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Government rolls out CloudStore mark 2

The second iteration of the government's cloud-based app store has gone live, bringing better functionality in the form of improved search and payment options Read more

21 May, 2012 by Staff

Cabinet Office posts open-source procurement guide

...The Cabinet Office has published an open-source procurement toolkit for the public sector on its website. It said the purpose... Read more

3 November, 2011 by Mark Say

Government pledges to halt procurement 'madness

...The government will set up a centralised procurement team in an effort to stop paying wildly different prices for IT... Read more

3 June, 2011 by Tom Espiner

DWP suspends procurement process

...The Department for Work and Pensions has suspended part of its procurement exercise for a central government application deployment service. A spokesperson for the... Read more

5 July, 2010 by Kable

Commission pledges ?10m to cloud partnership

...made up of governments and industry, will define common standards for cloud procurement, digital agenda commissioner Neelie Kroes said in a speech on Thursday. "The... Read more

26 January, 2012 by Tom Espiner

Government to list contract opportunities online

...business online. Cabinet Office minister Francis Maude has welcomed plans to streamline procurement procedures in government. Photo credit: Cabinet Office It will also seek to... Read more

21 November, 2011 by Staff

Government prepares to open G-Cloud procurement

...The Cabinet Office is planning to begin the procurement of services for the G-Cloud with the publication of a tender... Read more

5 October, 2011 by Mark Say

Lib Dems push for cloud regulator

...regulation. It also argued for greater small-business involvement in government IT procurement contracts beyond the 25 percent targeted by the coalition government. "Cloud computing... Read more

20 September, 2011 by Jack Clark

G-Cloud project is 'alive and kicking'

...public G-Cloud implementation, he added. Changing the culture of civil service procurement is a "substantial challenge", he told the London audience.G-Cloud challenges... Read more

13 September, 2011 by Tom Espiner

Police IT company to take charge of procurement

...company run by police chiefs and technology professionals that will manage IT procurement for the police from 2012 Read more

6 July, 2011 by Gill Hitchcock

Government calls for IT suppliers to embrace SMEs

...them," he said. "Price being equal, and within the bounds of current procurement legislation, we will be very interested in bids which involve SMEs or... Read more

3 December, 2010 by Kable

Government wasting money in IT spending, says review

...inefficiently because of poor data and a lack of mandate for centralised procurement. In his efficiency review report on behalf of the government, published on... Read more

12 October, 2010 by Kable

MoD chops £120m IT consultancy budget

...planned from October will offer further tendering opportunities for industry." The centralised procurement process was announced in May as part of a Cabinet Office and... Read more

14 July, 2010 by Tom Espiner

Government IT staff numbers drop nine percent

The number of IT staff working in government departments has dropped by around nine percent in four years, according to figures Read more

11 April, 2012 by Sade Laja

Oracle deal promises £75m in savings for government

...Oracle's, was overly customised and too complex. John Collington, government chief procurement officer, is the senior responsible officer for the government's shared-services... Read more

28 March, 2012 by Sade Laja

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"cites" even. Ouch!

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