government procurement in comment and analysis
Yvonne Gallagher
CIO Profile Prior to joining the MoJ Gallagher was CIO at the Department of Trade and Industry with additional responsibilities in information, procurement, security, estate management and emergency planning. This year she has been responsible for the delivery... [11 Jun 2008]
Can the government offshore with confidence?
Comment But without an understanding of the client's attitude to offshore, the procurement process is unnecessarily distorted. The government can see the attractions of offshoring IT but has yet to decide whether to push these services for the public sector. [14 Feb 2008]
Leader: ID cards face identity crisis
Leader So with every minor delay to the procurement process, the ID cards plan risks losing more momentum. In that year we've heard warnings from the government's Information Commissioner that the database at the heart of the project is "unwarranted and... [10 Jul 2006]
Leader: No to any NHS IT whitewash
Leader Hutton referred to the clinical consultation as a "sham" that has led to the procurement of systems that don't meet clinical needs, while Nowlan said the rush to sign contracts "trumped all other aspects of consideration". [27 Jun 2006]
Brampton Factor: Fighting e-crime
Comment One might have thought that the rapid growth in e-procurement would have driven down costs. When it comes to straightforward fraud, government is a popular target. The scale of these frauds has reached a level where it has become a significant... [16 May 2006]
Analysis: Can the public sector attract IT high-flyers?
Comment Richard Granger, charged with running the procurement and delivery of the £6.2bn Connecting for Health NHS IT modernisation project was rumoured to have been lured from his position as partner at Deloitte Consulting by a £250,000 salary that made... [20 Apr 2006]
Leader: ID cards fight must go on
Leader Here on silicon.com we will shift the focus of our ID Cards on Trial campaign towards scrutinising the procurement and delivery of the scheme every step of the way. After a two-year struggle the government finally got its way this week when the... [31 Mar 2006]
The Weekly Round-Up: 24.03.06
Round-Up The Round-Up doesn't know Mr Aldridge in a personal capacity but frankly, knowing how procurement processes work, it is difficult to see how any direct link could be established.but also knowing how the media works it's easy to see why this story... [24 Mar 2006]
Leader: Why tech must go green
Leader Some of it is running to stand still - shareholders will be aware of boycott power and the effect of negative press - but some level of environmentalism will prove a differentiator, as customers with their own green procurement agenda and CSR... [20 Mar 2006]
Leader: ID card vote shames IT industry
Leader The government and bodies such as Intellect may have spent the last few years working to improve the procurement and delivery of public sector IT projects but their blind support for this white elephant threatens to undo all that good work and set... [19 Oct 2005]
Election 2005: Next government must launch 'war on hackers'
Comment It also wants to see more promotion of UK businesses in the face of cheaper competition offshore, and wants to see more access to government procurement by smaller businesses. A war on hackers, more investment in technology and a greater effort to... [21 Apr 2005]
Why so many public sector IT projects fail
Comment If the procurement phase of a project takes up too much time, the benefits can be eroded. The procurement cycles for many public sector projects are simply too long, leading to projects which can often fail to meet changing conditions. [14 Mar 2005]
Leader: UK ID cards - devil is in the detail
Leader The government argues it can't properly define the technical scope until it begins the procurement process - which it can't begin until the ID card bill has been passed into law. The government claims it will take incremental steps to ensure such a... [27 Oct 2004]
Agenda Setters: Where are they now… Sir Peter Gershon
Comment Another part of the legacy will be Project Zanzibar, an XML-based e-hub, possibly about to shave tens of millions of pounds off government procurement. After a long and impressive career in industry, Gershon took up his position at the Office of... [27 Aug 2004]
Leader: £400m extra for government spy centre?
Leader Of course, the best way to stop this is to have better procedures in place during the planning and procurement of the contract - and to this extent the government has put some checks in place - but when things do go wrong on this scale there needs... [15 Jun 2004]
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