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Transparency International, together with CoST (the Infrastructure Transparency Initiative), Open Contracting Partnership (OCP), Hivos and Article19, have launched the Clean Contracting Manifesto. “The whole lifecycle of public procurement must be implemented to the highest possible...

At the UK’s Westminster Education Forum this week, a number of specialists, including an academic and the head of the British Educational Suppliers Association, warned “many schools are ‘confused’ by the range of software, equipment and providers on offer, and are unable to make good...

A new report ‘Our Money Our Future’ by former MP and author of the Public Services (Social Value) Act 2012, Chris White, and Social Enterprise UK, claims the UK Government should extend the Social Value Act to include more public spending. Currently the Act ‘shapes’ around £25bn of public...

Tim Gilday, a principal of technology acceleration at CSRA Inc., makes the case why agencies should figure out where this new security technology could work for them. “Delivering services to citizens without the security issues that currently plague most digital interactions will be a significant...

Implementing efficient and cost-effective modernization efforts could possibly lead to industry monopolies within certain government markets according to industry groups that recently raised concerns. They state the Department of Defense (DOD) cloud initiatives will favor one cloud provider and...

The Louis Berger Group won a potential $860 million contract from the U.S. Army to provide temporary power supply in Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. Louis Berger deployed more than 300 personnel and independent contractors in October to help USACE, the Federal Emergency Management Agency,...

The Estonian Defence Forces (EDF), Police and Border Guard Board (PPA) and Ministry of Justice have nine qualified tenderers for the procurement of new automatic firearms. Terms and conditions will be provided by the end of the year. Tenders will be submitted in the first quarter of 2018, then a...

A report was published on November 17 by HM Treasury; the Public Value Review calls for a sharper results culture in public services. It looks into how central government can ensure it is delivering maximum value for money in public services such as hospitals, schools and other essential services....

This week the former CEO of Netherlands Railways (NS) is facing charges of possible involvement in fraud during a tender for public transport in Limburg. In 2015 the NS was accused of deliberately putting a competitor, transport company Veolia, in a disadvantaged position so that they could win the...

Ireland’s Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform and Minister of State with special responsibility for Public Procurement, Open Government and eGovernment have set out the Government strategy for the increased use of digital technology in the delivery of key public works projects that are...

Amazon Web Services (AWS) recently unveiled their AWS Secret Region cloud, available to the U.S. intelligence community. Federal agencies will now have the option of moving classified data to the cloud. “The U.S. intelligence community can now execute their missions with a common set of tools, a...

The National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) includes a Department of Defense (DOD) pilot that would require all contractors with $250 million in revenue in the previous year to pay for the cost of a failed contract protest. Currently restricted to DOD acquisition programs, the pilot could have a...