Faster horses

http://www.cio.co.uk/blogs/political-debate/digital-public-services-20-years-of-faster-horses-3636630/:

Those who optimistically believe they are breaking new ground by improving the online experience are often merely tracing footprints on a path already much trodden, reinventing and rediscovering anew the same things – from a common website to cross-government platforms. The result has been several generations of faster horses.