Rashid made his comments while speaking at the Open Gov Summit 2013 in London today, where he also reiterated the Cabinet Office’s current approach to IT – specifically, the drive towards user need, agile development and sustained value.
He did however, elaborate further on the sustained value and how the government needs to change its approach to achieve it.
“If you can sustain competitive tension beyond the point of purchase, that’s the only thing that’s going to give you long term value,” he said.