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Barnet Council faces judicial review over outsourcing
Our Public Law team blog on a legal challenge to Barnet Council’s decision to outsource a wide range of services to outsourcing firm Capita. The judicial review is based on a number fo grounds, including an alleged breach of the public procurement regulations and an alleged breach of the Counc...Will the proposed EU directive on web accessibility lead to confusion and hinder innovation?
Following on from my blogpost last month on the European Commission’s draft directive on the accessibility of public sector websites, I have an article in the forthcoming edition of C&L Magazine, the journal for the Society of Computers and the Law. Under the proposed directive, new EU-wid...Freedom of Information – are you in or are you out?
Our Public Law team blog on a proposed extension to the number of bodies subject to the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002. Under the proposals, arm’s length bodies set up by local authorities to carry out certain functions will be within scope. IT and outsourcing vendors who currently...Real time journey information systems – enabling innovation through data sharing and interoperability
Over the last few years, I’ve been involved in a number of projects involving the creation and use of transport and journey information in the transport sector. These include the procurement of real time passenger information (RTPI) (where real time journey information is made available to pas...ICO imposes £250,000 fine following failure to adequately supervise service provider
The Information Commissioner (ICO) yesterday imposed his second highest fine to date, and highest outside the NHS, on a Scottish local authority following inadequacies in relation to an outsourcing contract. Background This case involved a local authority which outsourced the scanning of pension rec...e-Update on ICT projects in the public sector: avoiding delays, cost overruns and service failures
Following my blog about the recent Audit Scotland report into ICT projects in the Scottish public sector, we have this morning issued an e-update to clients and contacts summarising the key issues and recommendations. The e-update also emphasises the importance of early stage legal input to ensure t...ICT procurement in the public sector – avoiding delays, overruns and service failures
Audit Scotland today published its report following an audit of three public sector IT projects in Scotland. I’d recommend that anyone in the public sector who is involved in ICT procurement reads it – particularly if they are about to embark on any transformational or shared services pr...Delivering public services – What’s right for Scotland? Brodies’ Conference 3rd November 2010 in Stirling
Brodies is holding a free half-day conference “Delivering public services – What’s right for Scotland?” on Wednesday 3rd November in Stirling. Earlier this year we commissioned a major survey of local authority Chief Executives and Chief Finance Officers which provides a fascinating...New Lingo: “Counter-Sourcing”
A couple of weeks ago I met up with Neil MacKenzie of Capgemini Consulting for coffee. I originally met Neil at a CIPS event in Glasgow. Neil is a Vice President in Capgemini Consulting. His team delivers procurement services to the private and public sector. We talked about lots of things tha...