A cut 50% on IT spending of the public administration. It is one of the novelties introduced by the Stability Law, in detail by article 29. A novelty destined to bring with it a long trail of controversies, and which seems to be able to represent a paradox at a time when the country should become increasingly digital.
Even assuming that part of the resources spent on IT goods and services are spent "badly", a 50% cut in spending risks fatally slowing down the digitization and innovation process also promised by the Minister for Simplification and Public Administration Marianna Madia.
Among the hot reactions stands out that of Elio Catania, President of Digital Confindustria: "It doesn't seem like it could be the same government that in recent months has promoted the Digital Growth plan and the Ultra-Broadband Strategy and is now ordering the Public Administrations to cut spending on information technology by 50%"
“It is an incomprehensible vision that lies behind this rule continues Catania – because it is in contrast with growth policies and development of employment, of which digital technology is the main driver, and in open contradiction with the commitments on innovation made so far by the Government.
Cutting spending on new technologies, continues the president of Confindustria Digitale “means cutting the main tool for carrying out a spending review structure and make the PA more efficient, with all the benefits that are being talked about right now, such as for transparency and the fight against tax evasion. Finally, recalling that we are in the last places in the EU for public spending on information technology, I can only hope that it was an oversight of the course destined to leave no trace in the Stability Law which will be dismissed by Parliament".
