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Algorithms and Decision Making in Public Sector – Report
May 25, 2018
The UK Government’s Science and Technology Committee has released a report as the GDPR becomes effective, and in the wake of the recent controversy around Cambridge Analytica. The report acknowledges the huge opportunities that algorithms can bring to public sector decision making (including...
The Public Procurement Leaders Podcast with Alan Thomas – Episode 8
May 24, 2018
Easy, Efficient, and Modern.
These are admirable and important goals for any organization operating in a hyper connected world. As governments continue their modernization push, leaders like Alan Thomas are embracing the demands of public sector technology.
The recently appointed Thomas, who is...
UK Government Talks About How It Is Now Managing Its Strategic Supplier Relationships
May 22, 2018
In a recent PSF webinar, Creating Public Sector Value Through Supplier Relationship Management, the UK Cabinet Office and supplier relationship management experts State of Flux have been highlighting some of the issues occurring in the UK public sector and looking at how the UK government is...
SmallGovCon Week in Review: May 14 – 18, 2018
May 18, 2018
As we head into the second half of May, it is time for graduation parties and summer fun. But before we enjoy the weekend, it’s Friday and time for the SmallGovCon Week in Review.
In this week’s edition, we highlight GAO giving contractors a second chance to make it into the OASIS...
The World’s Most Resilient Supply Chains Ranked
May 17, 2018
FM Global’s Supply Chain Resilience Index 2018 is out. This is an annual ranking of 130 countries and territories by the resilience of their business environments. It is an online, interactive resource to give global business leaders, private and public, the intelligence with which to plan where...
IDA Ireland and Enterprise Ireland Begin Annual Sourcing Mission
May 17, 2018
This week three Government ministers begin a two-day trade and investment mission to Dublin, Limerick and Sligo. They are the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation, the Minister of State for Trade, Employment, Business, EU Digital Single Market and Data Protection, and the Minister of...
Procurement Innovation – What Does It Really Mean?
May 17, 2018
We know that “Procurement Innovation” is something that is dear to the hearts of many Public Spend Forum readers and indeed many working on both the buy and supply sides of the public procurement world, across many countries.
But as this has become a hot topic, it has also led to some...
Germany Mandates PEPPOL for Invoicing to the Public Sector
May 17, 2018
Last month the German National IT Planning Council decided to mandate use of the PEPPOL eDelivery Network as the web service for e-invoices to public authorities in Germany. The timeline for implementation by federal, regional and local authorities will be decided in October. As part of these...
The High Price of Free Procurement Software
May 17, 2018
An article we found this week that we think is worthy of your attention is by Omar Salaymeh and appears on Purchasing B2B, in which he claims “… ‘free’ platforms affect process openness and the ability to keep pace with innovation.” In the case of free procurement software, he says, many...
The Case for Plain Language Contracts
May 17, 2018
We read with interest ‘The Case for Plain-Language Contracts’ in the Harvard Business Review by Shawn Burton – and thanks to Hal Good for highlighting it on LinkedIn. In it the author lays down plainly and simply why out-dated, ‘jargonese’-style contracts are – or should be – a thing...
UK Government Renationalises East Coast Mainline Railway
May 17, 2018
UK Transport secretary informed Parliament this week that he will terminate the Virgin Trains East Coast contract and bring the line back under government control. Renationalisation of the line has been under consideration for some time, and an option of a not-for-profit deal with existing...
Cloud Spending Slowing for UK Gov
May 14, 2018
According to responses to Freedom of Information requests from The Register, and open data from the government’s cloud computing G-Cloud digital marketplace, spending on Cloud services is slowing for certain UK government departments, agencies and local authorities. According to an article in The...
