I would assume Politics. From a technical side they're great.
However what is happening there basically taking work away from big outsourcing contracts(Lots of easy money involved) with companies like Capgmini. Upsetting the people in those companies, and civil servants who want to eventually work with those companies. These companies generally hires ex-civil servants they used to work with.
They're also taking away responsibility from the individual departments also upsetting empire building civil servants, even if GDS is doing a better job. At the moment there's talk of breaking up gds and giving services back to the departments who did a terrible job in the first place.
So you get a lot of drama and arguments involved, and "House of Cards" style schemes against them to try to get rid of them. Frankly with all the money and self interest against them, i've surprised they've lasted this long.
It's rare for me to say David Cameron and his friends did anything right, but this was one initiative that did make the world a better place. GDS wouldn't have been around this long without significant support from the very top. It is telling that a change of political fortunes will likely coincide with GDS losing primacy.
However what is happening there basically taking work away from big outsourcing contracts(Lots of easy money involved) with companies like Capgmini. Upsetting the people in those companies, and civil servants who want to eventually work with those companies. These companies generally hires ex-civil servants they used to work with.
They're also taking away responsibility from the individual departments also upsetting empire building civil servants, even if GDS is doing a better job. At the moment there's talk of breaking up gds and giving services back to the departments who did a terrible job in the first place.
So you get a lot of drama and arguments involved, and "House of Cards" style schemes against them to try to get rid of them. Frankly with all the money and self interest against them, i've surprised they've lasted this long.