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Latvian Defence Ministry Acquiring Armoured Vehicles
Jul 18, 2019
To modernise its defence vehicles and improve the National Armed Forces’ mobility, Latvian ministry of defence has approached 12 countries to ascertain their suitability for a planned 10-year contract to supply of armoured vehicles to the Latvian military as part of a major procurement. A...
Addressing Cybersecurity Threats for State, Local Governments
Jul 17, 2019
State and local governments face looming cybersecurity threats but emerging tech may be able to address the issues
Cybersecurity in America is a complicated topic. Federal and state organizations rely on different network construction to protect valuable data. The federal government is heavily...
How Effective Is Public Sector Procurement Really?
Jul 16, 2019
Public sector procurement – we’re speaking generally and specifically in the UK (because that’s where our experience lies) – is difficult to measure in terms of success, or even effectiveness. Why is that? According to an article by Peter Smith, it’s partly because “so much of what...
Startups Using Emerging Tech to Solve Real Problems
Jul 16, 2019
Livemint references a Digital Dossier identification of startups making use of emerging technologies to address problems in traditional fields. While applications are primarily geared toward the private sector, this does not preclude government applications from the near future.
Facilio, based in...
Air Force Awards Another IT-as-a-Service Contract
Jul 15, 2019
Accenture Federal Services is now responsible for providing IT services to eight Air Force bases in lieu of the Air Force pivoting enterprise IT-as-a-service (EITaaS) to commercial companies. The EITaaS initiative will provide basic IT infrastructure and services to free up Air Force service...
Improving End-to-End Public Service Delivery
Jul 15, 2019
The government and its citizens serve to gain a lot from digitizing and consolidating citizen information––but not without its share of risks as well. Ideally, a citizen could visit a single one-stop-shop for all their government needs; a single, secure website where they can pay their taxes,...
What Boris Johnson Is Missing When He Talks About Procurement
Jul 11, 2019
Boris Johnson – the UK PM front runner – said of Procurement that: “… he wanted to change public procurement rules which could see UK companies favoured when bidding for billions of pounds worth of Government work.” The very knowledgeable Pedro Telles, Senior Lecturer in Law at Swansea...
Global Lead City Network on Sustainable Procurement
Jul 11, 2019
The Global Lead City Network on Sustainable Procurement (GLCN on SP), is a group of 14 cities that have come together to accelerate the implementation of sustainable procurement worldwide through: setting ambitious, quantified targets on sustainable procurement, reporting on their achievements, and...
Green Public Procurement Latest News – Child Labour, Biodegradable Plastics and More
Jul 11, 2019
The European Commission has this week published its latest newsletter containing news on green public procurement (GPP). It includes items on the Big Buyers Initiative: public authorities joining forces for strategic procurement; a new tool to calculate the full Life-Cycle Costs (LCC) of Computers...
Farmers Call for Food Trading System Complete Treasury Review
Jul 11, 2019
At a UK Future Farmers seminar recently, the NFU president said: “There has got to be a complete review of the competition framework. It has to be done by the Treasury, it has to be serious and it has to be done in 12 months.” Britain’s food trading system is “unique” and...
Public Service Delivery Favoured Over Private Sector
Jul 11, 2019
A study by E3M, an initiative developed and managed by Social Business International, surveyed, via Pollster YouGov, 2,062 UK adults from among the general public about their attitudes towards public service delivery. 84% of respondents were aware that public bodies such as local councils and the...
Italy’s Defense Spending Rises In 2019, But Procurement Drops
Jul 11, 2019
Italy has cut its procurement spending by 15% in 2019 with maintenance and operations funds boosted by nearly one-fifth. Total procurement spending is €4.32 billion combining €1.87 billion from the Defence Ministry and €2.45 billion from Italy’s Ministry of Economic Development. That...