The Conservatives at their annual conference say they want a new era of openness which will put into the public domain the information armchair auditors would need to "crawl over" big IT and other projects.
[It's a great idea, and the sort of thing shadow politicians say when an election is looming and before they have come into contact with Sir Humphrey.] Full story on ComputerWeekly.com.
Says Francis Maude, Shadow Cabinet Office minister:
"We need a fundamental rethink. We need fewer mega-projects; a rigid insistence on open standards and inter-operability; a level playing field for open source software and for smaller suppliers.
"Trust in politics is at an all time low and by making central government transparent and accountable we can start to fix our broken politics. Greater openness and accountability will improve value for money and stop taxpayers' money being wasted.
"We want to unleash an army of 'armchair auditors' to crawl over the Government's accounts - ordinary members of the public who will be able to see for themselves whether their government is really delivering value for money for them."
