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Feb. 14 (Bloomberg) — Research In Motion Ltd.’s once- dominant position in Washington took another knock with the decision by the U.S. government’s main procurement agency to begin issuing iPhones alongside BlackBerrys. Read more:

For a long time UK governments have held UK businesses at arm’s length – too often buying goods and services to the tune of over £60bn in a way that mean domestic firms lost out, Cabinet Office minister Francis Maude has said – but this is about to change Here’s his full procurement speech at [...]

A complete restructure of Haringey’s procurement operations has saved the council £12m, says Michael Wood; plans are now afoot to join up procurement with seven other local authorities. read more

London: April 14 2011 00:02 -The transport secretary Philip Hammond, responding to demands from business for a long-term infrastructure strategy, said that “Procurement was a real problem,”. “The most corrosive bit as a public procurer is that you can’t build relationships with people. Every time you procure something, you have to start from scratch again.

The Cabinet Office has turned down an offer to have public sector procurement expenditure data aggregated from all major central departments for free. The offer came from Rosslyn Analytics and business intelligence company QlikTech at the end of March. read more

The UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) could save some £15 million per year if it were to better use information to manage its logistics supply chain, a National Audit Office (NAO) report released on 31 March has revealed. read more

Interview with Dr Christian Scherer-Leydecker, Partner in CMS Hasche Sigle 06:19 GMT, March 31, 2011 defpro.com | Defence procurement is in transformation in Europe. The Member States must transpose the provisions contained in the Defence Procurement Directive (2009/81/EC) into national law by 21 August 2011. read more

Today’s National Audit Office (NAO) report on NHS trusts planning, procurement and use of expensive medical equipment – such as Computed Tomography or Cat-Scan (CT) and Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) scanners – has been welcomed by NHS Supply Chain. read more

Boeing’s Contract for Army Intelligence Aircraft Thrown Back to Source Selection The Enhanced Medium Altitude Reconnaissance Surveillance System (EMARSS) is a program for the U.S. Army to purchase aircraft based intelligence collection, processing and targeting support capabilities. Read more:

The Confederation is seeking the views of its members to feed into a Green Paper published by the European Commission on the modernisation of EU procurement processes. read more