IT suppliers overcharging UK.gov
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Says recruitment firm that wants its share of the pork IT firms are ripping off the government by charging more than twice the market rate for staff, according to a recruitment company.â¦
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Boo, hiss etc Councillors in Swansea are reportedly ruing the day their cabinet voted to outsource their IT supply and support. Local paper The Evening Post reports that councillors are now complaining that the system costs more and does less since being outsourced to Capgemini.â¦
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AstraZeneca, Bristol-Myers Squibb and Schering-Plough must pay damages for overcharging on certain drugs.
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HMRC figures it out Missing trader or carousel fraud cost Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs Â£3bn in the last financial year.â¦
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The British government has admitted its ambitous database project could cost millions to maintain.
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A BRITISH consumer has complained to government regulators about the cost of downloading music from Apple&#39;s iTunes Music Store.
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You're not Entitledto free service... A software firm has unsuccessfully billed a local authority Â£10,000 after its website received lots of traffic from the council. The bill was based on a claim that Derby Council staff were using a free web tool for work purposes.â¦
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Smoke and mirrors UK government claims of multi-billion pound savings achieved through an efficiency drive has come under fire from the National Audit Office.â¦
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The work may have been subcontracted to another firm.
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MPs say schools being denied open source Nineteen MPs have accused a government agency of restricting the procurement of software in schools.â¦
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You will comply The European Commission has warned Microsoft it could face further penalties over what it calls "unreasonable pricing" of interoperability information.â¦
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A functioning government IT project? Surely not. A report from the National Audit Office (NAO) on the use of technology by UK vehicle licensing agencies has found that rare beast - a working government IT project.â¦
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A U.K. consumer watchdog office is investigating claims of unfair pricing practices.
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'You gotta switch!' Price comparison site uSwitch.com has made around ten of its IT department redundant in a bid to cut costs.â¦
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Taxing Peter to overpay Paul Fraud and error in the tax credits system is costing the UK economy at least Â£1bn a year, according to MPs.â¦
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The inquiry in alleged bribes paid for Saudi contracts stands to cost the UK billions in lost deals, manufacturers warn the government.
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Ignorance about cheaper deals is costing consumers Â£2.5bn a year, warns an online comparison service.