Tag: Contract Management

Finance called on to clamp down on contracting scandals

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
The Finance department must start taking action to lift contract management capability across the public service, an inquiry has found after examining a string of contracting failures and scandals....

Health agency ‘captured’ by Accenture looks to reset

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
The lone technology supplier for the national health record system “captured” the government agency responsible for it in an arrangement that is taking years to unpick but could be...

Sprawling tech projects trigger contract management probe

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
Parliament’s powerful audit committee will probe how agencies manage contracts after damning audits – including investigations of two Accenture technology projects – revealed serious capability and probity gaps. The...