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Brown's budget may move IT contracts offshore
News That could in turn lead to the acceleration in moving some software development contracts abroad as the new rules would let consultants come and go more freely. The governmentÂs decision to plug the skills gap by relaxing work permit regulations...
[April 3, 2000, 7:00]
Checklist to Assess Security in IT Contracts
White Papers This paper provides a checklist for system owners and security professionals to assist in reviewing current contracts and aid in planning for new acquisitions. This whitepaper examines the security threats and Information Technology (IT) security...
[June 4, 2009, 0:00]
Software vendors bid for schools IT contracts
News Open-source vendors are among the companies bidding for schools IT supply contracts worth approximately £80m. The tendering process, which finished last Wednesday, was part of Becta's Software Licensing Framework.
[August 18, 2008, 17:16]
Criminal justice IT contracts up for grabs
News The Department for Constitutional Affairs is set to replace its main IT contracts covering key projects in the modernisation of the criminal justice system, it has emerged. The department is planning to issue a tender notice in the spring for the...
[January 19, 2005, 15:50]
Why compensate it is common public knowledge before any contracts are signe
Talkback Once elected by the UK population assuming we still have a UK and population by then, they will be carrying out the will of the people by implementing a decision already made before contracts are signed.
[May 30, 2008, 14:59]
Candidates for new NHS IT contracts revealed
News Connecting for Health has published a candidate list of 116 companies for a series of "framework" contracts aimed at creating access to a broader base of ICT suppliers. CfH expects that most of the final contracts will be awarded at the end of the...
[August 15, 2007, 15:51]
IT group pushes for results-based contracts
News Such contracts are the way of the future for private- and public-sector bodies with ever-shrinking budgets, Intellect argued in the report, called A Guide to Outcome-Based Agreements: A Better Way To Do Business.
[May 13, 2009, 14:42]
Union urges caution over gov't outsourcing plans
News A government pledge to outsource more IT contracts ignores a history of blown budgets and missed deadlines, unions claim. Secretary of state for business John Hutton promised a "long-term commitment to open up public-service markets" that will make...
[July 14, 2008, 8:33]
SMEs get London 2012 'dating agency'
News A website which could help small IT companies bid for contracts for London's Olympic Games has gone live. It will contain all kinds of contracts, including IT," a spokesperson for the Olympic Delivery Authority (ODA) told GC News on Friday.
[January 21, 2008, 8:50]
Government u-turn on private finance for IT
News The government has scrapped the use of controversial Private Finance Initiative deals for public sector IT contracts following a catalogue of costly high-profile projects. A report by the Treasury, PFI: meeting the investment challenge, concluded...
[July 17, 2003, 15:53]
NHS IT delays cost Accenture £260m
News The body in charge of the £6.2bn NHS IT project has called for "key personnel changes" at Accenture after the outsourcing company announced a $450m (£260m) loss on its health service contracts due to delays in hitting delivery deadlines.
[April 3, 2006, 9:30]
PCG offers help with IR35-proof contracts
News The Professional Contractors Group (PCG) has created a series of draft contracts that it believes self-employed workers could use to avoid falling foul of IR35. The PCG has updated the draft contracts following its recent unsuccessful judicial...
[September 25, 2001, 10:20]
IT contractors cut out the middle-men
News Resource Exchange -- an Australian b2b exchange for IT professionals and those who wish to hire them -- is due to go live 1 June, enabling freelance IT specialists to negotiate directly with corporations for short-term contracts.
[May 21, 2002, 11:19]
The government can't handle the truth
Talkback I have worked on many contracts for the MOD and other Governement departments. For the past 20 years I have seen the same companies pick up these lucrative contracts. The whole way that contracts are handed out needs to be shaken up and shaken out.
[April 4, 2006, 10:03]
Find a lucrative contract with this comprehensive list of state-related bidding links
White Papers State government contracts can be a sure source of work for information technology consultants. The comprehensive list of state resource links included in this download provides information on each state's bidding and procurement processes for IT...
[May 12, 2006, 1:00]
Death of Abbey 'whistleblower' investigated
News An inquest is to be held into the apparent suicide of an Abbey IT worker who was being questioned over the leaking of a dossier alleging dodgy dealings in the awarding of IT contracts at the bank. Kroll was investigating a dossier alleging...
[October 21, 2004, 13:40]
Bristol: Microsoft unfairly withheld NT code
News Microsoft countered that it owns the source code and that the company is under no obligation to enter into new contracts to license it to Bristol. In a lawsuit filed last August, Bristol accused Microsoft of leveraging its dominant position in the...
[June 4, 1999, 8:58]
IT managers drive harder outsourcing bargains
News Outsourcing companies are facing increasing competition and falling contract values, giving IT managers greater bargaining power for outsourcing contracts in 2007. TPI said on Thursday that a trend towards shorter and smaller contracts, and more...
[January 11, 2007, 12:22]
Capita boss quits amid Labour loans furore
News Capita founder and chairman Rod Aldridge is quitting over his £1m loan to the Labour Party, claiming it has led to "spurious" but damaging suggestions the company was awarded government contracts because of it.
[March 23, 2006, 14:05]
US government IT spending jumps 50 per cent
News Information technology-related contracts awarded by the federal government jumped to more than $23bn (£12.7bn) in the second quarter of 2004. The total worth of orders placed by the department alone was $10.7bn, compared with $93m for all IT...
[July 29, 2004, 14:30]
