David Gauke MP

David Gauke MP (Conservative) Conservative MP for South West Hertfordshire. Read law at Oxford University

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2007-09-13 - ZDNet - UK failing to exploit open source: Author: Peter Judge; Summary: The UK's failure to make use of open source is a "scandal", according to open-source experts speaking at a key Westminster debate. ... There is almost no open source in use within the UK government, said David Gauke, Conservative MP for South West Hertfordshire. The Treasury runs open source on less than six percent of its servers and less than one percent of its overall IT infrastructure, with the Department for Children, Schools and Families, the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, and the Department for Work and Pensions/Health all having virtually no open-source software, Gauke said, referring to information he gained from parliamentary questions. The shadow chancellor, George Osborne, has estimated that open source could save five percent of the government's IT budget, which Gauke said would amount to £620m a year.

2007-07-03 - Kable - Government fights public spending website: Summary: The government is obstructing a bill aimed at establishing a new website for information on public sector spending. The bill, which originated in the House of Lords, is now being led by Conservative MP David Gauke. It would require the Treasury to create a government expenditure website, as well as giving the government the power to extend it to other public sector bodies, but the government belives it would cost too much. ... Gauke said "What better way of providing information is there than putting the details of public expenditure on to a single website, where people can study it and follow the money to see how government spending is done?"