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    Defence procurement ‘broken’ and needs 'root and branch reform', MPs say
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    Defence procurement ‘broken’ and needs 'root and branch reform', MPs say

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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
    12 Feb 2013 Commercial
    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
    01 Feb 2013 Commercial
    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.


    19 Dec 2012 Commercial
    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
    05 Dec 2012 Commercial
    Mingay appeal & report delayed
    05 Dec 2012 Commercial
    OFT & CC to merge by 2014

    A new Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) is to become fully operational in April 2014, under plans to merge the Office of Fair Trading and the Competition Commission.


    Kelly: Whitehall to sell services
    19 Nov 2012 Commercial
    Kelly: Whitehall to sell services

    The government is looking to establish joint ventures so that some of its intellectual property businesses can enter international markets, Stephen Kelly, government’s new chief operating officer, has told CSW.


    Bernard Gray: DE&S services will shrink unless 2,000 jobs are outsourced to the private sector
    14 Nov 2012 Commercial
    Bernard Gray: DE&S services will shrink unless 2,000 jobs are outsourced to the private sector

    The Ministry of Defence’s procurement arm – Defence Equipment and Support (DE&S) – can only continue to offer current levels of service for the department if some jobs are outsourced, its boss Bernard Gray, chief of defence materiel, told the Commons’ Defence Committee yesterday.


    01 Nov 2012 Commercial
    Editorial: The log in Michael Gove's eye

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    Adonis: DfT acted immorally
    01 Nov 2012 Commercial
    Adonis: DfT acted immorally

    The Department for Transport’s decision to publicly suspend three officials last month when it reopened bidding for the West Coast Mainline franchise was “immoral”, former Labour transport secretary Lord Adonis said last week.


    Macpherson: 'Political aims skew public spending'
    01 Nov 2012 Commercial
    Macpherson: 'Political aims skew public spending'

    Efforts by the Treasury to incorporate long-term analyses into its budgetary calculations are being hampered by the political calculations of successive governments, Nick Macpherson, permanent secretary at HM Treasury, said on Monday.


    01 Nov 2012 Commercial
    New ICT frameworks 'paused'

    The development of new ICT procurement frameworks by the Government Procurement Service (GPS) has been “paused” while a review is undertaken to ensure they’re offering the best value for money.


    Exclusive: Crothers: suppliers’ reform proposals ‘ill thought-through’
    05 Sep 2012 Commercial
    Exclusive: Crothers: suppliers’ reform proposals ‘ill thought-through’

    The coalition’s call for major suppliers to come forward with ideas as to how government could be made more efficient has produced a set of “ill thought-through business propositions”, Whitehall’s new chief procurement officer Bill Crothers has said in an interview with Civil Service World, adding that these big firms “need to sharpen up their act.”


    Maude gives mutuals a push
    27 Jul 2012 Commercial
    Maude gives mutuals a push

    Five government departments will be required to provide clearer guidance and complaints procedures for staff keen to set up public service mutuals, under new proposals designed to maintain the momentum behind the government’s public service reform agenda.


    Exclusive: Mutualisation appeals to 16% of officials – but 69% opposed
    13 Jun 2012 Commercial
    Exclusive: Mutualisation appeals to 16% of officials – but 69% opposed

    Just 16 per cent of civil servants are interested in exploring the idea of launching a ‘mutual’ organisation, with 69 per cent dismissing the idea, a CSW survey has found.


    30 May 2012 Commercial
    Home Affairs Committee calls for pause on police outsourcing
    Fraud rife at DWP contractors A4e and Working Links, whistleblowing auditor tells PAC
    30 May 2012 Commercial
    Fraud rife at DWP contractors A4e and Working Links, whistleblowing auditor tells PAC

    Fraud is widespread at government contractors A4e and Working Links, their former head of audit, Eddie Hutchinson, has said.


    ‘Compacts’ agreed to cut CO2 footprint of government purchases
    30 May 2012 Commercial
    ‘Compacts’ agreed to cut CO2 footprint of government purchases

    Three ground-breaking ‘carbon compacts’ have been signed, bringing together the spending power of departments and private businesses in a bid to push suppliers into cutting carbon emissions.


    30 May 2012 Commercial
    IfG: Improve use of depts’ data
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