Government's Intelligence & Security Committee 'appalled' at IT project cancellation

SCOPE is a major cross-government IT programme aiming to improve the intelligence community's secure communications. The Committee has repeatedly raised concerns about delays to this project, a lack of preparation amongst partner departments, and the risks to the successful delivery of Phase II:

The report says: "We remain very concerned, however, by the numerous delays… a general lack of preparedness for full implementation amongst SCOPE partners, and difficulties in providing a secure environment for the deployment of SCOPE overseas."