Regulatory and audit pressure introduces a non-negotiable constraint. Public-sector data is subject to statutory retention requirements, Freedom of Information obligations, and workforce continuity considerations. Data cannot simply be discarded or “cleaned up later” without breaching legal or regulatory obligations. Migrated data must be complete, traceable, and defensible under audit. Any loss of records carries immediate legal and operational consequences, significantly raising the stakes of migration failure. Finally, political and reputational exposure magnifies the impact of any issues that do arise. Public- sector transformation programmes are high-visibility by nature, with low tolerance for service disruption or degradation. When data migration problems surface, they rarely remain internal to delivery teams. Delays, workarounds, or service impacts quickly attract scrutiny from regulators, oversight bodies, the media, and the public. Confidence erodes rapidly, and recovery becomes as much a reputational exercise as a technical one. Taken together, these factors mean that data migration failures in the public sector are rarely isolated, recoverable events. They cascade across every area of delivery, turning what might be manageable risk elsewhere into a critical threat to programme viability.
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