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Project Odyssey : What they do in the Shadows
Tuesday, 10 February 2015, 11:47 am | Ian Apperly
I’m still reading through the detail of this project, however one thing is clear in my mind, $15m won’t cut it. We’ll get to that later. What I want to do in this blog is look at the answers that have been given so far and remind people why ... More >>
Secret Briefings & An Official Information Request To WCC
Thursday, 29 January 2015, 3:55 pm | Ian Apperly
The Mayor and Councillors were briefed behind closed doors last night on Project Odyssey. We, the ratepayers, are no nearer to having our questions answered after nearly a month. The lights are dark. People are hiding behind their filing cabinets. ... More >>
The blogger got it wrong mate, it’s only $10million, promise
Monday, 26 January 2015, 12:46 pm | Ian Apperly
Bubble bubble toil and trouble. The City Council spin doctors are due to release a statement in regards to Project Odyssey I am told. It no doubt will be along the lines of “the blogger got his facts wrong, mixed it up with amalgamation, and has ... More >>
WCC & Local IT: Statements, Initiatives, and Investments
Tuesday, 13 January 2015, 9:50 am | Ian Apperly
I thought this was interesting. It’s a quick search on the various things that the Council has been doing to try and invest in IT. It supports the view that the decision to go offshore with Project Odyssey, is at variance with the Council’s ... More >>
Wellington Mayor says new IT system to only cost $10 million
Tuesday, 13 January 2015, 9:44 am | Ian Apperly
I feel a Tui Billboard coming on. I commented the other day that it looked like the Council’s Ninth big project was a potential $100 million plus , based on a Deloitte Report that was published on the Local Government Commission’s Website. More about ... More >>
WCC $100m+ IT Project At Variance with Council Direction
Friday, 9 January 2015, 1:57 pm | Ian Apperly
The Wellington City Council has just awarded an Australian company what likely promises to be more than $100 million dollars of work. This is for a shifting Information Technology (IT) Project called “Odyssey”. T More >>