The Office of the Deputy Prime Minister (ODPM) suffered a scathing attack from local authority IT managers today who criticised the ODPM’s poor management of the £7 billion Local eGovernment Programme.

The report conducted by Public Sector Forums is thought to be the largest and most thorough of its type, with over 260 local government employees tasked with implementing the Local eGovernment Programme taking part.

The main criticism levelled at the ODPM was an inability to listen to constructive criticism, nonetheless, certain respondents have described the Local eGovernment Programme as a “monumental waste of time”. However, the biggest slap in the face for the ODPM came from the revelation that 65% of all respondents believed that the ODPM showed a poor understanding of local government priorities concerning the Local eGovernment Programme.

We wait to see the ODPM’s response on this matter.