All posts tagged "Government procurement"

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  US federal government departments reopen deferred resignation programmes

  A number of US federal government departments have reopened their deferred resignation programmes for federal employees as part of overarching plans to restructure the workforce and consolidate operations. When president

  • Posted April 2, 2025
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  A slice of the pie: unlocking government procurement for SMEs  

  Small- and medium-sized enterprises offer a range of innovative products and services, but often face barriers when trying to do business with government. A recent webinar heard experts’ views on

  • Posted March 14, 2022
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  A good buy: Using data to identify socially and environmentally conscious suppliers

  The growing trend for companies to measure and report on the environmental, social and governance (ESG) aspects of their operations can help civil servants assure themselves of the sustainability of

  • Posted January 10, 2022
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  Resilience, stocks and supplies: public procurement during the pandemic

  When COVID hit, governments had to address a series of colossal procurement challenges – sourcing the services and goods required to keep people safe as global supply lines failed. At

  • Posted July 26, 2021
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  UK government must improve commercial transparency and market knowledge, watchdog says

  The UK government’s “established processes” for commercial contracts lacked resilience under the pressure of the COVID-19 pandemic and it must improve transparency and its understanding of markets, the independent public

  • Posted July 21, 2021
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  Getting everyone into the COVID-19 vaccination queue

  Countries have made huge efforts to access and distribute vaccines – but to achieve ‘herd immunity’, they need to get them into the arms of the majority of their adult

  • Posted July 14, 2021
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  Data protection: how digital tech shielded citizens during the pandemic

  In many countries, the inventive use of digital technologies has helped to support economies and protect citizens. At the Government Digital Summit, digital leaders from 15 countries compared their experiences

  • Posted June 23, 2021
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  Cabinet Office leads a review into UK’s resilience

  A review of national resilience — designed to help the UK government learn lessons from its preparedness for the COVID-19 pandemic — is underway, the chief operating officer of the

  • Posted May 19, 2021
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  The top five threats to government procurement integrity

  Government procurement teams are responsible for managing billions of pounds of public expenditure, and taxpayers want more transparency on how their money is being spent. However, experts estimate that procurement errors,

  • Posted May 7, 2021
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  Time traveller: Israeli IT chief Shahar Bracha on digital’s leap into the future

  The pandemic has supercharged progress on Israel’s digital services, says the head of its Government ICT Authority – and cleared the path ahead for radical reforms to create corporate IDs

  • Posted April 12, 2021
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