The UK Home Office – a government department with a rich track record of failing IT projects – is on the hunt for a chief digital and innovation officer (CDIO) with an advertised salary not far off from the prime minister's.

"This is one of the most significant technology and innovation leadership opportunities in the UK public sector, with a mission to transform services that touch millions of lives every single day," says the advert promoting the £160,000 (c $215k) annual salary.

This includes the border control and immigration project dogged by delays and uncertainty ; the Emergency Service Network, which had cost taxpayers £2 billion as of almost April 2023 with nothing to show for it, and is scheduled to go live by around 2029 , 12 years later than planned; and the 25-year-old manag

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