Confidential project with big US tech firm went nowhere
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A confidential government project with a big US tech firm had grandiose ambitions to trigger "system-wide change" for making life easier for businesses - but went nowhere.
The so-called "lighthouse" project with Microsoft was set up two years ago - although not disclosed until recently.
OIA Documents show the ministry of business MBIE hired consultants to run workshops to try to save it.
Phil Pennington is looking into the deal.