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Internet needs no 'digital handcuffs', says Kroes

...Wednesday. The European Commission is working on guidance for open standards for government procurement, said Kroes. In February the UK government denied that the influence... Read more

19 April, 2012

Government seeks savings through licence shuffle

...support achievement of key efficiency aims for government ICT", according to a government procurement document. The database will cover central government licences, and quangos, but... Read more

1 March, 2012 by Tom Espiner

Government prepares to open G-Cloud procurement

...2009.A Cabinet Office spokeswoman confirmed to Guardian Government Computing that the Government Procurement Service is to tender for a framework contract divided into lots... Read more

5 October, 2011 by Mark Say

Government set to spend up to £2bn on PSN

...The Government Procurement Service is setting up a pan-government framework for Public Services... Read more

6 September, 2011 by Gill Hitchcock

MPs: Government IT is a 'recipe for rip-offs'

...cost at about £16bn a year. In June, the Cabinet Office said government procurement 'madness' must stop, noting different departments paid different prices to the... Read more

28 July, 2011 by Tom Espiner

Cabinet Office to publish key NHS, schools data

...speeds and congestion to be published from December 2011. The release of government procurement card spending data for transactions above £500 from the end of... Read more

8 July, 2011 by Sade Laja

Government pledges to halt procurement 'madness'

...a centralised procurement team. Photo credit: Cabinet Office The centralised team, called Government Procurement, will contract for goods and services for the whole of government... Read more

3 June, 2011 by Tom Espiner

HP agrees to pay 'kickback' settlement of $55m

...demonstrates, we will take action against those who seek to taint the government procurement process with illegal kickbacks" said Tony West, assistant attorney general for... Read more

31 August, 2010

Government IT procurement moves to Cabinet Office

...Government procurement of IT and other products and services is now the responsibility... Read more

16 June, 2010 by David Meyer

One in four state IT contracts to go to SMEs, says Cable

...recognised it was difficult for small businesses to get through the current government procurement process. "Our policy is to ensure that 25 percent of public... Read more

3 June, 2010 by Tom Espiner
Gov Pro for iPad 4.0.0.26

Gov Pro for iPad 4.0.0.26

...Description(2000 character limit)From the editors of Government Products News and Government Procurement, GovPro is the comprehensive product and purchasing resource for public-sector... Read more

7 March, 2012
Gov Pro 3.1.5

Gov Pro 3.1.5

From the editors of Government Products News and Government Procurement, GovPro is the comprehensive product and purchasing resource for public-sector... Read more

18 October, 2011

Fix for 'bonkers' IT buying will save taxpayer £3bn

...t even any proper central data on procurement spending. The establishment of government procurement means the days when there was no strategy and no coherence... Read more

3 June, 2011 by Nick Heath

Spending review: Procurement needs reform as public sector cuts bite

The government should focus on more than just blindly cutting IT spending... Read more

13 October, 2010 by Mark Kobayashi-Hillary
Chinese Economic Law 2.1

Chinese Economic Law 2.1

...People's Republic of China on Chinese-Foreign Equity Joint Ventures . . . The Government Procurement Law of the People's Republic of China Law of the... Read more

26 August, 2010

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