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An overview of news, trends and research in the Government industry in the UK:

CGI wins large IT contracts in Government and Chemicals sectors Technology services giant CGI has been awarded two large IT contracts in the Government and Chemicals sectors.
21 November 2016
CIL: Affordable housing segment set for investment Lack of supply has long been a feature of the UK housing market and people have been calling for more affordable housing for years.
17 November 2016
EY appoints Darra Singh as UK Government and Public Sector practice lead EY has appointed Darra Singh as its UK Government and Public Sector practice lead. Singh brings more than 30 years of experience to the role across the public, civil and private sectors.
08 November 2016
Kantar launches new arm for Governments and Public Sector Professional services firm Kantar has launched a new arm that focuses purely on Government and Public Sector clients.
24 October 2016
Norwegian government-run Nye Veier hires Ramboll for road project The new Norwegian government-run organisation, Nye Veier, aims to increase the efficiency of the development of major road networks in the country.
05 October 2016
USMC hires Booz Allen Hamilton as contract lead on decision analytics The United States Marine Corps has hired Booz Allen Hamilton to lead a $48 million contract to deliver analytics based improvements to its decision making process in operations planning and personnel readiness.
29 September 2016
Mott MacDonald wins framework contracts for two G-Cloud 8 lots The UK Government’s G-Cloud initiative allows public sector bodies to easily access cloud-based services from a range of vendors, without the need to undergo a tender process.
13 September 2016
Ricardo supports Vietnam government develop GHG monitoring The British Embassy in Hanoi and Ricardo have joined forces to provide the Vietnam with expertise in the development of greenhouse gas inventories inventories.
01 September 2016
Ricardo and CE Delft evaluate impact of Horizon 2020 programme The European Commission’s Directorate-General for Energy has hired Ricardo Energy & Environment and Dutch consultancy CE Delft to evaluate its Horizon 2020 programme.
17 August 2016
UK MOD hires CGI to support its Cryptography Management System The UK Ministry of Defence has hired CGI to support the country’s Cryptography Management System.
04 August 2016
Janet Dawson leads Government & Public Sector Assurance practice of EY EY has picked up risk assurance and advisory expert Janet Dawson for PwC, where she spent the past 23 years. In her new role Dawson leads the Government & Public Sector practice.
27 July 2016
IPR laws and internet censorship harm US businesses in China The internet is a key element in today’s digital economy, with most businesses in the developed world having broad high speed access to uncensored data streams and digital tools.
28 June 2016
Angolan government turns to McKinsey for tax reform Angola has hired McKinsey & Company to support the implementation of the country’s strategic plan of the General Tax Administration (AGT) for the period 2015-2020.
10 June 2016
Cabinet Office hires Ecorys to evaluate the Youth Engagement Fund Cabinet Office has hireed Ecorys to evaluate its £16 million payment by results Youth Engagement Fund. The evaluation will take a multifaceted approach, from case studies to group comparisons.
08 June 2016
Dutch government spends €1.1 billion on external consultants and temps Last year the Dutch government spent €1.1 billion hiring in external consultants, interim managers and temporary staff.
07 June 2016
Global spending on military and defense grows to 1.8 trillion Global spending on military and defense has increased for the first time since 2011. Spending amounted to a total of about $1.
06 June 2016
Roland Berger assesses size of the Moroccan informal economy CGEM, the association for private sector enterprises in Morocco, has hired Roland Berger to conduct a market study on the country’s informal economy, also known as grey market.
25 May 2016
Canadian city questions proposal to spend 200.000 on consultant The Canadian city of Saskatoon, as part of its urban renewal and rejuvenation programme, is seeking external consulting advice – even while it says it according to many has the in-house knowhow to ge
25 May 2016
Military spending of NATO members drops by 200 billion in 6 years Total military spending by NATO members has dropped by one fifth over the past six years, a hefty $200 billion, reveals an analysis on new data released by the intergovernmental military alliance.
04 May 2016
Belgian minister wants 10 million extra for consultants Steven Vandeput, the Belgian Minister of Defence and the Civil Service, is seeking to capture an additional €10 million from the Belgian Government to support a large reorganisation in the public sec
25 April 2016
US EPA hires CGI Federal to deliver software management The US Environmental Protection Agency has hired CGI’s Federal unit to develop, test, and implement a software based management system for research as well as administrative tasks.
14 April 2016
The Scottish Boarder Council hires CGI for IT transformation The Scottish Boarder Council is, like many councils across the UK, seeking to add digital channels to provide citizens with additional means to manage services and pay bills.
13 April 2016
Booz Allen Hamilton hired to support 5 billion CSTAT contract The US Department of Defence has awarded Booz Allen Hamilton a five year contract as part of its wider $5 billion Cyber Security and Information Systems technical area task contract.
16 March 2016
European Commission awards cloud contract to 6 firms To develop the European Commission’s cloud infrastructure, the Commission recently launched three tenders.
15 February 2016
Arup & Atkins JV wins Thames Tideway Tunnel contract To relieve the Thames river ecosystem of damaging raw sewage, and meet EU regulations, London is set to receive a major upgrade to its sewage system.
21 January 2016
Oxera Consulting: Building affordable flood insurance In Europe, the risk of flooding is projected to increase due to climate change.
15 January 2016
Ecorys to evaluate Global Social Enterprise Programme Consultancy Ecorys has been hired by the British Council to evaluate the impact of its Global Social Enterprise programme, which aims at promoting the development of social enterprises and social inv
13 January 2016
Canada blows its combatant ship budget out of water The price of war is set to cost the Canadian tax payer dearly as the cost of building 15 surface combatant ships for the navy balloons more than $16 billion to reach $30 billion.
31 December 2015
Scottish Government awards CGI electronic election deal In a bid to improve the efficiency of counting ballots for the 2017 Scottish local authority elections, the Scottish Government has awarded CGI a £6.
29 December 2015
UK Generation Z wants more emphasis on cyber security Almost half (43%) of UK’s Generation Z want more focus on fighting cybercrime than on real-world crime, research by PA Consulting Group shows.
28 December 2015
Arcadis and UN-Habitat extend partnership up to 2017 Design & consultancy firm Arcadis and the UN-Habitat have extended their collaboration, which runs under the name ‘Shelter Programme’, to improve urban quality of life of people worldwide with two mo
17 December 2015
UK MoD selects CGI for electronic health record service The UK Ministry of Defence has awarded CGI a contract to enhance its Defence Medical Services with an integrated electronic health record, enabling it to provide the appropriate healthcare to its per
16 December 2015

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