ID Cards - Only The Guilty Have Anything to Hide
'Scandal' over shredded reports | Uk News | News | Telegraph
Civil servants have been ordered to destroy reports on controversial, multi-billion-pound NHS and ID card computer projects in an attempt to keep details of mismanagement from the public, it was claimed last night.
The order, given to officials at the Office of Government Commerce (OGC), was condemned by the Tories and Liberal Democrats, who accused the Government of trying to hide details of bungled computer schemes.
The guidance to officials, seen by Computer Weekly Online, has come to light as the OGC is involved in a legal battle to prevent the release of "gateway review reports" on the contentious £5.3 billion ID card scheme.
An official tribunal last month upheld a decision that the documents should be disclosed after a Freedom of Information Act request, but the OGC is appealing against the decision at the High Court.