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    Project Delivery

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    Government needs ‘ruthless focus’ not ‘everythingism’, think tank argues
    26 Mar Project Delivery

    Government needs ‘ruthless focus’ not ‘everythingism’, think tank argues

    Reform says belief that all projects and policies can aid all objectives is crippling delivery
    by Jim Dunton
    ‘Radically’ shorter Green Book will support place-based budgeting and transformational change
    11 Jun Project Delivery
    ‘Radically’ shorter Green Book will support place-based budgeting and transformational change
    Departments getting better at evaluating major projects
    24 Apr Project Delivery
    Departments getting better at evaluating major projects
    Former DfT director appointed as NISTA chief exec
    17 Apr Project Delivery
    Former DfT director appointed as NISTA chief exec
    Competition and Markets Authority appoints first deputy chief economic adviser
    09 Apr 2015 Project Delivery
    Competition and Markets Authority appoints first deputy chief economic adviser

    Kate Collyer appointed to the new role of deputy chief economic adviser at the Competition and Markets Authority


    Civil Service Learning: NAO publishes investigation into Capita's handling of £250m Whitehall training contract
    26 Mar 2015 Project Delivery
    Civil Service Learning: NAO publishes investigation into Capita's handling of £250m Whitehall training contract

    The National Audit Office finds no evidence that Capita inflated management fees or deliberately delayed payments to suppliers in Civil Service Learning contract, but watchdog does not pass judgement on overall value for money of the scheme. CSW looks at the report's key findings


    No convincing case for HS2, says House of Lords Committee
    25 Mar 2015 Project Delivery
    No convincing case for HS2, says House of Lords Committee

    Lords Economic Affairs Committee says Department for Transport has not made case for why High Speed 2 more 'cost-effective' than alternatives


    GDS boss Mike Bracken named as inaugural chief data officer
    24 Mar 2015 Project Delivery
    GDS boss Mike Bracken named as inaugural chief data officer

    GDS's Mike Bracken appointed to new chief data officer role aiming to improve Whitehall's use of data


    Skills still an issue for Defence Equipment and Support, says Public Accounts Committee
    20 Mar 2015 Project Delivery
    Skills still an issue for Defence Equipment and Support, says Public Accounts Committee

    MPs on the Public Accounts Committee warn commercial skills gap at Defence Equipment and Support will undermine MoD efforts to reduce costs if not addressed


    Former Royal Mail MD Mark Thomson named as new Passport Office director
    18 Mar 2015 Project Delivery
    Former Royal Mail MD Mark Thomson named as new Passport Office director

    Former Royal Mail managing director Mark Thomson to become director general of Passport Office for three-year term


    MPs call for action to boost Whitehall skills and make it easier to retain top staff
    17 Mar 2015 Project Delivery
    MPs call for action to boost Whitehall skills and make it easier to retain top staff

    MPs on the Public Administration Committee warn Capability Plan focus too 'narrow' and mid-management skills being 'hollowed out'


    Graham Farrant to replace Ed Lester as Land Registry chief
    13 Mar 2015 Project Delivery
    Graham Farrant to replace Ed Lester as Land Registry chief

    Business minister Matt Hancock appoints Graham Farrant as new chief executive of the Land Registry


    SCS pay: David Cameron rejects call for £2,000 Pay Band 1 boost
    12 Mar 2015 Project Delivery
    SCS pay: David Cameron rejects call for £2,000 Pay Band 1 boost

    Prime minister David Cameron says review body's call to raise salary minima for Pay Band 1 by £2,000 would undermine 'flexibility'


    National Audit Office flags up concerns on official travel expenses
    11 Mar 2015 Project Delivery
    National Audit Office flags up concerns on official travel expenses

    Centre of government has 'little oversight' of departmental travel policies, the National Audit Office warns


    Ex-Army chief: SDSR left UK reticent on Russia threat
    10 Mar 2015 Project Delivery
    Ex-Army chief: SDSR left UK reticent on Russia threat

