Questions raised about WA procurement
An audit has found room for improvement in contract management by WA councils.
4 May, 2020An audit has found room for improvement in contract management by WA councils.
4 May, 2020Commonwealth departments and state and local governments would adopt more explicit ‘green procurement’ policies under measures recommended by a Senate committee.
2 July, 2018Fair Work Ombudsman warns local governments could be liable if their contractors breach workplace laws after finding non-compliance in the supply chains of nearly two thirds of surveyed councils.
28 June, 2018Major Australian engineering and design firms are calling on Australian governments to adopt a new policy for ethical and fair dealings with private contractors.
18 June, 2018There are three steps that governments should take to protect themselves when seeking to share assets.
10 April, 2018Pleads ‘extenuating circumstances’
6 June, 2017Deloitte wins tender.
18 January, 2017Hurts competition, says Commission.
20 December, 2016Outcomes, not just process.
22 August, 2016Three tales of greedy officials.
10 June, 2016Tips for better procurement.
2 March, 2015The Audit Office of New South Wales has found the Ministry of Health and the NSW Police Force could not demonstrate continued value for money in the long term IT services contracts reviewed. Auditor-General Peter Achterstraat said he examined the ongoing management and renewal of three IT services contracts—two at the Ministry of Health […]
23 March, 2012Four men from the American state of Virginia, including two long time employees of the United States Army Corps of Engineers, were arrested on charges stemming from an indictment that accuses them of taking part in a conspiracy involving more than $20 million in bribes and kickback payments and the planned steering of a $780 […]
6 October, 2011By Lilia Guan Queenslander, Neil Campbell, has pleaded guilty in US District Court for the District of Columbia, to seeking out $197000 (US$190000) in payments as a reward for steering United States-funded contracts in Afghanistan. Mr Campbell was originally charged on 19 August 2010. He was arrested in New Delhi, India, in October 2010 and […]
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