By Rob O'Brien Four out of five UK people favour the use of directed surveillance powers in their local area according to new research. According to a study commissioned by the New Local Government Network, there is strong public support for local councils to use surveillance techniques such as covert video recording to tackle […]
3 March, 2009
Councils in the UK have been urged to 'spring clean' their procurement systems by an independent review which has also called for more support for local government in cost saving initiatives and best practice. The Review of Arrangements for Efficiencies from Smarter Procurement in Local Government, carried out by Bill Roots, a former council […]
24 February, 2009
One of the UK's biggest local authorities has announced it will cut hundreds of jobs, blaming "lower government grants and a drop in its income". Leeds City Council in the north of England said about 650 people would go over the next year but said it was planning to create 200 new posts, giving a net […]
18 February, 2009
The 3-D virtual world Second Life. In an innovate move to tackle its ageing IT workforce, the state of Missouri has recruited its first IT employee from an internet-based virtual world. According to a Government Technology report, Missouri last year launched a recruiting site and job fairs in Second Life, an online 3-D community where ‘residents’ […]
3 October, 2008
A ruling by the European Court of Justice has highlighted the need for public procurement to be transparent throughout the process. The issue arose after property management company, Lettings International, obtained an injunction against the London Borough of Newham after discovering the council had breached Public Contract Regulations after it was dropped from a formal […]
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