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World Bank’s Benchmarking Report Highlights Global Challenges
Feb 8, 2017
According to the 2017 Benchmarking Public Procurement (BPP) report from the World Bank, governments all over the world are still struggling with transparency and efficiency in their public procurement. Each year, the World Bank compiles data from 123 countries to assess the state of government...
Public Procurement News Round-up | 2/7/2017
Feb 8, 2017
President Trump Signs Over Old Post Office Lease to His Son
Hoping to allay concerns over his company’s lease of the Old Post Office, President Donald Trump filed papers handing control of the lease to his son Donald Trump, Jr., listing the son as the president of the company that controls the...
Public Spend Forum Newswire | 2/6/2017
Feb 7, 2017
Lawmakers Introduce Companion Bills to Repeal Davis-Bacon Act
Rep. Steve King (R-IA) and Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT) have introduced companion bills aimed at repealing the Davis-Bacon Act. The Davis-Bacon Act requires contractors and subcontractors to pay their employees “no less than the locally...
Public Procurement News Round-up | 2/6/2017
Feb 7, 2017
Lawmakers Introduce Companion Bills to Repeal Davis-Bacon Act
Rep. Steve King (R-IA) and Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT) have introduced companion bills aimed at repealing the Davis-Bacon Act. The Davis-Bacon Act requires contractors and subcontractors to pay their employees “no less than the locally...
Glasgow and Serco Fight Over IT Procurement Contract
Feb 7, 2017
The Herald newspaper in Scotland reports that Glasgow council has stopped transition work with Canadian Information Technology services firm CGI. The firm was expected to take over a major £400 million IT contract next March for Scotland’s biggest city.
“The £400 million privatisation of IT...
Senators Want Inspector General to Look into Trump’s Hotel Lease
Feb 6, 2017
Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Ranking Member Sen. Claire McCaskill (D-MO) and Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations Ranking Member Sen. Tom Carper (D-DE) have written to the General Services Administration Inspector General Carol Ochoa, asking her office to...
Public Procurement News Round-up | 2/3/2017
Feb 6, 2017
Cloud.gov the First Open-Source Solution to Pass FedRAMP Muster
Cloud.gov, the platform-as-a-service created by the General Services Administration’s (GSA) 18F team, has been authorized by the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program, making it the first open-sourced solution to complete...
Public Spend Forum Newswire | 2/3/2017
Feb 6, 2017
Cloud.gov the First Open-Source Solution to Pass FedRAMP Muster
Cloud.gov, the platform-as-a-service created by the General Services Administration’s (GSA) 18F team, has been authorized by the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program, making it the first open-sourced solution to complete...
Public Spend Forum Newswire | 2/2/2017
Feb 3, 2017
How Will President Trump’s “2-for-1” Regulation Rule Work in Practice?
Tom Temin of Federal News Radio considers President Donald Trump’s executive order requiring agencies to remove two regulations for every one they propose. Temin writes that the order is more complicated than it may...
Public Procurement News Round-up | 2/2/2017
Feb 3, 2017
How Will President Trump’s “2-for-1” Regulation Rule Work in Practice?
Tom Temin of Federal News Radio considers President Donald Trump’s executive order requiring agencies to remove two regulations for every one they propose. Temin writes that the order is more complicated than it may...
European Public Procurement Newswire — 2/3/17
Feb 3, 2017
This is our weekly European public procurement news roundup, collecting recent public sector stories and information from around Europe’s news portals, reporting on how more than a trillion Euros of taxpayer money is being spent.
Armenia’s Finance Ministry steps up anti-corruption reforms
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Software Firm Gatewit Loses License To Operate Portuguese Government Tendering
Feb 2, 2017
Late last year, there were some major events in the Portuguese market, that should have reverberations around the wider European public sector software sector.
Some of the information we have is gathered via Google translate, so apologies if we have slightly mis-interpreted anything. But basically,...
