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You have to hand it to DafT when it comes to long term thinking.
Over a particularly dry Amontillado, Sir Humphrey Beeching - the Eye's source at the Department, whispered that the next HLOS will form part of a Transport white paper, rather than the dedicated Railway white paper approach used in 2007.
The next High Level Output Specification is due to be published in July 2012.
What's the betting that it's sneaked out during the week of the London Olympics (or Her Majesty's Diamond Jubilee. Ed) so that massive cut backs are lost in a rush of golden euphoria?
Eye raises a collective bowler to the DafT spin doctors.
