On the other hand, I'm concerned when I hear talk about government-wide solutions even to risk management. Wouldn't you have any concern, if there was a government-wide policy on purchasing or on risk management, that we end up putting too many eggs in one basket? If there was a software program or a system that was bought from a private sector company that wasn't the best or was expensive to operate or was prone to failure, we might have implemented it too widely in various departments and the mistake in going with that company or that organization or that equipment would end up being far bigger than it needed to be. My experience in the private sector is that sometimes you're better to let departments buy their own computers and software because they understand their front-line needs better.
On April 22nd, 2010. See this statement in context.