    General Sir Peter Wall says 2010 Strategic Defence and Security Review assumed 'benign' world situation


    Whitehall should do more to plan for the long-term, MPs say
    09 Mar 2015 Project Delivery
    Whitehall should do more to plan for the long-term, MPs say

    Public Administration Select Committee urges greater role for Cabinet Office in planning for the future and ending departmental duplication


    NAO director Babington heads to financial regulator
    03 Mar 2015 Project Delivery
    NAO director Babington heads to financial regulator

    Former NAO director Mark Babington joins Financial Reporting Council 


    Interview: John Manzoni
    20 Feb 2015 Project Delivery
    Interview: John Manzoni

    The civil service’s first chief executive has an ambitious agenda to define the next era of Whitehall reform – whatever those “damn politicians” might be planning. Jess Bowie meets him


    New authority will be funded by Defra and local council to combat floods
    09 Dec 2014 Project Delivery
    New authority will be funded by Defra and local council to combat floods

    The Somerset Rivers Authority (SRA) will receive joint funding from the Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (Defra) and Somerset County Council as part of the Somerset Action Plan (SAP), it was announced Monday 8 December. 


    David Blackall takes up new role as acting CEO of MPA
    14 Nov 2014 Project Delivery
    David Blackall takes up new role as acting CEO of MPA

    David Blackall took up the position of acting chief executive of the Major Projects Authority (MPA) on 13 October, after being director of operations for a year.


    Manzoni made civil service CE as ‘Two Years On’ report maps out future reforms
    02 Oct 2014 Project Delivery
    Manzoni made civil service CE as ‘Two Years On’ report maps out future reforms

    John Manzoni, the chief executive of the Major Projects Authority, has been named as the new chief executive of the civil service.


    Passport Office to be brought back into Home Office
    26 Sep 2014 Project Delivery
    Passport Office to be brought back into Home Office

    HM Passport Office will be abolished and its operations absorbed by the Home Office from 1 October, it has been announced today, and the organisation’s chief executive Paul Pugh will be replaced by a newly-appointed director general.


    Senior managers often ‘don’t know what’s going on’ with their departments’ contracts
    18 Sep 2014 Project Delivery
    Senior managers often ‘don’t know what’s going on’ with their departments’ contracts

    Senior civil servants often “don’t know what’s going on” with contracts held by their departments and thus spot problems too late, Joshua Reddaway, the National Audit Office’s director for commercial and contracting, has warned.


    PAC says DCLG lacks adequate accountability for local authority grant schemes
    15 Sep 2014 Project Delivery
    PAC says DCLG lacks adequate accountability for local authority grant schemes

    The Public Accounts Committee has warned the Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG) that it lacks the data to ensure that local authorities are receiving “value for money with their funding” in some targeted grant schemes.


    Crossrail ‘textbook example’ of good programme management, says report
    24 Jul 2014 Project Delivery
    Crossrail ‘textbook example’ of good programme management, says report

    The £15.8bn Crossrail programme was commended for demonstrating good programme management by a Public Accounts Committee (PAC) report, published yesterday.


    Official no longer at MoD after £70m IT contract error
    17 Jul 2014 Project Delivery
    Official no longer at MoD after £70m IT contract error

    An official responsible for an IT contracting error which cost the Ministry of Defence (MoD) £70m is no longer working for the department, its permanent secretary Jon Thompson told the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) on 16 June​.


    SROs given flexibility for select committee hearings
    08 Jul 2014 Project Delivery
    SROs given flexibility for select committee hearings

    Civil servants responsible for running major projects will be able to tell parliament when ministers directed them to make particular decisions, under proposals published by the government.


    UKBA was ‘never going to work’, says former chief
    20 Jun 2014 Project Delivery
    UKBA was ‘never going to work’, says former chief

    The former UK Border Agency (UKBA) was doomed to fail due to its sheer scale and constant media attention, its former chief executive Rob Whiteman has said.


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