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The UK’s Home Office wants to spend at least £5 million contract to recruit a supplier to help manage the selection of its IT projects.
The notice published in the public sector Digital Marketplace is seeking a company to help deliver and operate the “discovery-as-a-service” capability for the “Innovation – Law Enforcement” (I-LE) function within the Police and Public Protection Technology Portfolio (PPPT), with a £5 million contract. Parse that.
However, the contract leaves open the possibility of the winning supplier managing the project selection process in favour of services it offers which appears a little unfair to the compeition.
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The UK s Home Office is tendering to recruit a supplier to help manage the selection of its IT projects, leading to concerns over conflict of interest.
The notice published in the public sector Digital Marketplace is seeking a company to help deliver and operate the discovery-as-a-service capability for the Innovation - Law Enforcement (I-LE) function within the Police and Public Protection Technology Portfolio (PPPT), with a £5m contract on the table.
The snappy moniker – DaaS – alludes to the discovery phase in the UK government s IT project service manual. Discovery, it says, means learning about users and what they re trying to achieve; constraints the project faces in making changes to how the service is run because, for example, of technology or legislation; and the underlying policy intent the proje
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UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson is expected to use the Queen’s Speech on May 11
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Essentially, Britain plans to force those working for foreign governments to sign a central register in a bid to counter hostile spy activity, the UK’s Home Office has confirmed.
“Foreign spies operating in Britain face being prosecuted and deported under new laws to protect the nation from hostile states such as China and Russia. Boris Johnson will use the Queen’s Speech on May 11 to announce a bill to counter hostile states, including a requirement for all individuals working on behalf of foreign governmen
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Following a two-year-long legal battle, the British government has approved the extradition of Nirav Modi, 50, who allegedly defrauded Indian state-run Punjab National Bank (PNB) of $2 billion. The extradition order was signed on April 15, a spokesman for the United Kingdom s Home Office said in a statement on Friday.
In February, a district judge ruled that Modi could be extradited to India, dismissing arguments such as his mental health worsening during the pandemic and the conditions of an Indian prison. I am satisfied that Nirav Modi s extradition to India is in compliance per human rights, District Judge Samuel Goozee said. The judge was satisfied that there was evidence that could lead to a conviction, but that case was a matter for the Indian courts.
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