Information Technology Services Agency
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|preceding1 = Department of Social Security
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|superseding = Electronic Data Systems
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Information Technology Services Agency (ITSA) was an executive agency of the United Kingdom Department of Social Security (subsequently the Department for Work and Pensions), which was set up in 1991.{{Cite web|title=Concept – Information Technology Services Agency|url=https://api.parliament.uk/vocabulary/browser/concepts/uBt1GGU6|access-date=2021-09-29|website=api.parliament.uk}}
Intention and Goal
ITSA was established to "help create and deliver an active modern social security service, which encourages and enables independence and aims to pay the right money at the right time".{{Citation needed|date=September 2021}}
Dissolution
ITSA ceased to exist in 2000{{Citation needed|date=September 2021}}, following the outsourcing of the majority of its functions and staff to Electronic Data Systems (EDS). EDS was later purchased by HP in a $13.9 billion deal.{{Cite web|title=HP News HP to Acquire EDS for $13.9 Billion|url=https://www.hp.com/us-en/hp-news/press-release.html?id=169924#.YVQs_l5R2Uk|access-date=2021-09-29|website=hp.com}}{{Cite news|last1=Richtel|first1=Matt|last2=Sorkin|first2=Andrew Ross|date=2008-05-13|title=HP acquires EDS for $13.9 billion|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/13/technology/13iht-webhpeds.12839575.html|access-date=2021-09-29|issn=0362-4331}}