Government seeks chief procurement officer

The Cabinet Office has confirmed that it will fold the job of running Buying Solutions into its new post of chief procurement officer. The chief procurement officer role will combine the posts of chief executive of the government's procurement agency, Buying Solutions, and head of procurement in the Cabinet Office's Efficiency …

[amanfromMars 1]

Big Society trawls Small Pool...... Stop Press, Minnows discovered.

"A spokesman for the Cabinet Office said: "The post is being advertised internally and more details will be released in due course"." ..... Are the post's costs/remunerations, privately taken care of, or publicly funded, with the latter surely requiring transparent public tendering rather than any incestuous, closed shop shenanigans/behind the Cabinet sofa deals.

[Mr Mrr]

Behind the Cabinet Sofa Deals

Minnow through the money press...turns into a paper-thick plaice, imprinted into the paper sheet. Tear it off the layer in a pub, and you have both beer and a snack, during some time.

[Anonymous Coward]

Eating their own dogfood

They should go and procure a replacement on the open market - lowest bidder wins who has the relevent qualiications.