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    Government is expanding public service market too fast, says IfG
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    Government is expanding public service market too fast, says IfG

    The civil service isn't able to build its contract management skills quickly enough to keep up with the pace of outsourcing, a report published today warns.


    Consultancy spending controls didn’t cause West Coast Mainline failure - Crothers
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    Consultancy spending controls didn’t cause West Coast Mainline failure - Crothers

    The Cabinet Office approved Department for Transport requests to hire external advisers for its West Coast Mainline franchise project, the government’s chief procurement officer Bill Crothers said earlier this month, so the spending controls didn’t contribute to the scheme’s collapse.


    NAO reports to compare similar projects run by different departments
    15 Jul 2013 Commercial
    NAO reports to compare similar projects run by different departments

    The National Audit Office (NAO) will “start doing comparative reports of similar activities in departments” from next year, comptroller and auditor general Amyas Morse has said.


    NS&I wins deal to provide Home Office with payment services
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    NS&I wins deal to provide Home Office with payment services

    The Home Office has outsourced its payments processing to NS&I, the state-owned savings bank, it was announced earlier this month.


    Fast progress on digital agenda
    04 Jul 2013 Commercial
    Fast progress on digital agenda

    Of all the agendas set out last year in the government’s Civil Service Reform Plan, the fastest progress is being made on ‘digital by default’, a CSW survey has found. Over half (53%) of civil servants said their organisation is making rapid or steady progress on this agenda, and 55% said that the reform would 'dramatically' or 'significantly' improve the civil service.


    Companies House chief warns on fraud
    19 Jun 2013 Commercial
    Companies House chief warns on fraud

    The efforts of Companies House (CH) to tackle fraud should be based on “strengthening the current model rather than radically changing company law”, its chief executive has told CSW, to ensure that anti-fraud work doesn’t weaken transparency in business information or create additional burdens on business.


    Government has saved £10bn in last financial year, says Cabinet Office
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    Government has saved £10bn in last financial year, says Cabinet Office

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    Procurement chief calls for departments to loosen commercial confidentiality, boosting cash savings
    28 Mar 2013 Commercial
    Procurement chief calls for departments to loosen commercial confidentiality, boosting cash savings

    Giving evidence at a Public Administration Select Committee hearing on Monday, Bill Crothers complained that departments often refuse to give the Cabinet Office information on contracts signed with suppliers, on the basis that doing so would breach commercial confidentiality.


    27 Mar 2013 Commercial
    Outsourcing market grows

    The British public sector now runs more big outsourcing contracts than the private sector, according to market intelligence services company Information Services Group (ISG). Counting public contracts worth more than £3.4m per year, ISG has calculated that the public outsourcing market expanded by 16 per cent in 2012, bringing it to a total of £3.7bn annually: 55 per cent of the UK’s outsourcing market.


    Rutnam: 'Keep on taking risks'
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    Rutnam: 'Keep on taking risks'

    The collapse of the West Coast Mainline franchising process won’t deter the Department for Transport (DfT) from taking necessary risks, the department’s permanent secretary has promised in an interview with CSW.


    Civil servants urged to use design techniques to develop services
    13 Mar 2013 Commercial
    Civil servants urged to use design techniques to develop services

    All civil servants should be trained in design principles such as using prototypes and involving users to create solutions, according to a report published today by the Design Commission, an industry-led group that investigates how design could address public policy problems.


    First independently-run shared service centre opens
    05 Mar 2013 Commercial
    First independently-run shared service centre opens

    The government has signed an agreement with private-sector partner arvato to manage an independently-run shared service centre, which will run back-office transactions to government departments. The move is intended to create savings of up to £600m a year over seven years.


    New evidence centres will help to “upgrade” civil service policy making, claims Cavendish
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    New evidence centres will help to “upgrade” civil service policy making, claims Cavendish

    A new network of research centres providing independent evidence to inform decision making in key policy areas will help to improve policy making in the civil service, according to Will Cavendish, executive director of the Cabinet Office's implementation unit.


    Work Programme providers failing to help most disadvantaged groups
    20 Feb 2013 Commercial
    Work Programme providers failing to help most disadvantaged groups

    Organisations providing employment support through the Work Programme are failing to support people from the hardest-to-help groups, despite financial incentives set up to encourage contractors to focus on these claimants, according to a Public Account Committee (PAC) report published today.


    O’Donnell: Government must prioritise objectives, not civil service reform
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    O’Donnell: Government must prioritise objectives, not civil service reform

    Reforming the civil service won’t “in itself make a dramatic difference to government effectiveness,” former cabinet secretary Lord O’Donnell told the Public Administration Select Committee today. Instead, government needs to ensure it is clear about what it wants to achieve, he added.


    Ministry of Defence should consider procurement impacts on UK plc
    06 Feb 2013 Commercial
    Ministry of Defence should consider procurement impacts on UK plc

    The Ministry of Defence (MoD) should set out an explicit industrial strategy for defence procurement, the Commons’ Defence Committee said in a report published yesterday. Such a strategy would ensure that procurement decisions take account of their likely impact on British businesses, rather than simply pursuing value for money.


    Commissioning academy launched to strengthen commercial skills
    06 Feb 2013 Commercial
    Commissioning academy launched to strengthen commercial skills

    Commissioners from across the public sector can now apply to join a virtual Commissioning Academy, launched last week.


    Kelly: new services create ethical risks
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    Kelly: new services create ethical risks

    The chair of the Committee on Standards in Public Life, Sir Christopher Kelly, has warned in an article written for Civil Service World that new ways of providing services – including academies, clinical commissioning groups, and increasing delivery by the private and voluntary sectors – will place extra pressures on ethics in public service delivery.


    Laidlaw blames gaps in SRO roles and reluctance to highlight problems
    19 Dec 2012 Commercial
    Laidlaw blames gaps in SRO roles and reluctance to highlight problems

    The lack of a senior responsible owner for the West Coast Rail franchise project was the “biggest problem” behind the failure of the bidding process, Sam Laidlaw told the House of Commons Transport Committee yesterday.


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    Charities offered bidding training

    A set of new ‘masterclasses’ that aim to help the voluntary and community sector (VCS) to secure public sector contracts were announced by the Cabinet Office  last week.


    19 Dec 2012 Commercial
    HMRC services better but poor

    HMRC’s customer services operations have improved from their low point of 2010 but still represent poor value for money to the taxpayer, a report by the National Audit Office (NAO) concluded yesterday.


    Mingay appeal & report delayed
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    Mingay appeal & report delayed
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