{"id":14430,"date":"2013-12-07T22:20:55","date_gmt":"2013-12-07T22:20:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.diaryofanadi.co.uk\/?p=14430"},"modified":"2013-12-07T22:20:55","modified_gmt":"2013-12-07T22:20:55","slug":"dsavosa-merger-saving-money","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/diaryofanadi.co.uk\/?p=14430","title":{"rendered":"DSA\/VOSA Merger – Saving Money?"},"content":{"rendered":"

I found this in the newsfeeds<\/a>. I\u2019ve already reported on the upcoming merger between VOSA and DSA<\/a> into a single body, and how it is supposed to save money by streamlining the functions carried out by both bodies.<\/p>\n

Well, this latest story suggest that a contract is going out to tender for someone \u201cto help manage and organise the Vehicle and Operator Services Agency\u2019s (VOSA) and Driving Standards Agency\u2019s (DSA) legacy IT infrastructure after the two organisations merge in 2014\u201d.<\/p>\n

It will cost \u00a335 million.<\/p>\n

It never ceases to amaze me how this government can say and do two completely contradictory things. The merged body is going to be more bureaucratic than the two separate entities ever were. Heaven knows what will happen to the service levels.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I found this in the newsfeeds. I\u2019ve already reported on the upcoming merger between VOSA and DSA into a single body, and how it is supposed to save money by streamlining the functions carried out by both bodies. Well, this latest story suggest that a contract is going out to tender for someone \u201cto help […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[80,90,85,87,92],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14430","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-adi-related","category-computer-tech-related","category-dsa-related","category-news","category-transport"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t