Government procurement now wrapped with training red tape

The UK government will demand that IT services suppliers have a staff development plan, if they want a slice of its £14bn annual spending on IT services. Skills secretary John Denham said: "Wherever possible Government spending should not just provide good public services, it should also ensure young people are trained in the …

[Ihre Papiere Bitte!!]

A way to achieve £7.5bn IT cuts

Drop the DNA db hyper-inflation with innocents' details, drop the ID card, drop Contact Point. More than £7.5bn saved, lots of people happy, winners all round.

Now I've acted as a special advisor to Darling, can I claim this pc on expenses now please?

(Pirate, cos MPs are swashing all our buckles with every receipt...)

[Anonymous Coward]

More empty unchecked policies

The Government adds more and more clauses to it's contracts and procurement conditions. It's not a surprise that many smaller businesses don't think it is worth the bother, and why bigger companies end up with full-time permanent employees just to fill in Government forms for public tenders.

The problem is that if you employ administrators all they do is create administration.

[Anonymous Coward]

Ha ha bl**dy ha

Speaking as one former Civil Servant sold to EDS, sold again the HP and who has just been made redundant at 55 - ha ha bl**dy ha.

[John Smith]

"Train these scum"*

They'll only leave for a better job.

*Traditional UK management attitude.

[Anonymous Coward]

don't make me laugh...

a staff development plan...?

well, that simply has to rule out EDS...they don't have them

[Anonymous Coward]

more to go...

another update here -

www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/2009/05/28/exclusive-hewlettpackard-to-axe-850-workers-at-erskine-plant-despite-1-1bn-profits-86908-21394996/