Taavi Kotka , former CIO of Estonia, on the low £100m price tag for being the most tech-savvy government in the world: “If you don’t use Accenture or McKinsey, you’d be amazed at what you can get done.”

— Philip Salter (@Philip_Salter) November 4, 2019

The point is a valid one.

The fixation that governments have on outsourcing and consultants serves primarily to increase cost and to reduce effectiveness of government programs.

Just look at the Obamacare website.