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Leidos Receives Potential $98 Million Army Contract
Sep 1, 2017
Leidos was awarded a potential five-year, $98 million contract from the U.S. Army to perform scientific and administrative services in support of Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs (CDMRP). The company said it will assist CDMRP leaders and government program managers as well as...
Fourth Quarter IT Spending Blitz
Sep 1, 2017
As part of the overall spending rush that happens as the fiscal years comes to a close, budget uncertainty could be driving leaders to purchase more IT solutions. Matt Hummer, director of analytics at a market analyst company, suggests the end of year “use it or lose it” budget rules is the...
PPI Workshop on Innovation in Public Construction
Aug 31, 2017
eafip, the body that supports public authorities in better innovation procurements of ICT based solutions across the EU, is hosting a workshop on innovation procurement in public construction on 14th November in Prague. It is open to all public procurers and the aim is to highlight the benefits...
Cyprus Offers Training to Central Purchasing Body Officers to Enhance SME Inclusion
Aug 31, 2017
The European Office of Cyprus has announced the organisation of a training programme for central purchasing body officers to improve public procurement best practice. Two universities will receive funding for tuition fees, travel and accommodation and the training will focus on managing markets and...
National Health Service offers £20K per doctor finder fee to agencies
Aug 31, 2017
Jeremy Hunt – the UK health secretary – has pledged that doctors (GPs) will be available to the public 7 days a week by 2020. To fulfil that pledge the NHS has published a contract notice for agencies to find GPs, also from abroad, to fill the gaps. Recruitment agencies are being offered around...
Public Money and the Arts in Question
Aug 31, 2017
Public funding of ‘art’ and art-related activities has been coming under scrutiny in the UK this week. Scotland’s The Courier writes how “Creative Scotland awarded the part-time Duncan of Jordanstone lecturer £15,000 to see how living within Glasgow’s city boundaries for a year would...
Cyber Products Under Scrutiny With DHS Plan
Aug 31, 2017
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) issued an updated continuous diagnostic and mitigation (CDM) supply chain risk management plan to help agencies be more confident in the cybersecurity products and services they are buying. Concerns about the federal IT supply chain increased over the last...
As Sure As Tax, Rain, Death: Digitalisation Dragons? (Part II)
Aug 30, 2017
Mutated digital dragons? (Check the British Library website for the 15th century originals!)
Tax evasion, delayed trains & untidy death seem to be parts of our daily lives. But what about the digitalisation dragons? Will they wipe away B2B sales and procurement as we know it, our will we see a...
High Corruption in Nigerian Public Sector Procurement Affects Quality of Lives
Aug 30, 2017
According to the News Agency of Nigeria, former Minister Alhaji Bala Kaoje has said that corruption in the country’s public sector procurement process accounts for over 70% of the government’s total budget.
Kaoje, a former Minister of Sports and Youth Development, also said that corruption in...
How a Taiwanese Government Innovation Could Solve a Peculiarly American Problem
Aug 30, 2017
The latest excuse for Americans to divide themselves into warring camps is over the fate of Confederate Civil War monuments. One camp says these are offensive lionizations of slaveholders, while the other says they are part of our heritage and that taking them down disrespects our history.
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Trump, Congress Ensure Harvey Aid Spending
Aug 30, 2017
Taxpayers are likely to be asked to contribute to a Hurricane Harvey cleanup effort expected to last years and cost tens of billions of dollars in federal assistance. Congress already faces several quick deadlines when lawmakers return next week and will need to pass a new funding bill raising the...
OPM Authorizes Direct Agency Hiring in Wake of Hurricane Harvey
Aug 30, 2017
Due to the extensive damage caused by Hurricane Harvey, the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) is allowing agencies impacted by the storm to waive some hiring policies and recruit needed staff. In a recent memo, acting OPM Director Kathleen McGettigan authorized direct hiring authority for IT...
