According to a Freedom of Information (FoI) response, the government is working on an IT project that is so secretive that its name cannot be given.

Following FoI requests from Computer Weekly for the Gateway reviews of major IT projects to be published, the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has ruled that 23 Gateway Reviews on various projects be published. The projects in question include the ID cards scheme, NHS IT programme and a plan to unify benefit systems at the Department for Work and Pensions.

Yet the Information Commissioner also concurred with the Office of Government Commerce’s (OGC) call to block one Gateway review due to a high level of secrecy. The project in question falls under Section 23 of the Freedom of Information Act, which excludes content relating to security organisations like MI5 and GCHQ.