The trials are backed by Whitehall spending watchdog the Office of Government Commerce (OGC) and the Office of the e-Envoy, and follow the publication of an open source strategy document last August recommending government departments to consider...
The report by the House of Commons Constitutional Affairs Committee on FOI implementation found a lack of central guidance and a lack of consistency around the different public bodies. Many government agencies and public sector bodies are...
The EU has issued an action plan detailing how member governments can to switch to e-procurement before the implementation deadline next year. The European Union agreed a legal framework for the introduction of electronic public procurement and is...
Information on what the organisation is doing - sales quotes, contracts, maintenance requests, orders, casework records - is recorded in a number of ways but often in documents. However, the WebDAV standard has not previously been bedded down, and...
A partnership of 10 local authorities in Staffordshire has saved millions by consolidating its procurement processes. Up to £1.4m per year will also be saved on joint maintenance and operational costs, once the CRM system is able to resolve 80 per...
Public awareness of data protection rights has increased to 82 per cent with more people understanding personal information must be handled appropriately, according to the report. The ICO received complaints under both the Data Protection Act (DPA...