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GRO BMD project DOVE / D&I canned again

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MarkMorgan

MarkMorgan Report 23 Sep 2010 22:07

The ill fated GRO BMD scanning and indexing project has been canned again. Possibly / probably.

Project DOVE was to scan and re-index the BMD records as the current index contains errors and certain data, such as mother's maiden name and age at death, were only included in the index after a certain date. This project failed in 2008.

A new project was launched called the D&I project and wasn't due to start until 2011 anyway but this has now been suspended until the government spending review is complete.

http://www.ips.gov.uk/cps/rde/xchg/ips_live/hs.xsl/1090.htm

Mark.

InspectorGreenPen

InspectorGreenPen Report 24 Sep 2010 07:51

To be expected.

However, the project didn't fail as such, it was a case of the budget running out, and was put on hold, as in the light of the worsening economic situation, further funding was not available. I understand that it was more than 50% completed at the time it was suspended and that the work completed so far will not be lost.

The other issue that needs to be addressed is that a change in the law will be required before the it could ever be implemented. I get the impression this might have been overlooked at the time the original project was kicked off.