Public Procurement
Very interesting piece on Wired about how Barcelona is dealing with smart city surveillance, even if I do not buy the whole political worldview.* On the procurement side, this bit at the start caught my eye: “Now we have a big contract with Vodafone, and every month Vodafone has to
PPPs
1. World Bank starts MOOC on PPPs (French only). Older English version here. I sincerely hope they cover also the downsides of PPPs. 2. 18F publishes beta website with US Government spending. Now if only we would do the same in Europe... 3. Night bus service in Barcelona to be
Public Procurement
1. Some worrying signs about care services procurement in the UK. To those in the know, last week's revelations on BBC's Panorama were not exactly news. 2. The 30-second guide to government spending. All that is true can be found on Reddit. 3. Barcelona and other
Links
1. Barcelona is a wired city. Excellent Forbes article. Not strictly procurement but relevant for the field nonetheless as an indication of what extra technology and sensors can do to influence the running of a city. One of the examples provided in the article is about procurement though: the savings