions.